Editor/writer. PW. Village Voice for life. Bylines in NYT, Slate, Longreads, LARB, CHIRB, Shelf A, Vulture, RS, Downbeat. Warning: Will tweet about books & jazz
"Do not forget that it is your job to highlight what is important and memorable and unique, whether good or bad, and to dash the rest to the rocks": Here's the advice that I've sent to new writers during my years editing film pieces at the Village Voice https://t.co/iw6QTR8G1m
@JustinKownacki Nope but I’ll prob be on there by Monday, I’m only now really getting serious about jumping and I know it’ll be a while before a true consensus alternative emerges
I just learned that the ace French jazz label RogueArt has made some of its music available on Bandcamp. Several gems have been uploaded, incl. the excellent For the Love of Fire and Water by Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet https://t.co/USmqffVEtx
Yesterday, Elon Musk told Twitter employees that he plans to let users send crypto to each other alongside “normal money.” Said he expects that “the payments side of things will probably be more valuable than all the rest of Twitter combined.” https://t.co/eBETcryUGG
Your occasional reminder that you can read Asimov’s or Fiyah or Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine or Lightspeed or Analog on your phone instead of this transphobic hellsite
bloated idea: a "progress bar" at the top of an article
goated idea: being able to highlight people's names throughout the article (e.g. "Mr. Schmidt") and having a pop-up with their initial descriptor (e.g. "a Brooklyn-based landlord") so you can easily remember who everyone is
I’m absolutely gutted to read this @TaylorLorenz story about misogynistic online harassment from a TikToker against a student journalist who profiled him. Weaponized online harassment threatens press freedoms and poses an existential threat to democracy
https://t.co/j1jCQJkU6X