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@megankimble I’m so sorry to hear this, Megan. He sounds like an incredible father.

This is the hardest thing I've ever written. My dad was brilliant and brimming with love. I am so very proud to be his daughter, forever devastated to lose him. statesman.com/obituaries/pac…

@page88 I’m so sorry, Virginia.

My good father, James Heffernan, died this morning, peacefully, beside my mother Nancy, at 6am. He was 85.

A most excellent mystery from @DaveADenison involving oats, memory, and a cranky baker in gym shorts and brown socks. thebaffler.com/salvos/a-baker…

Deeply compassionate, clear-eyed story by jenniferegan.com. Please read it. newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…

Read this for @ConorDougherty 's deft explanation of why the housing shortage won't be solved by market forces alone. And also to meet Joyce Siegel, activist extraordinaire. nytimes.com/2023/08/25/bus…

I wrote a story about how a Montgomery County Maryland has for decades been building public housing under another name. It's a clever use of public money and beats private equity at their own game. Read on: nytimes.com/2023/08/25/bus…

A story about change and growth — both personal and within institutions — beautifully told by @issielapowsky and with evocative pictures by Abdul Kircher. And it's free to read. nytimes.com/2023/08/15/hea…

@MauriceChammah @ONA @MarshallProj Congratulations! Such a great story!

Massively honored to be a finalist for the @ONA feature writing award, and so many of my brilliant @MarshallProj colleagues are nominated in other categories, too! awards.journalists.org/entries/the-me…

To prevent evictions, Philadelphia has tried to get landlords and tenants talking in the hopes of satisfy ing both. @AidanGardiner looks at how thousands of people were kept in their homes. nytimes.com/2023/07/13/hea…

Super clear and useful analysis of the “kludge” and what we lose when cities are inflexible by ⁦@emilymbadger⁩ nytimes.com/2023/07/01/ups…

Such treasures! @dodaistewart nytimes.com/interactive/20…

“Prigozhin is a deeply unpleasant, even revolting, character, but he is undeniably a character.” ⁦@yaffaesque⁩ makes some sense of the past few days. Really worth reading. newyorker.com/news/news-desk…

@lizweil I really wasn’t expecting to need this.

some musings on how to live in a world filled with smoke nytimes.com/2022/01/03/mag…

Very excited that ⁦@VLuck⁩ who knows the history of Tulsa better than anyone, wrote this nytimes.com/2023/05/26/hea…

It took a big initial investment from government but now Vienna’s social housing is self sustaining. And most important, people have stability and commitment to where they live. Amazing story by ⁦@francescamari⁩ nytimes.com/2023/05/23/mag…

"The toll in San Diego had increased by nearly 10 times in the last decade, from 64 homeless deaths in 2014 to nearly 600 investigated by the medical examiner’s office in the last year." Such a powerful @elisaslow story on the effort to keep one man alive. nyti.ms/42uhM2o?smid=n…

@Mstreshinsky @sandraupson @lizweil I am so glad this is in the world. Xxxooo

I wrote something. It was hard. But it was a story I felt should be told. wired.com/story/where-to… (And speaking of really good people, so much credit to @sandraupson @lizweil @vtitunik and a lot of others).

“If they’re hungry, we give them food. If they’re cold, we give them a sweatshirt.” Fantastic story by ⁦@andylocal⁩ nytimes.com/2023/05/03/nyr…

“I contemplate, for the millionth time, etched atoms. It’s almost too much: the idea of tunneling down into a cluster of atoms and finding art there. “ ⁦@page88⁩ writes about chips like no one else wired.com/story/i-saw-th…

Great series on the places where young people find comfort and community. nytimes.com/interactive/20…