Ed Caesar
@edcaesar.bsky.social
Writer @newyorker. Author of "The Moth and the Mountain" and "Two Hours". "The Comet" will be published in February 2027. https://celadonbooks.com/book/the-comet/
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Ed Caesar
@edcaesar.bsky.social
· May 25
The Stunt Pilot Hunting Russian Drones
A Ukrainian flying ace is leveraging his aerobatics skills to protect his countrymen from nightly attacks.
www.newyorker.com
In the fifth year after the full-scale invasion, Ukraine is under ever-more devastating drone and missile attacks. For @newyorker.com, I flew with a Ukrainian stunt pilot who--with a crew of other daredevils--now hunts Shaheds from an old skydiving plane. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
This piece is fascinating!
it’s weirdly fortuitous that the FT Magazine just happened to run a brilliant deep dive into James Orr yesterday morning, hours before the scandal broke:
www.ft.com/content/c2d0...
www.ft.com/content/c2d0...
September 5, 2026 at 1:04 PM
This piece is fascinating!
I love this gorgeous UK cover for The Comet, and I can't wait to press the book into people's hands. Published on the 4th March...
September 3, 2026 at 1:32 PM
I love this gorgeous UK cover for The Comet, and I can't wait to press the book into people's hands. Published on the 4th March...
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The Comet by @edcaesar.bsky.social - a gripping story of courage and resistance by a superb writer. Out in March.
September 3, 2026 at 1:25 PM
The Comet by @edcaesar.bsky.social - a gripping story of courage and resistance by a superb writer. Out in March.
Excited that my new book now has a gorgeous American cover. Behold, The Comet!
July 28, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Excited that my new book now has a gorgeous American cover. Behold, The Comet!
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“The famine is over! The curse be damned!! Hit the nuclear button! Mayo have won the All-Ireland!!”
An all-time great sports commentary moment from Stephen Grealis and Martin McHugh on Mayo’s Midwest Radio.
#gaa
An all-time great sports commentary moment from Stephen Grealis and Martin McHugh on Mayo’s Midwest Radio.
#gaa
July 26, 2026 at 5:37 PM
“The famine is over! The curse be damned!! Hit the nuclear button! Mayo have won the All-Ireland!!”
An all-time great sports commentary moment from Stephen Grealis and Martin McHugh on Mayo’s Midwest Radio.
#gaa
An all-time great sports commentary moment from Stephen Grealis and Martin McHugh on Mayo’s Midwest Radio.
#gaa
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⚡️Update: Explosions again heard in Kyiv amid ongoing large-scale attack.
Several explosions were again heard in Kyiv around 7:20 a.m. local time, according to Kyiv Independent journalists on the ground.
Several explosions were again heard in Kyiv around 7:20 a.m. local time, according to Kyiv Independent journalists on the ground.
Large-scale Russian missile and drone attack across Ukraine, including Kyiv, kills 9, injures 89
Russia launched a large-scale aerial attack against Ukraine overnight on June 2, targeting Kyiv with missile and drone fire.
kyivindependent.com
June 2, 2026 at 4:30 AM
⚡️Update: Explosions again heard in Kyiv amid ongoing large-scale attack.
Several explosions were again heard in Kyiv around 7:20 a.m. local time, according to Kyiv Independent journalists on the ground.
Several explosions were again heard in Kyiv around 7:20 a.m. local time, according to Kyiv Independent journalists on the ground.
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And the winners of the Paul Foot Award for investigative and campaigning journalism 2026 are... Peter Geoghegan and Khadija Sharife of Democracy for Sale.
June 1, 2026 at 7:50 PM
And the winners of the Paul Foot Award for investigative and campaigning journalism 2026 are... Peter Geoghegan and Khadija Sharife of Democracy for Sale.
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The glorious celebration of journalism that is the Paul Foot Awards feat. the exceptionally worthy shortlist being celebrated by Ian Hislop and the winner, @petergeoghegan.bsky.social for Democracy For Sale’s brilliant work exposing Labour Together
June 1, 2026 at 7:36 PM
The glorious celebration of journalism that is the Paul Foot Awards feat. the exceptionally worthy shortlist being celebrated by Ian Hislop and the winner, @petergeoghegan.bsky.social for Democracy For Sale’s brilliant work exposing Labour Together
The most haunting, magnificent piece of writing: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Paperboy’s Secret
In boyhood, guilt was a constant companion. I stopped mentioning the quarters that Mr. Wood put into my pocket.
www.newyorker.com
June 1, 2026 at 4:42 PM
The most haunting, magnificent piece of writing: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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As good a magazine story as you’ll read this year.
In the fifth year after the full-scale invasion, Ukraine is under ever-more devastating drone and missile attacks. For @newyorker.com, I flew with a Ukrainian stunt pilot who--with a crew of other daredevils--now hunts Shaheds from an old skydiving plane. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Stunt Pilot Hunting Russian Drones
A Ukrainian flying ace is leveraging his aerobatics skills to protect his countrymen from nightly attacks.
www.newyorker.com
May 31, 2026 at 12:59 AM
As good a magazine story as you’ll read this year.
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It has been a while since I've read a "long read" at The New Yorker that engrossed me like this one just did. I tried to find a pull quote from it to entice you, but was faced with choice overload as there were so many; this is a fascinating story *very* well told. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Stunt Pilot Hunting Russian Drones
A Ukrainian flying ace is leveraging his aerobatics skills to protect his countrymen from nightly attacks.
www.newyorker.com
May 25, 2026 at 1:15 PM
It has been a while since I've read a "long read" at The New Yorker that engrossed me like this one just did. I tried to find a pull quote from it to entice you, but was faced with choice overload as there were so many; this is a fascinating story *very* well told. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
In the fifth year after the full-scale invasion, Ukraine is under ever-more devastating drone and missile attacks. For @newyorker.com, I flew with a Ukrainian stunt pilot who--with a crew of other daredevils--now hunts Shaheds from an old skydiving plane. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Stunt Pilot Hunting Russian Drones
A Ukrainian flying ace is leveraging his aerobatics skills to protect his countrymen from nightly attacks.
www.newyorker.com
May 25, 2026 at 10:57 AM
In the fifth year after the full-scale invasion, Ukraine is under ever-more devastating drone and missile attacks. For @newyorker.com, I flew with a Ukrainian stunt pilot who--with a crew of other daredevils--now hunts Shaheds from an old skydiving plane. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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⚡️Update: Massive Russian ballistic missile, drone attack on Kyiv kills 1, injures 24.
The number of injured victims in Russia's overnight missile and drone attack on Kyiv and the surrounding region has risen to 24, officials reported.
The number of injured victims in Russia's overnight missile and drone attack on Kyiv and the surrounding region has risen to 24, officials reported.
'Damage in every district of Kyiv' — Massive Russian ballistic missile, drone attack kills 1, injures 24
Russian forces launched a large-scale missile attack on Kyiv overnight on May 24, officials reported.
kyivindependent.com
May 24, 2026 at 4:56 AM
⚡️Update: Massive Russian ballistic missile, drone attack on Kyiv kills 1, injures 24.
The number of injured victims in Russia's overnight missile and drone attack on Kyiv and the surrounding region has risen to 24, officials reported.
The number of injured victims in Russia's overnight missile and drone attack on Kyiv and the surrounding region has risen to 24, officials reported.
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⚡️Update: 1 killed, 16 injured in Kyiv as Russia's mass daytime attack continues overnight, causing building collapse.
1 killed, 16 injured in Kyiv as Russia's mass daytime attack continues overnight, causing building collapse
One person was killed, and 16 others were injured, with 10 people rescued from under a partially collapsed building in Kyiv overnight on May 14 as Russia launched a large-scale missile attack across U...
kyivindependent.com
May 14, 2026 at 3:57 AM
⚡️Update: 1 killed, 16 injured in Kyiv as Russia's mass daytime attack continues overnight, causing building collapse.
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Kyiv is under massive drone attack. An apt building collapsed
May 14, 2026 at 4:59 AM
Kyiv is under massive drone attack. An apt building collapsed
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‘We don’t know what successful money launderers are doing in the present moment. All we do know is what unsuccessful ones have been caught doing in the past.’
John Lanchester on money laundering, online early from the next issue.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
John Lanchester on money laundering, online early from the next issue.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
John Lanchester · Squillions: Where’s all the cash?
If it were an industry, money laundering would be the third biggest business in the world, behind commercial property...
www.lrb.co.uk
May 12, 2026 at 4:07 PM
‘We don’t know what successful money launderers are doing in the present moment. All we do know is what unsuccessful ones have been caught doing in the past.’
John Lanchester on money laundering, online early from the next issue.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
John Lanchester on money laundering, online early from the next issue.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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In “The Hill,” a daughter comes of age through visits to her imprisoned mother, inheriting the afterlife of a youthful radicalism that shattered her family. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Harriet Clark’s Début Is a New Kind of Coming-of-Age Novel
In “The Hill,” a daughter comes of age through visits to her imprisoned mother, inheriting the afterlife of a youthful radicalism that shattered her family.
www.newyorker.com
May 4, 2026 at 2:11 PM
In “The Hill,” a daughter comes of age through visits to her imprisoned mother, inheriting the afterlife of a youthful radicalism that shattered her family. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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I’m loving this incredibly niche passion project, which ultimately reveals an old joke. Jonathan Swift final move, lost to history. @newyorker.com @edcaesar.bsky.social
Jonathan Swift Wrote His Own Epitaph. Was It a Joke?
A college professor spent seven years decoding the inscription on the grave of the writer Jonathan Swift. He thinks he’s finally cracked it.
www.newyorker.com
May 2, 2026 at 2:17 PM
I’m loving this incredibly niche passion project, which ultimately reveals an old joke. Jonathan Swift final move, lost to history. @newyorker.com @edcaesar.bsky.social
David Kenny knows who ruined Jonathan Swift's last joke. I wrote about a joyful literary detective story for @newyorker.com
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Jonathan Swift Wrote His Own Epitaph. Was It a Joke?
A college professor spent seven years decoding the inscription on the grave of the writer Jonathan Swift. He thinks he’s finally cracked it.
www.newyorker.com
May 2, 2026 at 11:41 AM
David Kenny knows who ruined Jonathan Swift's last joke. I wrote about a joyful literary detective story for @newyorker.com
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
An update on Daniel Kinahan, and Sean McGovern, for @newyorker.com . Trigger warning: contains a mention of Amor Towles "A Gentleman In Moscow"
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
How Daniel Kinahan’s Cocaine Empire Began to Crumble
After living freely in Dubai for a decade, the notorious Irish drug dealer has finally been arrested, and is likely to be sent back to Dublin to stand trial.
www.newyorker.com
April 30, 2026 at 10:10 AM
An update on Daniel Kinahan, and Sean McGovern, for @newyorker.com . Trigger warning: contains a mention of Amor Towles "A Gentleman In Moscow"
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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⚡️Russian overnight attack on Odesa damages kindergarten and residential buildings, injures 16.
Russia launched a mass drone attack on Odesa overnight on April 30, striking residential neighborhoods across multiple districts of the city and injuring at least 16 people, local officials reported.
Russia launched a mass drone attack on Odesa overnight on April 30, striking residential neighborhoods across multiple districts of the city and injuring at least 16 people, local officials reported.
Russian drones hit residential neighborhoods in Odesa overnight, at least 16 injured
Russia launched a mass drone attack on Odesa overnight on April 30, striking residential neighborhoods across multiple districts of the city and injuring at least 16 people, local officials reported.
kyivindependent.com
April 30, 2026 at 5:05 AM
⚡️Russian overnight attack on Odesa damages kindergarten and residential buildings, injures 16.
Russia launched a mass drone attack on Odesa overnight on April 30, striking residential neighborhoods across multiple districts of the city and injuring at least 16 people, local officials reported.
Russia launched a mass drone attack on Odesa overnight on April 30, striking residential neighborhoods across multiple districts of the city and injuring at least 16 people, local officials reported.
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As Sebastian Sawe was running 1:59:30 in the London marathon, I was thinking about @edcaesar.bsky.social and his wonderful book Two Hours
Two Hours
Two hours to cover twenty-six miles and 385 yards. An exceptional feat of speed, mental strength and endurance. The sub-two-hour marathon is running's Everest, a feat once seen as impossible for the h...
www.penguin.co.uk
April 26, 2026 at 12:15 PM
As Sebastian Sawe was running 1:59:30 in the London marathon, I was thinking about @edcaesar.bsky.social and his wonderful book Two Hours
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Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil found dead after being trapped in rubble following Israeli strike, obstruction of rescue:
cpj.org?p=583367
cpj.org?p=583367
CPJ calls for immediate rescue of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil, trapped under rubble in southern Lebanon - Committee to Protect Journalists
UPDATE: On April 22, the Red Cross reported that they had found the body of Amal Khalil under the rubble. Beirut, April 22, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists is outraged that the Israeli Defen...
cpj.org
April 22, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil found dead after being trapped in rubble following Israeli strike, obstruction of rescue:
cpj.org?p=583367
cpj.org?p=583367
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Very excited about the Tour de France Femmes having stages in the UK in 2027!
Extra excited to see the race on the roads I cycle on ❤️ Glorious Peak District climbs and the town we call home.
Such an amazing sport: the spectacle comes to your home!
Link: www.letourfemmes.fr/en/grand-dep...
Extra excited to see the race on the roads I cycle on ❤️ Glorious Peak District climbs and the town we call home.
Such an amazing sport: the spectacle comes to your home!
Link: www.letourfemmes.fr/en/grand-dep...
April 20, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Very excited about the Tour de France Femmes having stages in the UK in 2027!
Extra excited to see the race on the roads I cycle on ❤️ Glorious Peak District climbs and the town we call home.
Such an amazing sport: the spectacle comes to your home!
Link: www.letourfemmes.fr/en/grand-dep...
Extra excited to see the race on the roads I cycle on ❤️ Glorious Peak District climbs and the town we call home.
Such an amazing sport: the spectacle comes to your home!
Link: www.letourfemmes.fr/en/grand-dep...
Daniel Kinahan was arrested this evening in Dubai.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Cocaine Kingpin Living Large in Dubai
Daniel Kinahan, an Irish drug dealer, commands a billion-dollar empire from the U.A.E. Why isn’t he in prison?
www.newyorker.com
April 17, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Daniel Kinahan was arrested this evening in Dubai.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...