Daniel Wakin

Deputy int'l editor, NYT Opinion, ex-Met Opera, ex-AP, author of "The Man With the Sawed-Off Leg and Other Tales of a New York City Block" (@NYCBlockTales)

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Spherical 'minibrains' to be grown on the International Space Station https://t.co/lCXaILL1L9

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@andrewselsky @AP An honor to have intersected two of the those years in the same bureau! Lifting a Castle to you, at least in my mind.

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@andrewselsky God I miss the snow in snow-free NYC

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@jswatz But you can’t the road out of the toad.

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It's cool going to the office every day through a stage door.

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=30= Newsfolks will recognize this ominous sign that something is over. In this case, my time at The Times. Today is my last day at that amazing place, after 22 years. Heading to the Met Opera as senior director for communications, starting March 21.

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@jswatz @dansaltzstein @nytimes @oestreichj I think it burned its way through my desk drawer and the floor below

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@jswatz @dansaltzstein @nytimes It's figuratively on ice, under my desk, ready to be dragged out when we go back to the office, and whenever the Founding Tipplers, @oestreichj @dansaltzstein @jswatz, drop by for a visit. "Office supplies" also available.

[Alex Traub @alexetraub]

The romance of Iohan Gueorguiev's life, and his niche YouTube stardom, depended on chance meetings along the open road, travel unchecked by borders — everything that pandemic restrictions made impossible. He committed suicide at 33 years old. https://t.co/NXoQogNfbN

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A memorable obit by my colleague Alex Traub, about an extraordinary character https://t.co/ULaeUl6lI3

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@AlexandraJacobs @benryanwriter @benryanwriter @AlexandraJacobs not a bad idea! But no, from previous life as a culture writer

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@apchavira @nytimes I'm sure it was your only mistake!

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Here is some wordnerd summer fun from my @nytimes colleagues. I was happy to make a m-i-n-u-s-c-u-l-e (did I get that right?) contribution. https://t.co/3TOV7xemoh

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Christa Ludwig rose from straitened origins in a shattered wartime Germany to the height of the singing world, aided by a sense of discipline instilled by her strong-willed mother — her only real teacher and a constant presence throughout her career. https://t.co/FYDNx4cb7Y

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Here is a short video sample of Those We've Lost, the NYT Obits project remembering the Covid-19 dead. Music is courtesy of Wynton Marsalis, whose father Ellis was one of them. https://t.co/kIS9HC7ijp

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Dianna Ortiz, American Nun Tortured in Guatemala, Dies at 62 https://t.co/LaahwWzEdf

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It has been an honor working with writers like Schwartz, Leland and Randle -- quoted here -- on this series. So many other great ones too.

[John Schwartz @jswatz]

Some say people who die from coronavirus were old and going to die soon anyway; John Leland answers: “A human life is a human life.” https://t.co/NEwLFFzCXw

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The man Mr. Galante accused of torturing him, Antonio González Pacheco, also died of the coronavirus. https://t.co/TbjAQ7PlUD

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Those We’ve Lost, The New York Times series about people who have died of the coronavirus, continues. The stories, brought to you by @NYTObits, remain fascinating and heart-breaking.
https://t.co/DtIfiq5cx8

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José María Galante campaigned for justice for himself and other victims of torture during the Franco regime in Spain. https://t.co/HO9GFjwTEU