Sona S. K. Rai (she/her)

My tweets are my POV only. Comms @datasociety.

[Elizabeth Kim @lizkimtweets]

The @NYCMayor youtube channel no longer has the old pressers and streamed events from @ericadamsfornyc and @BilldeBlasio. This is critical for broadcast reporters who want to use archival sound and footage. It’s also NYC history. Please bring them back! @the_vello @anna_bahr

[Kristel 💙🧡 @kristelxo]

Being 43 is wild. People your age are living completely different lives.

Some are grandparents. Some are raising toddlers. Some are newly divorced. Some are newly engaged. Some haven’t slept in three years. Some are in St. Tropez posting Aperol spritzes from a yacht.

Some look 25.
Some look like they personally remember the invention of Tupperware.

Nobody got the same assignment.

[Sona S. K. Rai (she/her) @sona_here]

@mollytaft Sigh, sometimes comms people work in a really toxic environment, and even if they tell their leads this, they insist on it anyway.

[Tiffany Cabán @tiffany_caban]

Last Friday, a Brooklyn woman was forced to give birth in shackles in open court after 24 hours in custody. Police and courtroom staff denied her adequate medical care, bodily autonomy, and privacy as she went through labor. 1/

[Jessica Testa @jtes]

Thinking today of an Everlane ex-employee who told us this in 2020

[Kyle Chayka @chaykak]

new @NewYorker column, on the rise of hyperlocal neighborhood email newsletters, solo shoe-leather operations telling you what's going on on your block.

In Brooklyn alone there's the Carroll Gardens Times, the Court Street Journal, the Grand Army Gazette, the Boerum Bulletin...

[Allegra Harpootlian @ally_harp]

Not to be dramatic, but if we lose @NYMag too, I might die

[Sona S. K. Rai (she/her) @sona_here]

@jacksdiningroom Vato in Brooklyn

[Sona S. K. Rai (she/her) @sona_here]

@postproctorism Greenwood Cemetery is so beautiful this time of year, and has great views from Battle Hill. I know it sounds counterintuitive since it's a cemetery, but it is a wonderful place to see birds and feel closer to nature and be more alone.

[Sona S. K. Rai (she/her) @sona_here]

@rak_garg Kanyakumari and Sharab Aur Kebab are slept on.

[Stephanie Armour @StephArmour1]

My ex Dan Eggen passed away. I miss him already, I keep texting him as if he will respond. He had been laid off not long ago from the Wash Post but had texted me how excited he was for his new job at NOTUS. (More)

[Matthew Zeitlin @MattZeitlin]

williamsburg peaked when that doctor got back from treating ebola patients in guinea and then went to the gutter

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

the decline of cultural criticism is partly why we have cultural slop

[Ben Adler @badler]

Sobering story from my boy @NoahCZuss
https://t.co/SEO3xOkhbm

[Daniel Sugarman @Daniel_Sugarman]

An FT correction for the ages...

[Sona S. K. Rai (she/her) @sona_here]

@bluewmist Using a photo nutrition app to monitor fiber and protein intake. Weighing myself regularly to make sure I'm not gaining weight back. Using the glucose goddess hacks since I have PCOS. Actually taking my thyroid meds everyday. Focusing on adequate sleep.

[Sona S. K. Rai (she/her) @sona_here]

@bluewmist Doing exercise snacks throughout the day, with 1 high impact cardio session and 3 hard lifting sessions throughout the week (15 minute dance and yoga classes on Peloton or 20 minute walks)...not just gym time. Doing stretching or dancing while watching TV.

[Deepa Seetharaman @dseetharaman]

This is the work that can’t be replicated by AI or pursued by a reporter with a Substack. It requires time - during which a reporter isn’t producing a lot of copy. Building trust with sources so you can tell sensitive stories, that’s a process that doesn’t scale.

[Jose Antonio Vargas @joseiswriting]

"Nearly five years."

Investigative journalism takes years and years. The investment is immense, and always worth it, and, in the era of "hot takes" and ephemeral "content," rigorously reported journalistic work is needed more than ever. We must keep supporting investigative journalism.

From @mannyNYT, lead reporter of the blockbuster piece on Cesar Chavez ⤵️

[Sona S. K. Rai (she/her) @sona_here]

@hell_line0 My husband does all the cooking too <3.