Allison Adato
@editgirlnyc.bsky.social
"Everybody here comes from somewhere."
Writer, editor, reader, cook, New Yorker, ex-Angelino. ☕️
(Seguo account italiani per imparare la lingua. Il congiuntivo è difficile per me, quindi ditemi le vostre speranze e i vostri sogni.)
Writer, editor, reader, cook, New Yorker, ex-Angelino. ☕️
(Seguo account italiani per imparare la lingua. Il congiuntivo è difficile per me, quindi ditemi le vostre speranze e i vostri sogni.)
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This is from 10 years ago
It is not as if people who think about A.I. didn’t know the possibilities.
ideas.ted.com/how-the-gain...
It is not as if people who think about A.I. didn’t know the possibilities.
ideas.ted.com/how-the-gain...
How the gains we make in AI could ultimately destroy us
Neuroscientist and philosopher Sam Harris describes a scenario that is both terrifying and likely to occur. It’s not, he says, a good combination.
ideas.ted.com
September 13, 2026 at 2:27 PM
This is from 10 years ago
It is not as if people who think about A.I. didn’t know the possibilities.
ideas.ted.com/how-the-gain...
It is not as if people who think about A.I. didn’t know the possibilities.
ideas.ted.com/how-the-gain...
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This was posted in response to the fact that Disney execs can't agree on how to reboot The Muppet Show, but it also may just have inadvertently solved all my problems
One hates to be formulaic, but here's a blueprint:
1. Play the music
2. Light the lights
3. Put on makeup
4. Dress up right
5. Get things started
1. Play the music
2. Light the lights
3. Put on makeup
4. Dress up right
5. Get things started
September 10, 2026 at 9:33 PM
This was posted in response to the fact that Disney execs can't agree on how to reboot The Muppet Show, but it also may just have inadvertently solved all my problems
Wondering why the folks at Brown-Forman/Jack Daniels don't take their 150+ years of whiskey-making knowledge and figure out a lower-alcohol or NA version? If this essay proved anything, it is that there are a lot of ex-drinkers in need of something else.
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/s...
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/s...
What Else Do We Lose When People Give Up Booze? (Gift Article)
Yes, there are many benefits of cutting back. But bars are closing. Jobs are going away. And a way of being together can feel harder to find.
www.nytimes.com
August 2, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Wondering why the folks at Brown-Forman/Jack Daniels don't take their 150+ years of whiskey-making knowledge and figure out a lower-alcohol or NA version? If this essay proved anything, it is that there are a lot of ex-drinkers in need of something else.
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/s...
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/s...
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There is a lot to say about the Nolan Odyssey movie. But one point that I think has not been emphasized enough is: this is a film about living in LA, as Nolan, my erstwhile British compatriot and age mate, has done for years. I gather it’s a strange place.
July 23, 2026 at 12:06 AM
There is a lot to say about the Nolan Odyssey movie. But one point that I think has not been emphasized enough is: this is a film about living in LA, as Nolan, my erstwhile British compatriot and age mate, has done for years. I gather it’s a strange place.
A federal judge pauses, for now, an effort to compensate the president’s allies and supporters. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/u...
Ha Ha Nelson
ALT: Ha Ha Nelson
static.klipy.com
May 29, 2026 at 6:30 PM
A federal judge pauses, for now, an effort to compensate the president’s allies and supporters. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/u...
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Sonny Rollins, one of the most influential Jazz musicians of our time, died this afternoon. He was 95
May 26, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Sonny Rollins, one of the most influential Jazz musicians of our time, died this afternoon. He was 95
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Trump Requests $1.2 Trillion To Have
https://bit.ly/3RjdlH1
https://bit.ly/3RjdlH1
May 18, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Trump Requests $1.2 Trillion To Have
https://bit.ly/3RjdlH1
https://bit.ly/3RjdlH1
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“Everything is funny.”
For André Gregory's 92nd (!!) birthday, resharing his 2020 interview with @robkendt.bsky.social for @americantheatre.org
www.americantheatre.org/2020/04/03/a...
For André Gregory's 92nd (!!) birthday, resharing his 2020 interview with @robkendt.bsky.social for @americantheatre.org
www.americantheatre.org/2020/04/03/a...
André Gregory: ‘The Creative Process Is Very Mysterious’
The legendary director has had a Zelig-like journey through the culture, from regional theatre to Hollywood, Strasberg to Grotowski.
www.americantheatre.org
May 11, 2026 at 7:43 PM
“Everything is funny.”
For André Gregory's 92nd (!!) birthday, resharing his 2020 interview with @robkendt.bsky.social for @americantheatre.org
www.americantheatre.org/2020/04/03/a...
For André Gregory's 92nd (!!) birthday, resharing his 2020 interview with @robkendt.bsky.social for @americantheatre.org
www.americantheatre.org/2020/04/03/a...
Stop debating the NYTimes songwriters list; it was created entirely to land a Taylor Swift invu.
April 28, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Stop debating the NYTimes songwriters list; it was created entirely to land a Taylor Swift invu.
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Anybody remember how Sergei Brin arrived here as a refugee and was sponsored by charitable groups until he became a self-supporting billionaire who chose not pay taxes? Because i sure do. www.forbes.com/profile/serg...
Sergey Brin
Sergey Brin is #3 on Forbes' 2026 Billionaires list. Read more about Sergey Brin, their experience, their asset summary, and more here.
www.forbes.com
April 27, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Anybody remember how Sergei Brin arrived here as a refugee and was sponsored by charitable groups until he became a self-supporting billionaire who chose not pay taxes? Because i sure do. www.forbes.com/profile/serg...
“Force Majeure” 2014, dir: Ruben Östlund.
April 26, 2026 at 8:30 PM
“Force Majeure” 2014, dir: Ruben Östlund.
What happened to the Board of Peace?
April 13, 2026 at 10:11 AM
What happened to the Board of Peace?
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Law professor Roger Fisher, 1981: "My suggestion was quite simple... If ever the President wanted to fire nuclear weapons, the only way he could do so would be for him first, with his own hands, to kill one human being."
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books.google.com/books?id=ygo...
April 7, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Law professor Roger Fisher, 1981: "My suggestion was quite simple... If ever the President wanted to fire nuclear weapons, the only way he could do so would be for him first, with his own hands, to kill one human being."
books.google.com/books?id=ygo...
books.google.com/books?id=ygo...
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girl take us with you
🚨 Christina Koch has officially become the farthest any woman has ever traveled from Earth
April 5, 2026 at 12:52 AM
girl take us with you
First they came for the fact-checkers and I said—well, actually I said something. A bunch of times.
Can you imagine how many people approved it before publishing?
Shameful.
Shameful.
April 4, 2026 at 4:06 AM
First they came for the fact-checkers and I said—well, actually I said something. A bunch of times.
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The Streisand Effect.
Babs has still got it
March 16, 2026 at 1:05 AM
The Streisand Effect.
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This might be the greatest split-screen ever broadcast.
They’ll play this in museums in future.
(🎥 LCI 🇫🇷)
They’ll play this in museums in future.
(🎥 LCI 🇫🇷)
March 12, 2026 at 3:11 PM
This might be the greatest split-screen ever broadcast.
They’ll play this in museums in future.
(🎥 LCI 🇫🇷)
They’ll play this in museums in future.
(🎥 LCI 🇫🇷)
Okay, Seasoned Journalists: Let's put our minds together and figure out who, in the year of somebody's lord 2026, a writer is pulling half-a-mil annually, according to their @nymag.com invu.
March 9, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Okay, Seasoned Journalists: Let's put our minds together and figure out who, in the year of somebody's lord 2026, a writer is pulling half-a-mil annually, according to their @nymag.com invu.
In my mind I have already bought tickets for this.
Courtney Love and Melissa Auf der Maur tease Hole reunion tour
Courtney Love & Melissa Auf der Maur Tease Hole Reunion Tour
Hole were one of the greatest rock bands of the ’90s, and there are plenty of people who would love to see them reunite. It could happen. The band’s entire Celebrity Skin-era lineup is alive and seemi...
stereogum.com
March 4, 2026 at 3:55 PM
In my mind I have already bought tickets for this.
Sickness via stupidity.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/u...
Parents Tried to Shield Their Children From Vaccines. Instead They Got Measles.
www.nytimes.com
March 3, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Sickness via stupidity.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/u...
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BREAKING: Credible whistleblower discloses that FBI forensic experts were ordered to stand down from processing the scene where Renee Good was killed, because Kash Patel did not want Good referenced as a “victim” in the warrant.
March 2, 2026 at 8:52 PM
BREAKING: Credible whistleblower discloses that FBI forensic experts were ordered to stand down from processing the scene where Renee Good was killed, because Kash Patel did not want Good referenced as a “victim” in the warrant.