Christopher Cox @cwhe.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I was on KPFA this morning, talking about transformers: kpfa.org/player/?audi...kpfa.orgPlayer | KPFA 000
Christopher Cox @cwhe.bsky.social · 26/08/2026It's a profile that goes to some strange places — I hope you'll read it: www.vanityfair.com/story/the-wi...vanityfair.comThe ‘Rich Dad, Poor Dad’ Author Is $1 Billion In DebtVF visits Robert Kiyosaki in Arizona to unravel the self-mythology of a longtime bestseller and friend of Trump 111
Christopher Cox @cwhe.bsky.social · 26/08/2026"Kiyosaki’s life story is both bizarre and oddly familiar, intersecting frequently with what Philip Roth called the “indigenous American berserk”: atomic bomb tests, tsunamis, helicopter crashes, the EST movement, the Branch Davidians cult, and the bizarro futurist R. Buckminster Fuller." 100
Christopher Cox @cwhe.bsky.social · 26/08/2026"He’s styled himself as an investor of unusual savvy. He brags about real estate, oil wells, gold mines, Wagyu beef: 'I don’t kill the cattle,' he tells me. 'I sell the semen. So there’s cash flow and semen flow.'" www.vanityfair.com/story/the-wi...vanityfair.comThe Wild Origins of ‘Rich Dad, Poor Dad’Robert Kiyosaki says he’s more than a billion dollars in debt. Didn’t he read his own book? 100
Christopher Cox @cwhe.bsky.social · 18/08/2026My latest article for the Times Magazine: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/m...nytimes.comThe Blackout That Could Devastate America (Gift Article)The power grid relies on thousands of aging, hand-built transformers. If enough fail, the blackout could last years. 032
Reposted by Christopher CoxPhilip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 13/07/2026terrific caper story by Nathaniel Rich — drawn from research for his novel Cloud Thief which comes out tomorrow: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/m...nytimes.comHow a Gang of Thieves Pulled Off a Multimillion-Dollar Data Center HeistThe world’s most valuable assets are stored on rows of servers in giant, anonymous buildings. And they can be stolen. 0174
Christopher Cox @cwhe.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Congratulations to this year’s winners of the Matthew Power award. I can’t wait to read these stories. www.nyu.edu/about/news-p... 012
Christopher Cox @cwhe.bsky.social · 30/04/2026I wrote about how the eugenics debate was masking a simpler reality: these tests just aren’t that reliable. nymag.com/intelligence...nymag.comCan You Really Choose Your ‘Best Baby’?Silicon Valley-backed companies are selling $50,000 genetic tests to anxious parents, despite shaky science. 010
Christopher Cox @cwhe.bsky.social · 23/03/2026This story by @kerryhowley.bsky.social , my last as an editor for New York, is worth your time. 010
Christopher Cox @cwhe.bsky.social · 30/12/2025If you like the song Zojirushi rice cookers play when the rice is ready, here is a Spotify link of Robert Armbruster performing it: open.spotify.com/track/5xlQks...open.spotify.comAmaryllis (Air De Louis XIII) - Duo-Art 62746 010
Christopher Cox @cwhe.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Writers! Applications for the Matthew Power Literary Reporting Award are open. This year, we've increased the prize to $15,000 to account for the higher cost of pasta. Apply now: journalism.nyu.edu/about-us/awa...journalism.nyu.eduMatthew Power Literary Reporting Award - NYU JournalismMatthew Power was an award-winning journalist who reported empathetically on the human […] 03319
Christopher Cox @cwhe.bsky.social · 01/08/2025If Caleb — a most discerning reader — is linking to it, it has to be good. 110
Reposted by Christopher CoxLongreads @longreads.com · 30/07/2025"The Sacagawea found in the oral histories of the Hidatsas is both grander and humbler — more like a person, less like a symbol — than the one taught in schools." — @cwhe.bsky.social for The New York Times Magazinenytimes.comWhat if Everything We Know About Sacagawea Is Wrong?A growing body of evidence suggests she might have survived into old age — which would entirely change the story of America’s most iconic Native forebear. 074
Christopher Cox @cwhe.bsky.social · 23/07/2025I’ve got just the story for you: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/m...nytimes.comWhat if Everything We Know About Sacagawea Is Wrong? 021
Reposted by Christopher CoxChristopher Cox @cwhe.bsky.social · 23/07/2025I wrote about Sacagawea and the Hidatsa tribe, which has marshaled some compelling evidence that she lived 57 years longer than mainstream historians say she did. (And died of a gunshot wound.) This story also has my favorite final paragraph I've ever written. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/m...nytimes.comWhat if Everything We Know About Sacagawea Is Wrong? 032
Christopher Cox @cwhe.bsky.social · 23/07/2025I wrote about Sacagawea and the Hidatsa tribe, which has marshaled some compelling evidence that she lived 57 years longer than mainstream historians say she did. (And died of a gunshot wound.) This story also has my favorite final paragraph I've ever written. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/m...nytimes.comWhat if Everything We Know About Sacagawea Is Wrong? 032
Christopher Cox @cwhe.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Wells Tower wrote about lost luggage, just in time for Lost Luggage Day: www.thecut.com/article/wher...thecut.comYour Lost Suitcase Is Probably in AlabamaWe found your bag! And everyone else’s lost luggage. 010
Christopher Cox @cwhe.bsky.social · 13/06/2025nymag.com/intelligence...nymag.comPete Hegseth Is Playing SecretaryAs he sends troops into L.A. and prepares for war, his Pentagon is beset by infighting over leaks, drugs, and socks. How long will Trump stand by him? 030
Reposted by Christopher CoxReyhan Harmanci @harmancipants.bsky.social · 13/06/2025this is a masterpiece @kerryhowley.bsky.social nymag.com/intelligence...nymag.comPete Hegseth Is Playing SecretaryAs he sends troops into L.A. and prepares for war, his Pentagon is beset by infighting over leaks, drugs, and socks. How long will Trump stand by him? 1265
Christopher Cox @cwhe.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Well this is a big one: nymag.com/intelligence...nymag.comPete Hegseth Is Playing SecretaryAs he sends troops into L.A. and prepares for war, his Pentagon is beset by infighting over leaks, drugs, and socks. How long will Trump stand by him? 0134
Christopher Cox @cwhe.bsky.social · 10/06/2025English words that are like German words (information-dense and literal): brainchild, plaything, fireplace. 020
Christopher Cox @cwhe.bsky.social · 09/06/2025"'I got into forestry to get away from people,' he said. Now he is working in the biggest city in the country." Robert Sullivan upending some conventional wisdom about forests and forestry. www.curbed.com/article/beec...curbed.comGood News About Beech Leaf DiseaseThe city’s forests may be in trouble, but scientists have developed some ingenious ways to save them. 030
Christopher Cox @cwhe.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Language question: Is the use of “search up” (instead of “look up” or “search for”) confined to Gen Alpha or does Gen Z use it as well? 000
Christopher Cox @cwhe.bsky.social · 29/05/2025(Regarding this news: www.reuters.com/business/hea...)reuters.comUS cancels more than $700 million funding for Moderna bird flu vaccineThe Trump administration has canceled a contract awarded to Moderna for the late-stage development of its bird flu vaccine for humans, as well as the right to purchase shots, the drugmaker announced on Wednesday. 000
Christopher Cox @cwhe.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Wrote this about bird flu preparedness back in February. nymag.com/intelligence... 100
Christopher Cox @cwhe.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Second one is multiflora rose, a very successful invasive 120
Christopher Cox @cwhe.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Hi, good question! The fact that it hasn’t yet suggests no, but pigs do have the right receptors for h5n1 to infect them, so it might just be a matter of time. Here’s a relevant bit from the story. 111
Christopher Cox @cwhe.bsky.social · 16/03/2025If you want to get deeper into receptor-land, this paper is great: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 021
Reposted by Christopher CoxBill Hanage @billhanage.bsky.social · 10/03/2025This article from @cwhe.bsky.social is a great depiction of the state of H5N1 in US cows, and how we got here. Closing line "The only thing keeping us safe, for now, is the virus itself" nymag.com/intelligence...nymag.comCan Anything Stop Bird Flu?The longer we allow the virus to run rampant through animal populations, the greater our chances of disaster. 12014
Christopher Cox @cwhe.bsky.social · 10/03/2025David Macaulay did the illustrations for this story. As someone who grew up reading The Way Things Work, this was a special thrill. 010
Christopher Cox @cwhe.bsky.social · 10/03/2025I wrote about bird flu and Robert Kennedy. nymag.com/intelligence... 255
Christopher Cox @cwhe.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Deadline to apply is Wednesday. Writers, it’s not too late! 02612
Reposted by Christopher CoxMichael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Meryl Streep did WHAT. 472439454
Christopher Cox @cwhe.bsky.social · 28/01/2025What’s it’s like to be the only home standing in a neighborhood that burned: “I don’t ever want to see my house again. It’s a toxic-waste dump. My community is gone. It’s just a curse that my house is there.” nymag.com/intelligence...nymag.com‘My Community Is Gone. It’s Just a Curse That My House Is There.’City workers and celebrities, teachers and tycoons talk about what they lost in the Los Angeles fires — and how they’ll rebuild. 010
Christopher Cox @cwhe.bsky.social · 08/01/2025It’s like found poetry, but of course it wasn’t found; it was composed. Anyway, here’s the book if you too want to read 550 pages on warblers. press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...press.princeton.eduThe Warbler GuideA field guide that revolutionizes warbler identification 000
Christopher Cox @cwhe.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Golden-winged warbler Golden wings are all the Buzz, but soon fall from favor Louisiana Waterthrush To get to LA, go slowly down south, where they slur words, chat endlessly 100
Christopher Cox @cwhe.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Cerulean warbler After I climb the steps to the fashion show my cerulean suit creates a buzz Black-and-white warbler Parade of 7 or 8 black-and-white carts, all with uneven squeaky wheels Common Yellowthroat Only in Wichita do common folk wear yellow bow ties on their throats 100
Christopher Cox @cwhe.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Blackpoll warbler Pollsters, in black of night, knock softly, steadily, but have to get louder, louder Black-throated Blue warbler Very laaaaaazzzzzzzzy and spoiled, in blue smoking jacket, black ascot Canada warbler Each Canadian is very different; but the first one has a chip on his shoulder 100
Christopher Cox @cwhe.bsky.social · 08/01/2025My wife got me a book on how to identify warblers by their songs, and each entry has a phrase to help you remember the rhythm of each bird’s call. The Colima warbler’s phrase is: “A colander of lima beans, dripping quickly and evenly, then dumped out.” 150
Christopher Cox @cwhe.bsky.social · 14/12/2024Full Hinton interview: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/b...nytimes.comS.E. Hinton Leans on Dave Barry for Post-Election Comfort (Gift Article)“You can’t read a page without laughing,” says the author of “The Outsiders,” who’s watched the stage musical of the novel become a Tony Award-winning hit this year. 020
Christopher Cox @cwhe.bsky.social · 14/12/2024Fun fact, I’ve only read The Outsiders in German and for an embarrassingly long time I thought Hinton wrote it in German. 130
Christopher Cox @cwhe.bsky.social · 14/12/2024S.E. Hinton: I have had many strange things happen in my life. New York Times: Thank you, no follow-up question. 192
Christopher Cox @cwhe.bsky.social · 07/12/2024I realize this is a bad social media post. But Bluesky seems like a safe space for such things. 030
Christopher Cox @cwhe.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Number games: 2025 is the last time the square root of the year will be an integer until 2116. The last time it happened was 1936. Those turning 45 next year will share an honor with those turning 44 in 1936 or 46 in 2116. The 1936 cohort is dead. Will anyone from the 2025 group be alive in 2116? 43510