Lizzie O'Leary

Mom, thank you ??

Lot of in the Epstein/JP Morgan piece to cause revulsion. I’m stuck here: “even during his jail sentence, JPMorgan continued wiring money from his accounts to banks in Russia and Eastern Europe, where young women were being drawn into his sex-trafficking network, according to sealed court records”

THERE IS A MASSIVE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RENT CONTROLLED AND RENT STABILIZED THIS IS DRIVING ME INSANE THANK YOU

Spiers called it.

Watching my kid chew his nails in a gym full of small children and wondering what virus will ensue

Once again, I feel like I need to run some basic etiquette lessons for existing in public in a city/on the subway. The person going OUT the door goes first. Then the person going in. Hold doors for old people, people with strollers, kids. Try to look up from phone when doing so. Thank you.

On today's show, I sat down with @sturkle.bsky.social to talk about her fascinating new book: slate.com/podcasts/wha...

I just left a screening of Musk and I might need to sit in the woods for several days. A portrait of malignancy.

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Oh no I’m going to have to write (!) a letter to the college president. I learned to write well at Williams College. Not with this guy.

Oh no there is a goop kitchen near my office and obviously I have to try it

somehow I missed the NYT writeup on my fun lil genetic variant www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/s...

On the train to the Yankee game. Will it get called while we are still on the 4 yes/no?

This is the single best encapsulation of where the business is these days. And it's thoughtful and charming as hell. slate.com/podcasts/dec...