Alina Tugend
@alinatug.bsky.social
Journalist, former NYT ShortCuts columnist, author of "Better by Mistake: The Unexpected Benefits of Being Wrong." Write a lot on education. Born in LA, live in NY. www.alinatugend.com
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Congratulations to the litigation team! bsky.app/profile/nilc...
BREAKING: A federal court struck down the Trump administration's nationality-based ban on immigrant visa processing for people from 75 countries.
We’re proud to bring this case with partners on behalf of
@cliniclegal.bsky.social, @africansus.bsky.social, and impacted individuals.
We’re proud to bring this case with partners on behalf of
@cliniclegal.bsky.social, @africansus.bsky.social, and impacted individuals.
Judge Strikes Down Trump’s 75-Country Visa Ban
The ruling from the Southern District of New York found that the policy went beyond Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s legal authority.
www.nytimes.com
August 22, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Congratulations to the litigation team! bsky.app/profile/nilc...
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Lionel Messi’s greatest gift may be his “ability to control his opponent’s attention, to deflect and attract it at will,” @sallyjenx.bsky.social argues. But to really appreciate Argentina’s captain, she writes, “watch him without the ball”:
How to Watch Lionel Messi
Look at him when he doesn’t have the ball.
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July 19, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Lionel Messi’s greatest gift may be his “ability to control his opponent’s attention, to deflect and attract it at will,” @sallyjenx.bsky.social argues. But to really appreciate Argentina’s captain, she writes, “watch him without the ball”:
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A gentle reminder: libraries are still here, still free, still open to everyone. No appointment required. No subscription fee. Just walk in.
July 18, 2026 at 8:15 PM
A gentle reminder: libraries are still here, still free, still open to everyone. No appointment required. No subscription fee. Just walk in.
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SPEECHLESS. LFGK
June 11, 2026 at 3:43 AM
SPEECHLESS. LFGK
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Never gets old.
J-school essay topic: Is there any performance test for essentially life-tenure columnists? A limit on how many big calls you can get totally wrong, before they say: Hey, buddy, how about taking a step back for a while. Maybe a few reported pieces? Where you go out and ask around?
J-school essay topic: Is there any performance test for essentially life-tenure columnists? A limit on how many big calls you can get totally wrong, before they say: Hey, buddy, how about taking a step back for a while. Maybe a few reported pieces? Where you go out and ask around?
June 2, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Never gets old.
J-school essay topic: Is there any performance test for essentially life-tenure columnists? A limit on how many big calls you can get totally wrong, before they say: Hey, buddy, how about taking a step back for a while. Maybe a few reported pieces? Where you go out and ask around?
J-school essay topic: Is there any performance test for essentially life-tenure columnists? A limit on how many big calls you can get totally wrong, before they say: Hey, buddy, how about taking a step back for a while. Maybe a few reported pieces? Where you go out and ask around?
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Thanks, Vonnegut. 💜
May 25, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Thanks, Vonnegut. 💜
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I get to the airport at the exact right time every time. Anyone arriving any earlier than me is a sap, anyone arriving any later is a reckless nut.
April 20, 2026 at 9:23 PM
I get to the airport at the exact right time every time. Anyone arriving any earlier than me is a sap, anyone arriving any later is a reckless nut.
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Mamdani is not just filling the potholes with the crew. He's creating a visual and personal reminder of the dignity inherent in all of these anonymous government jobs.
Beautiful day to fill the 100,000th pothole of the year.
April 7, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Mamdani is not just filling the potholes with the crew. He's creating a visual and personal reminder of the dignity inherent in all of these anonymous government jobs.
5 Takeaways on America’s Boom in Billionaires www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...
This and the main story - really important article that goes a long way to explain the state our country is in.
This and the main story - really important article that goes a long way to explain the state our country is in.
5 Takeaways on America’s Boom in Billionaires
www.nytimes.com
March 2, 2026 at 5:36 PM
5 Takeaways on America’s Boom in Billionaires www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...
This and the main story - really important article that goes a long way to explain the state our country is in.
This and the main story - really important article that goes a long way to explain the state our country is in.
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BREAKING — 51 Iranian children are dead after a strike hits Minab girls elementary school in Iran.
February 28, 2026 at 12:33 PM
BREAKING — 51 Iranian children are dead after a strike hits Minab girls elementary school in Iran.
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The real story is that foreign govts try to "interfere" all the time. In 2020 and 2024 we had mechanisms to catch them, call them out, & mitigate damage. Now, those mechanims are gone & the Trump admin would prefer to exploit "foreign interference" to justify a federal take-over of elections.
OFFS. When Iran tried to interefere in 2020, researchers caught them and called them out. Then the Benz-Weiss-Taibbi-Musk-Jordan-Trump axis labeled those researchers "censors" ... and set about defunding them and dismantling their organizations.
I am going to need every single person who said that misinformation was a moral panic to feel enough shame and regret that they leave public intellectual life.
February 28, 2026 at 5:04 PM
The real story is that foreign govts try to "interfere" all the time. In 2020 and 2024 we had mechanisms to catch them, call them out, & mitigate damage. Now, those mechanims are gone & the Trump admin would prefer to exploit "foreign interference" to justify a federal take-over of elections.
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I can't get over this number: in 2007, there were 360,000 newspaper jobs. Now, there are 80,000. "My local paper sucked!" Sure. What sucks even more? The void. "I get all my news from the Guardian!" No, the Guardian doesn't report on your town council, your school board, local cops.
February 22, 2026 at 4:26 PM
I can't get over this number: in 2007, there were 360,000 newspaper jobs. Now, there are 80,000. "My local paper sucked!" Sure. What sucks even more? The void. "I get all my news from the Guardian!" No, the Guardian doesn't report on your town council, your school board, local cops.
@neatoday.bsky.social I am trying to get in touch with your media office of the NEA but am having no responses to my emails and the phones aren't working (get a busy signal for the past week when calling the media number, 202-822-7823. Can someone reach out at [email protected]
February 18, 2026 at 7:30 PM
@neatoday.bsky.social I am trying to get in touch with your media office of the NEA but am having no responses to my emails and the phones aren't working (get a busy signal for the past week when calling the media number, 202-822-7823. Can someone reach out at [email protected]
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US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
February 10, 2026 at 8:58 PM
US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
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Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance https://theonion.com/terrified-conservatives-lose-ability-to-speak-english-after-exposure-to-bad-bunny-performance-dios-mio-cry-millions-of-panicking-republicans/
February 9, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance https://theonion.com/terrified-conservatives-lose-ability-to-speak-english-after-exposure-to-bad-bunny-performance-dios-mio-cry-millions-of-panicking-republicans/
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7 democrats voted with MAGA republicans to push through ICE funding. If they voted no, it would’ve been blocked.
Hakeem Jeffries can’t get his caucus in order to stop ICE fascists as they arrest without judicial warrants, kidnap children, & kill citizens.
Indefensible
(Image via @indivisible.org)
Hakeem Jeffries can’t get his caucus in order to stop ICE fascists as they arrest without judicial warrants, kidnap children, & kill citizens.
Indefensible
(Image via @indivisible.org)
January 23, 2026 at 2:07 AM
7 democrats voted with MAGA republicans to push through ICE funding. If they voted no, it would’ve been blocked.
Hakeem Jeffries can’t get his caucus in order to stop ICE fascists as they arrest without judicial warrants, kidnap children, & kill citizens.
Indefensible
(Image via @indivisible.org)
Hakeem Jeffries can’t get his caucus in order to stop ICE fascists as they arrest without judicial warrants, kidnap children, & kill citizens.
Indefensible
(Image via @indivisible.org)
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Just got this forwarded. Here are the talking points Schumer's team just emailed out to their allies TODAY - this afternoon.
The words "Minnesota" or "ICE" don't appear anywhere here.
The words "Minnesota" or "ICE" don't appear anywhere here.
January 15, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Just got this forwarded. Here are the talking points Schumer's team just emailed out to their allies TODAY - this afternoon.
The words "Minnesota" or "ICE" don't appear anywhere here.
The words "Minnesota" or "ICE" don't appear anywhere here.
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A Hampton Inn in Asheville just canceled my family's reservation because our address (incorrectly) showed Asheville—and the hotel bars locals within 50 miles.
When I asked why, they said, "because of our homeless population," adding that most hotels here have similar policies.
This is outrageous.
When I asked why, they said, "because of our homeless population," adding that most hotels here have similar policies.
This is outrageous.
December 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
A Hampton Inn in Asheville just canceled my family's reservation because our address (incorrectly) showed Asheville—and the hotel bars locals within 50 miles.
When I asked why, they said, "because of our homeless population," adding that most hotels here have similar policies.
This is outrageous.
When I asked why, they said, "because of our homeless population," adding that most hotels here have similar policies.
This is outrageous.
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In America, where irony is dead, a hotel chain uses a policy denying shelter to local people, for fear of accidentally housing homeless persons…
To deny a reservation to the author of a much-lauded book on how American economic unfairness forces working people into homelessness.
To deny a reservation to the author of a much-lauded book on how American economic unfairness forces working people into homelessness.
A Hampton Inn in Asheville just canceled my family's reservation because our address (incorrectly) showed Asheville—and the hotel bars locals within 50 miles.
When I asked why, they said, "because of our homeless population," adding that most hotels here have similar policies.
This is outrageous.
When I asked why, they said, "because of our homeless population," adding that most hotels here have similar policies.
This is outrageous.
December 29, 2025 at 2:46 AM
In America, where irony is dead, a hotel chain uses a policy denying shelter to local people, for fear of accidentally housing homeless persons…
To deny a reservation to the author of a much-lauded book on how American economic unfairness forces working people into homelessness.
To deny a reservation to the author of a much-lauded book on how American economic unfairness forces working people into homelessness.
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Archivist Shannon O’Neill invited me to join her today for a tour of the (relatively recently) renovated Tamiment-Wagner Clxn of radical / left history at NYU — I was especially taken by their vibrant + extensive collection of posters + pamphlets (which Shannon says are infrequently accessed)!
December 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Archivist Shannon O’Neill invited me to join her today for a tour of the (relatively recently) renovated Tamiment-Wagner Clxn of radical / left history at NYU — I was especially taken by their vibrant + extensive collection of posters + pamphlets (which Shannon says are infrequently accessed)!
Two Men. One Identity. They Both Paid the Price. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Fantastic piece by Eli Saslow
Fantastic piece by Eli Saslow
Two Men. One Identity. They Both Paid the Price.
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Two Men. One Identity. They Both Paid the Price. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Fantastic piece by Eli Saslow
Fantastic piece by Eli Saslow
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I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.
October 29, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.