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If you join @weareravenous.com as a paid subscriber today, don’t forget to send me a a screenshot of your receipt!

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Ashok Selvam @shokdiesel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

we're already halfway to 10 new paid subscribers, don't you want to become the sixth? or the seventh?? even the EIGHTH???

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Frickin’ @aemccarthy.bsky.social. Do you think I am going let her do this by herself? Consider this MATCHED.

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Joel Pinckney @jpinckney.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I did this, you should do it too. We gotta get (financially) behind the independent media we want to exist.

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ONE SUBSCRIBER DOWN, NINE TO GO!!

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For the next 10 people who become paid subscribers to @weareravenous.com, I'll donate $10 to @translifeline.org. send me your subscription receipt and let's raise some money for journalism AND a great cause!

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Today is the LAST DAY to score 30% off a Ravenous subscription *and* help us bring some more freelance writers into the mix to do even more of the best food journalism on the internet

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Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 21/09/2026

just looking out the window yelling RAIN BITCH

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Ravenous @weareravenous.com · 21/09/2026

Co-founder @jayasaxena.com spoke to @theguardian.com about the rise of private equity in the NYC restaurant scene. "It’s extraordinarily depressing that [private equity] often leads to a less flavorful environment." buff.ly/BmEhuTJ

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‘Don’t spend $20 on an acai bowl’: gen Z are shunning private equity’s restaurant takeover

As more PE firms invest in food establishments, people are bemoaning the ‘same-ification’ of NYC’s restaurant scene

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

they did not warn me how much I would prioritize foot comfort in my late 30s, I now own a collection of the ugliest shoes ever made and I love them more than life itself

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

whatever these dudes are saying about AI, i believe the opposite. they are dipshits who don't actually know what the tech is doing.

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

i kinda fear how badly the economy is gonna collapse based on how good the pop albums are right now getting new tove lo and troye sivan on the same day is a recession indicator

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 17/09/2026

the kind of thing i would be entering. in my opinion

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

one of you should subscribe, win this, and then give it to me

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I need it to stop being so god damn hot so I can make a gumbo to set my spirit right

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

the people complaining about having to pay for independent media are incredibly annoying. sadly there is no journalism money fairy!

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It took three of us and multiple days to actually build this list, because private equity is inescapable in restaurants

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

related: the people of Wales really did their big one with Welsh rarebit. A perfect food.

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

i would like to take this time to sincerely thank cheese toast for keeping me alive in this my era of discontent

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I tried to read “Life of M” and barely made it 20 pages, it’s too dull to even be a hate-read

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Jesus Christ I just spilled an entire ICED BEVERAGE on myself on the plane, this better not be an omen

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real weird morning to be at the airport

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

sometimes i see a take on this website so gleefully disconnected from reality that makes me sure i am having a stroke and that this is the end

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got my first talarico text today of all days, had some time

Screenshot of a text message from the James Talarico campaign asking “how do you feel” with a response that reads “I feel like James Talarico shouldn't sell out trans children to score political points with people who won't vote for him anyway.”

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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

this story is so good. BAD COMPANY Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream bookshop.org/a/109816/978...

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Courtney E. Smith @thecourtneyesmith.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Good morning and I hope you’re having a great day. I am about to ruin it with this long form story I did on how private equity is ruining cookies but also people are building shit cookie companies to get money from private equity on @weareravenous.com. www.weareravenous.com/the-curious-...

The Curious Case of the Soulless Private Equity Cookie

If you’re going to pay more than $5 for a single cookie, it should at least have some soul.

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Talk to Gwen!!!!!

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

it's so unfair that i have to wade through a sea of terrible AI-generated images to get the small town gossip i so desperately crave on facebook

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Ravenous is having a subscriber drive rn and as a reader from day one i can vouch for it as an unequivocal food writing delight! get 25% off the cost of a subscription with this link and support independent media

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

a thing about AI that is funny to me is that it presupposes infinite growth that is extremely not possible much less likely line cannot go up forever

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I took a look at the absolute decimation of food media over the past four years or so, and the reality is kind of staggering. Food media is dying. Indie outlets like @weareravenous.com are the only sustainable way forward. www.weareravenous.com/death-of-foo...

Food Media Is Dying. Long Live Indie Media

We're all starving for quality food journalism without pay-to-play tactics, shallow takes, and sponsored-powered drivel.

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

my favorite thing about looking for housing is choosing which evil corporate overlord you'll give thousands of dollars to before they go tell you to fuck yourself every single month

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

if I see one more AI-generated photo of Dolly Parton or any other dearly departed person I’m gonna [redacted]

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

having homemade stock to cook with: beautiful, wonderful, iconic making homemade stock to cook with: a horror, miserable, nightmare

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

indie media is honestly the coolest club

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

a jackass remake but it’s just me trying to clip my one year old border collie’s toenails

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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 31/08/2026

Ravenous is in the middle of a subscription drive, so if you enjoy this kind of food writing, why not get all of it for 25% off? www.weareravenous.com/feed-the-bir...