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Ethan Smith

@ethansmith.bsky.social

I’ve been a reporter and editor for more than 30 years, 22 of them at The Wall Street Journal.

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There are some people out there who don’t particularly care for Steely Dan OR the Melonheads

29.10.2025 03:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Did one of the pranks involve having a child, enrolling at the Echo Park preschool across the street from Wilson’s studio, then encouraging said child to make lots of disruptive noise?

09.10.2025 17:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

“Inspirations.” Very diplomatically put!

01.10.2025 20:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We’re planning to treat this as more of a drop-in type opportunity, versus staying for the full 4 hours.

20.09.2025 17:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

See you there!

20.09.2025 17:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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a man with a mustache wearing a hat and a suit ALT: a man with a mustache wearing a hat and a suit

(I realize this isn’t the guy you’re talking about. But still.)

19.09.2025 21:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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a man is holding a dog in front of a blue van and says i 'm somebody now . ALT: a man is holding a dog in front of a blue van and says i 'm somebody now .

Me when I reached 500+ connections on LinkedIn

19.09.2025 18:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

There’s a school of thought that the song should have been called “Some Bummers.”

19.09.2025 15:21 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Listening to this on the way to school today turned my 12 year old into a Mountain Goats fan.

09.09.2025 15:23 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Close enough to radio to be allowed.

02.09.2025 19:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

+1

The correct way to buy cassettes was always blank, and their correct uses were (in order): making mixtapes, recording friends’ CDs or records, and recording the radio.

02.09.2025 19:08 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Do the Right Thing 2 also would have worked. (I actually thought the whole conceit was pretty great.)

24.08.2025 18:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Is it too late to change the title to Truth or Consequences?

23.08.2025 19:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

But the driver with MOHEL 1 is a-okay

31.07.2025 22:59 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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These are the only options?!?

30.07.2025 18:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Awesome sound never goes out of style!

09.07.2025 21:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Repost with you in nature

05.07.2025 21:02 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

News you can use

11.06.2025 22:39 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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USE YOUR IMAGINATION

28.05.2025 00:07 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

I’ll take “acts I’ve seen in the past couple-few months for $1,000,” Alex

21.05.2025 01:00 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
https://www.wsj.com/world/africa/iyad-ag-ghali-al-qaeda-leader-west-africa-85afbca0?st=DaHZWk&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

He used to play with Tinariwen and co-wrote one of the Tuareg band's early regional hits. Now Iyad ag Ghali leads one of the world's most dangerous al Qaeda franchises.

His men ambushed Tinariwen in 2013 and kidnapped guitarist Abdallah ag Lamida.

t.co/llTGuJ8bJD

02.04.2025 15:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Oh man. Glad everybody’s ok!

06.03.2025 15:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

👇

31.01.2025 04:44 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Essay | How a WSJ Editor Escaped From the Pasadena Fire Liz Rappaport fled her home with her family. She still doesn’t know what she will find when she goes back.

As fire approached, Wall Street Journal editor Liz Rappaport fled her Pasadena home with her family. She still doesn’t know what she will find when she goes back.

12.01.2025 16:30 — 👍 30    🔁 6    💬 2    📌 2

What about people who quit them because they don’t enjoy the experience? Asking for a friend.

11.01.2025 20:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Denver has all the other airports’ tables and outlets—comfy (ish) chairs too

11.01.2025 00:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Is this a metaphor?

05.01.2025 17:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I worked closely with the wsj’s air safety reporter for many years. Based on the stats, he refused to get on private planes or helicopters, no matter how experienced the pilot. And he wasn’t even a musician!

14.12.2024 19:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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