I’m not advocating for a hot pickle summer or pickleball, even though it is the official sport of aging lesbian jocks everywhere. But I will speak up in favor of etymology. Thanks, Sarah Diamond of the @nytimes https://t.co/uVl7aFMzgh
Wait! There's more! Click on this gift article - about using NYC's public auction website as a holiday gift guide - and you'll hear me sing a repurposed carol written by the gifted @sarahbianta, who also produced the audio! Act now!
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The word “gaming” has been used in The New York Times across decades to refer to gambling, video games and the recent rise of legalized sports betting. https://t.co/Ikl4xyhsLl
One of the earliest usages of the phrase “gay pride” in The New York Times outside of a quotation was in the summer of 1971.
This June, we explored the evolution of the word “pride” and how it became connected with the modern gay rights movement. https://t.co/9nkv4zXoAD
The word "meme" is often considered an internet-age term, but it originated in a Richard Dawkins book in 1976.
One of the first New York Times uses of "meme" came in 1995. Since then, it has appeared in our articles about genes, stocks and Bernie Sanders. https://t.co/kyPTel1aSD
Incredible investigation from @brianmrosenthal and @elizashapiro, who pierced the insular world of NY Hasidic schools to expose yeshivas raking in $1 billion in public money while failing to teach kids basic English along with allegations of physical abuse https://t.co/Jn4dc6tfdx
I wrote about The Big, Wide World of Narrow Beats for the @nytimes! Thank you @kchangnyt, @emmabgo, and @tminsberg for sharing your thoughtful insights and expertise 🙌
For students whose only access to music education comes via their public schools, pandemic school closures were especially disruptive. But research also suggests music could help children rebuild what was lost. https://t.co/v4fxtRSEec
Roshan Reddy counted to three. He raised his palm, a chorus of shiny horns and woodwinds hummed to life, and the first notes of Adele’s “Easy on Me” filled the band room at P.S. 11 elementary school in Brooklyn. (via @NYTMetro) https://t.co/J3RTdMfxFu
For students whose only access to music education comes via their public schools, pandemic school closures were especially disruptive. But research also suggests music could help children rebuild what was lost. https://t.co/anNt4MTsEY
For the war in Ukraine, Telegram has undeniably become “the social media platform of choice,” said Michael Schwirtz, a reporter for The Times who spent months reporting from Ukraine. “Now, The New York Times is part of that constellation of sources.” https://t.co/TJ43iTXeUm
A profile on Sinead O’Connor, a story about Bad Art Friends and an article on languishing: These Times articles have very different focuses, but they all went viral. The question is, why? https://t.co/jFf8nxpoCy
I had the great pleasure of interviewing Hamza Syed, Brian Reed, and Rebecca Laks from @serial Productions about the making of The Trojan Horse Affair Podcast -- Read below to learn how they crafted an eight-hour audio series from over 1,000 hours of tape!
While much has changed about a former New York Times printing plant in 90 years, Christine Willis, a faculty advisor for student-run The Wolf Press, said, “The bones and the spirit of journalism are alive and well here.” https://t.co/3HRJinm34m
90 years after its closure, a former New York Times printing plant in Brooklyn now provides space for a new generation of journalists. https://t.co/u2iEroCwJu
90 years after its closure, a former New York Times printing plant now provides space for a new generation of journalists. The site is now the home of two public schools.
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