Daniel Wakin

Spherical 'minibrains' to be grown on the International Space Station livescience.com/health/neurosc…

@andrewselsky @AP An honor to have intersected two of the those years in the same bureau! Lifting a Castle to you, at least in my mind.

Minor anniversary: 38 straight years with @AP today. Amazing. And that's not counting two earlier temp stints in Cheyenne and LA. Very grateful for all that I have experienced, or for most of it anyway.

@andrewselsky God I miss the snow in snow-free NYC

It snowed overnight. Beautiful.

@jswatz But you can’t the road out of the toad.

Toad in the road

It's cool going to the office every day through a stage door.

=30= Newsfolks will recognize this ominous sign that something is over. In this case, my time at The Times. Today is my last day at that amazing place, after 22 years. Heading to the Met Opera as senior director for communications, starting March 21.

@jswatz @dansaltzstein @nytimes @oestreichj I think it burned its way through my desk drawer and the floor below

@danwakin @dansaltzstein @nytimes @oestreichj I assume you've still got that amazing bottle from your reporting trip to North Korea.

@jswatz @dansaltzstein @nytimes It's figuratively on ice, under my desk, ready to be dragged out when we go back to the office, and whenever the Founding Tipplers, @oestreichj @dansaltzstein @jswatz, drop by for a visit. "Office supplies" also available.

@dansaltzstein @nytimes 23 years… of greatness! And I do miss the yellow umbrella.

The romance of Iohan Gueorguiev's life, and his niche YouTube stardom, depended on chance meetings along the open road, travel unchecked by borders — everything that pandemic restrictions made impossible. He committed suicide at 33 years old. nytimes.com/2021/10/11/tra…

A memorable obit by my colleague Alex Traub, about an extraordinary character nytimes.com/2021/10/11/tra…

@AlexandraJacobs @benryanwriter @benryanwriter @AlexandraJacobs not a bad idea! But no, from previous life as a culture writer

@benryanwriter Allow me to resurface this terribly sad story by @danwakin nytimes.com/2012/07/30/art…

I think my favorite detail in this fab ⁦@maureendowd⁩ profile of the Uber CEO is that his mom worked at the old Celine boutique on Madison Avenue nytimes.com/2021/07/16/sty…

@apchavira @nytimes I'm sure it was your only mistake!

@danwakin @nytimes I’ve missed an ‘l’! 🙈 Cheers, Dan

Here is some wordnerd summer fun from my @nytimes colleagues. I was happy to make a m-i-n-u-s-c-u-l-e (did I get that right?) contribution. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Christa Ludwig rose from straitened origins in a shattered wartime Germany to the height of the singing world, aided by a sense of discipline instilled by her strong-willed mother — her only real teacher and a constant presence throughout her career. nytimes.com/2021/04/25/art…

Here is a short video sample of Those We've Lost, the NYT Obits project remembering the Covid-19 dead. Music is courtesy of Wynton Marsalis, whose father Ellis was one of them. youtube.com/watch?v=lLTgwg…

Dianna Ortiz, American Nun Tortured in Guatemala, Dies at 62 nyti.ms/2ZRmHfg

It has been an honor working with writers like Schwartz, Leland and Randle -- quoted here -- on this series. So many other great ones too.

The man Mr. Galante accused of torturing him, Antonio González Pacheco, also died of the coronavirus. nytimes.com/2020/05/15/obi…

José María Galante campaigned for justice for himself and other victims of torture during the Franco regime in Spain. nytimes.com/2020/05/27/obi…

Those We’ve Lost, The New York Times series about people who have died of the coronavirus, continues. The stories, brought to you by @NYTObits, remain fascinating and heart-breaking. nytimes.com/interactive/20…