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The @washingtonpost is hiring a second reporter to cover the Supreme Court. Join us – and me – in covering this important beat at a crucial moment in the court’s history. More details here: washpost.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/washingtonpost…

@edyong209 Congratulations on an amazing run, Ed! I feel certain your work will remain essential & impactful no matter the platform.

Some news: After 8 years & 750 stories, I've decided to leave The Atlantic. Today's my last day. Being a writer means you can’t say things like "I can’t tell you what this means" cos, well, I can. That's kind of the point of me. So here’s an attempt at looking back & forward: 1/

Everyone is talking about the new @jeffgoodell book, "The Heat Will Kill You First." We are too, on #PostLive today at 3:00 p.m. ET. Sign up to watch here: ow.ly/nLx050PiyuE

Sorry I can’t tonight, I’m too busy Xing on X dot com. What can I say, I just love to post X’s.

In an attempt to whet residents’ appetites for low-car spaces, this year Stockholm has created 42 Sommargågator (“Summer Streets”). Each has been temporarily transformed into an area for activities, events, culture and hangouts; decorated with furniture, plants, flowers and art.

Wrote something lol. About what Washington pro football once was, and what was lost, and how it now finally has a chance. washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/07…

The Long History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore 🧵

for the umpteenth time: AI isn’t built to be accurate; it’s built to *sound* accurate.

Welcome to D.C., #AAJA23!!! Our chapter made a lil guide to the city for y'all: bit.ly/aajadcguide It's got a ton of food recs (incl a Google Map with even more recs) + things to do + a transit guide re: getting to the convention site and around town. Hope y'all enjoy 💕

You know what’s made my morning? Seeing the first @washingtonpost front-page by @AmudalatAjasa Congratulations on a moving story that captures how the dumping of forever chemicals transformed a close-knit community. Our subscribers are lucky to have you on our staff.

@NAHJ 2023: My great appreciation goes to the National Assn. of Hispanic Journalists for honoring me with its President’s Award in Miami on Saturday night. Special thanks to president Yvette Cabrera. @YCabreraOC. Here I am with Yvette and then two @washingtonpost colleagues.

i’m from local news so i say this with love and concern: it’s often hard to support local news when they keep embarrassing themselves like this.

A gay couple ran a rural restaurant in peace. Then new neighbors arrived. A deep read by ⁦@timcarman⁩ washingtonpost.com/food/interacti…

As people isolated during the pandemic, drinking spiked -- and deaths followed. 54,000 Americans died of alcohol-related causes in 2021, a 45% increase from 2018. By @caitlinsgilbert, @DavidOvalle305 and @hannazakharenko: washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/…

@amandakhurley 💀😭

After screaming about the “climate hoax,” “Dechert sensed the need for a new rhetorical tack, and let rip a loud, prolonged fart while yelling, as if to underscore his point, ‘I’m farting!’”

A climate denier who’s full of hot air? Hold the presses… pagesix.com/2023/07/12/rfk…

Former @washingtonpost reporter Morton Mintz - 101 YEARS OLD - turned out at @PoliticsProse yesterday for my launch event for #WONDERDRUG: The Secret History of Thalidomide in America and Its Hidden Victims. Mintz broke the thalidomide story in 1962! @WMEBooks @USThalidomide

The Post is tracking the potential for dangerous heat using the heat index, which accounts for the combined impact of temperature and humidity. See how high the heat index is expected to reach where you live in the next seven days using our lookup tool: wapo.st/3pySGRX

I love local journalism.