Hilary Potkewitz

Human correspondent. Asker of a million questions. Finding stories where business and life meet. In @WSJ, @WashingtonPost & more. Try me at hilpot(at)gmail.

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@Bachscore This was such a great story I remember reading it then!

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@AdamTrot @jenrunsworld @WSJ Oh noooooo!!! I loved that column! 😁

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via @NYTimes https://t.co/BJpbWbsuhP

[Kevin Madden @KevinMaddenDC]

I haven't seen a headline this good since 1999.

5⭐️effort, @WSJ

[Caity Weaver @caityweaver]

I thought I liked this story by @conniewang — but when I started crying at the part where all the Connies meet their namesake Connie Chung at the story’s photo shoot, I realized I LOVED it 😭 THE PHOTOGRAPHER WAS ALSO NAMED CONNIE!!! I’M SCREAMING https://t.co/L68uEK4DHD

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This whole thread!

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Non-native English Speakers, what’s a word from your language that you think is perfect that doesn’t have an English equivalent?

Take us to church.

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Some hearty surfers head to the Great Lakes. "Sheboygan is the Malibu of the Midwest." Dontcha know... https://t.co/uB14K5L8OK

[Jon Tester @jontester]

RT if you're ready to send a seven-fingered dirt farmer from Montana back to the Senate.

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

Watch Pink and Grohl blast through "Get the Party Started" for the second night of "Hanukkah Sessions" https://t.co/DG1j43iLNE

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"Every piece of data you look at would have told you demand for the Women’s World Cup would be extremely high, but many men make decisions about women’s sports based on their feelings, not facts"

[Molly Hensley-Clancy @mollyhc]

The fact that FIFA would, in the year 2022, claim to be "caught off guard" by the demand for Women's World Cup tickets tells you basically everything you need to know

https://t.co/OxYSkpuXOi

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Elnaz Rekabi: Iranian rock climber arrives back in Tehran after competing without hijab - CNN https://t.co/60xWUIxAbA

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@annehelen Shopping: in person or online, bargain-hunting and retail arbitrage. Some people make it a sport, keeping track of TJMaxx delivery days, which week/days of the month online markdowns hit, etc. Not just clothing/accessories, either--incl. home goods, decor, kitchen, linens, etc.

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So far this is the most share-worthy worthy royal death story I've seen! When the Queen Died, Someone Had to Tell the Bees https://t.co/UUhJHAFEfg

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@annehelen Jane Harper--either "The Dry" or "The Lost Man"--great "Outback Noir" :)

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@annehelen Silent Witness! On Acorn! 👍 Start w Season 9, tho...

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@KiraBind Whoah

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@annehelen Garth Brooks, "Much too Young (to feel this damn old)" -- "a worn-out tape of Chris Ledoux"

[U.S. Women's National Soccer Team @USWNT]

The highest civilian honor in the United States. 🎖

@mPinoe will be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House on July 7 🇺🇸