Brigid Delaney

Labor speechwriter.
Co- creator Netflix comedy Wellmania. Author Wellmania, Wild Things, This Restless Life, Reasons Not to Worry (Stoicism) .ex-guardian Oz

[abrish @cxrnerrstone]

in another life we were two birds killed by the same stone

[emily rahhal she/her @RahhalEmily]

👀@NYCMayor is searching for a new speechwriter

[audrey @phlegmme]

Latte art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable

[Matthew Zeitlin @MattZeitlin]

it's kinda funny when people who were exclusively audio or print/digital journalists get thrown into video podcasting and have to have a glow up at, like, 42

[Jeremy Foster Berke @jfberke]

Substack has the 10th most visits for a US news site in April, ahead of NBC news and just behind google. Pretty wild for an 8 (!) year old company.

[Nicolas Badre @BadreNicolas]

The odds of having dementia at age 85 were close to 1 in 3 in the 80s; now they are 1 in 10.

I don’t think we have a great explanation: better cardiovascular health, diet, and education are often mentioned. Good news nonetheless.

Carnall Farrar. (2025, March 27). Dementia trends.

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

JUST IN: Anthropic rolls out new Claude tools aimed at automating legal work for lawyers & law firms.

[Emma Steuer 🧚🤖 @emmysteuer]

You only live once, so make sure to spend as much time as possible on your computer. You won’t have access to it when you die

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

On fashion’s big night out, we turned the lens onto the garment, retail, warehouse, and delivery workers who make the fashion industry possible.

Read the full piece: https://t.co/XewKoacIIi

[Elaine Pearson @PearsonElaine]

.@hrw is seeking an Asia media director to maximize strategic coverage of HRW’s research on traditional & emerging media platforms across the region. Would suit a journalist working in the region looking for a change & passionate about human rights.👇
https://t.co/Xp9GSToNHr

[Maxwell Meyer @mualphaxi]

Bloomberg interviewed a bunch of people named Claude to figure out how their lives are going

Really funny story by @MADarbyshire

[𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙲. 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚗 @CharlesCMann]

"There are about 70% more bookstores now than there were six years ago in the United States. After 20 years of declining numbers, they’re coming roaring back."

"Since 2020,... American Booksellers Association membership has grown from 1,900 to 3,200."
https://t.co/XTUijwVQQn

[Magdalene J. Taylor @magdajtaylor]

walking around outside is like scrolling with your body

[Russell Crowe @russellcrowe]

Nice article that I missed when it came out. One writer, Luke Buckmaster’s opinion, but, he does give some solid reasoning. As I get older, I am humbled that someone would even think to write an article like this.
Russell Crowe’s 20 best roles – sorted! https://t.co/QT5Nd89b5O

[Art Deco SJ @SonjaJo82306956]

GARRON TOWER, c. 1939, in Double Bay, Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺
It is a landmark waterfront residence and a striking example of late Art Deco architecture.
Designed by J. E. Justelius and N. D. Federick
(Photos: @millymead)

[Australian Writers' Centre @WritersCentreAU]

Apply for the Frank Moorhouse Fellowship for Young Writers

https://t.co/6Q6VU9qBiM

[⚚Sage @belikesagee]

twitter is cigarette for the eyes

[Michael Kruse @michaelkruse]

“First of all, I have a bad back. I couldn’t get on the floor, and if I did get on the floor, they’d have to bring in people to get me off the floor. And No. 2, I’m a hygiene freak. There was no freaking way I was getting in my new tux on the dirty Hilton floor. It was not happening.” https://t.co/2tOOQH26sx

[julie @obscenelydolled]

when you hate on the smiths it's probably because morrissey reminds you of something within yourself you haven't dealt with

[Lisa Mckenzie @redrumlisa]

Mark Fisher was a really nice bloke and the Academic world of middle class gatekeepers treated him very badly and when he started writing about the problems with the contemporary left they attacked him. Read 'Exiting the Vampires Castle' an essay he wrote about the left.
https://t.co/DyRl1f84jW