Jennifer Senior

Trump Organization Is Said to Be in Talks on a Saudi Government Real Estate Deal

Amazing that in the 90s we considered it bad form for presidents to make bad land deals in the Ozarks www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/w...

However MAGA chooses to explain this away will be one of the most extreme examples of cognitive dissonance theory in the history of ever.

From the incomparable @jvl.bsky.social

Pedestrian Fatalities Associated With Halloween in the United States This study examines 42 years of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data to establish whether Halloween is associated with an increased rate of pedestrian fatalities.

Traffic fatalities for kids rise on Halloween. Drive carefully.

Study of 42 years of Halloweens and 1 ,580,608 traffic crashes reveals relative risk of a pedestrian fatality is 43% higher on Halloween compared with control evenings. A typical Halloween results in 4 additional pedestrian deaths.

New Yorkers! If you’re free, please consider attending. George’s book—a work of fiction! where his career began!—is terrific, and he’s a thoughtful and engaging thinker with a megawatt brain and supersized heart…

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Does anyone else see the heist at the Louvre and the wrecking ball to the East Wing as some kind of perverse cosmic alignment? Like thieves are brazenly walking off with pieces of our countries’ histories in broad daylight?

Omg are you also reading it too? I’m I interviewing him at the PEN America/ Brooklyn Library event on November 13. Come!

Am *currentLY
As a friend says, my kingdom for an edit button…

'King Trump' shares AI video showing himself bombing No Kings protesters with feces amid nationwide unrest, watch it here President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated video on Truth Social. The clip shows him as a pilot dropping feces on protesters. The "No Kings" demonstrations are a large movement against his policies...

Am current reading the galleys of George Packer’s novel, “The Emergency,” a terrifying parable about today’s America. Believe it or not, he imagined *exactly this.* Uncanny. Amazon link: a.co/d/ff5dDBv

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Please excuse your Gen X colleagues who are unable to focus today

The Atlantic’s journalists will not sign the Pentagon’s press policy. Statement here from editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg:

King of the bespoke resistance vid doing a no-king resistance vid.

Screenshot from Columbo. He his talking to his dog, which is sitting is the drivers seat of a car. “Okay, I’m gonna put you in charge. You take care of the car. You’re a responsible dog. When I get back, if the car’s okay, I’ll give you another cookie.”

“If the car’s gone,”

“I’ll give you another cookie anyway”

“because I love you.”

Happy Columbo’s Day

Look, a woman has to have standards, Stapels.

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Don’t buy it, but it’s a nice theory.

First rule of scamming: Learn to spell.

She may have had regrets about it, but she was wrong. Best Oscar outfit ever.

Golden ratio.

‘Waiting for Godot’ Review: Cue the Air Guitar

This, by @collinshughes.bsky.social, is an exemplar of a review, imho. Intelligent about the play; respectful and perceptive in its criticism (she talks about the subtle requirements of successful stage acting); and nuanced, giving credit where credit is due. So good. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/t...

Omg never tried that one.

When will it end?

Nice! Extra points for that.

And yes guys I know aargh is accepted but they’re BOTH in the dictionary. If the Bee accepts three kinds of mama and two kinds of teepee it ought two accept two kinds of argh.

Ha! Nice. I know. But both should be allowed, like tepee and teepee or momma and mamma and mama. It’s IN THE DICTIONARY TOO.

Argh.

Actually, Millennials suffer the most from insomnia. Wouldn’t have necessarily guessed, but I do see how they have plenty to worry about.

Anyway, it’s not about why. The headline is unfortunately ridiculously misleading.

I appreciate what @mikesacks.bsky.social said here. I’m “the interviewer,” and it took a lot to get him to open up!!!

Why Can’t Americans Sleep? Insomnia has become a public-health emergency.

The Atlantic re-upped this story today, so I’m sharing it too. One thing I’d say: I wish I’d suggested “Don’t Feel Bad If You Have Insomnia” as the headline. That’s really what it’s about. Draining away the stigma — both of the condition and how we solve it. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

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