Reposted by Lora KelleyThe Drift @thedriftmag.com · 06/10/2026Our Issue Eighteen launch party is this week! Featuring readings from @lorakelley.bsky.social, @seamus-malekafzali.com, @benpurkert.bsky.social and more. 032
Reposted by Lora KelleyThe Drift @thedriftmag.com · 10/09/2026Reminder: our Labor Day sale is still running through Monday! Take advantage of 25% off subscriptions and 50% off back issues. www.thedriftmag.com/subscribe/thedriftmag.comSubscribeChoose a combination print & digital subscription to receive issues in the mail, or continue reading us right here with a digital-only subscription. We publish three print issues per year… 042
Reposted by Lora KelleyThe Drift @thedriftmag.com · 08/09/2026The past few years have seen a spate of novels, films, and plays featuring content moderators, @lorakelley.bsky.social writes in a new Issue Eighteen preview. But many of these works give a misleading impression of how the tech industry actually functions. www.thedriftmag.com/everything-i...thedriftmag.comEverything in Moderation | Tech Fiction’s DiscontentsBy Lora Kelley. The recent slate of content moderation fiction might depict a world that no longer exists. 042
Reposted by Lora KelleyThe Believer @thebeliever.net · 15/07/2026“She attempts to harden and even to corrupt herself, in her hurry to live. She doesn’t seek to learn lessons.” — @lorakelley.bsky.social on Joan Silber’s 1987 novel “In the City”thebeliever.netA Review of In the City - Believer MagazineJoan Silber, the novelist and short-story writer who has been publishing books for more than forty years, once said on the Bookworm podcast that she’s “always interested in freedom.” She is not drawn… 031
Reposted by Lora KelleyThe Believer @thebeliever.net · 06/07/2026“Pauline’s is a predictable arc: Naifs in the city often do gain experience, become harder and wiser. But her world is hewn with specificity ... She never reads as a cliché.” — @lorakelley.bsky.social on Joan Silber’s 1987 novel “In the City”thebeliever.netA Review of In the City - Believer MagazineJoan Silber, the novelist and short-story writer who has been publishing books for more than forty years, once said on the Bookworm podcast that she’s “always interested in freedom.” She is not drawn… 021
Lora Kelley @lorakelley.bsky.social · 29/06/2026excited to have a review in the summer issue of @thebeliever.net ! www.thebeliever.net/a-review-of-...thebeliever.netA Review of In the City - Believer Magazine 141
Lora Kelley @lorakelley.bsky.social · 26/05/2026i wrote about meat machines: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/24/b...nytimes.comTo A.I. Executives, We’re All Just ‘Meat Computers’ 042
Reposted by Lora KelleyThe Believer @thebeliever.net · 15/05/2026Our summer issue is headed to the printer! To celebrate, print subscriptions are 25% off through Monday. Each subscription includes full digital access to our twenty-year archive and new web exclusives. Link in bio. 062
Reposted by Lora KelleyNew York Review of Architecture @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social · 30/04/2026@lorakelley.bsky.social homes in on chez Housewives. nyra.nyc/articles/mcm... 131
Lora Kelley @lorakelley.bsky.social · 13/04/2026brutal spam message.......would love to sample wine collection 030
Reposted by Lora KelleyDamon Beres @damonberes.com · 31/03/2026She's not on Bluesky, but I will nonetheless share my EXCITEMENT for my friend Alexandra Sifferlin, whose book THE ELUSIVE BODY is out today, an excerpt of which you can read heretheatlantic.comThe Making of a Diagnostic Mind“To me, the concept of the master diagnostician is that you’re never good enough,” one doctor said. 053
Lora Kelley @lorakelley.bsky.social · 26/03/2026what to know about boy kibble the viral meal slop trend 110
Lora Kelley @lorakelley.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Cockroaches....the Wild West....a snowball going down a hill....horses whinnying in the corral....I wrote about Wall Street's colorful metaphors as anxieties about private credit spread, in my latest shop talk column for @nytimes.com ! www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/b...nytimes.comFears of ‘Cockroaches’ in the Private Credit Market 011
Lora Kelley @lorakelley.bsky.social · 23/02/2026are people ready to be normal about infinite jest? for @parisreview.bsky.social, i investigate: www.theparisreview.org/blog/2026/02...theparisreview.orgWhat’s So Funny About Infinite Jest? by Lora KelleyFebruary 23, 2026 – “Readers now seem eager to leave behind the book’s ‘litbro’ baggage and to engage with this complicated, pleasurable novel on its own terms.” 041
Lora Kelley @lorakelley.bsky.social · 10/02/2026delighted to write about a funny, cerebral workplace novel for Kismet Magazine! kismet-mag.com/reviews/on-t...kismet-mag.comOn the ClockLora Kelley reviews ‘The Copywriter,’ Daniel Poppick’s comic novel that searches for poetry in the workplace. 020
Reposted by Lora KelleyVauhini Vara @vauhinivara.bsky.social · 16/10/2025when chatgpt was new, ted chiang famously compared it to a blurry jpeg of everything on the internet. I wrote for @theatlantic.com about how that, these days, it’s more like a fictional character that people treat as real. ☠️ (gift link)theatlantic.comChatGPT Is a Fictional CharacterWhat makes OpenAI’s chatbot so dangerous? It’s a character without an author. 4259
Reposted by Lora KelleyKQED Forum @kqedforum.bsky.social · 13/10/2025🎙️ ON AIR: We're talking to professor Carolyn Chen, journalist @lorakelley.bsky.social and Ramp economist Ara Kharazian about the origins of 996, the grind culture of Silicon Valley, and whether or not this trend is going to stick. 📻 Listen:kqed.orgListen to ForumKQED's live call-in radio program presents balanced discussions of local, state, national, and world issues as well as in-depth interviews with leading figures in politics, science, entertainment, and... 301
Lora Kelley @lorakelley.bsky.social · 10/10/2025have you hugged your job today??? i wrote about the workers clinging to their jobs in a murky market for my latest shop talk column @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/b...nytimes.comHave You Hugged Your Job Today? 010
Lora Kelley @lorakelley.bsky.social · 23/09/2025So glad to contribute to the Paris Review's wonderful fall books series with a piece on Helen Garner's footy memoir: www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/09...theparisreview.orgFall Books: On Helen Garner’s The Season by Lora KelleySeptember 12, 2025 – “The book tracks the team over the course of seven months, as the boys brawl, lose, win, and physically grow.” 020
Reposted by Lora KelleyLongreads @longreads.com · 11/08/2025"Porters were paid by the mile, getting their wages once they hit 11,000 each month. They regularly put in more than seventy hours a week, relying on tips to supplement their low pay." @lorakelley.bsky.social @nybooks.com www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...nybooks.com‘A Moment of Pleasant Indecision’ | Lora KelleyIn the summer of 1957 a young woman named Shirley Kubik got a job attending to passengers on Trans World Airlines. After the company determined that she 032
Lora Kelley @lorakelley.bsky.social · 01/08/2025I am delighted to be back writing the Shop Talk column for the @nytimes.com Business section! For this week’s, I spoke with Marc Benioff and others about their (still largely speculative) vision for a bot colleague future, where AI is promoted to “digital labor.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/b...nytimes.comWhere Human Labor Meets ‘Digital Labor’ 030
Lora Kelley @lorakelley.bsky.social · 22/05/2025I wrote about Martin Amis for @parisreview.bsky.social www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/05...theparisreview.orgThe Matter of Martin by Lora KelleyMay 22, 2025 – “Salman Rushdie, who closed out the evening, recounted the cheeky word games they used to play; in one, they replaced the word Love in titles with the words Hysterical Sex, to get to ‘H... 260
Lora Kelley @lorakelley.bsky.social · 21/05/2025For @theatlantic.com, I wrote about a new book on multi-level marketing, and what this nominally fringey industry tells us about the rest of the economy: www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...theatlantic.comAn Awkward Truth About American WorkDirect-selling schemes are considered fringe businesses, but their values have bled into the national economy. 030
Lora Kelley @lorakelley.bsky.social · 05/05/2025delighted to be back in the Times Sunday Business section this weekend with a quick look at what the GDP does/doesn’t reveal about the wider economy 071
Lora Kelley @lorakelley.bsky.social · 28/04/2025As tariffs threaten the cost of synth knobs, wine corks, specialty butters and trading card sleeves, the stuff that makes American life fun may become out of reach. For the NYT Sunday Business section, I wrote about how tariffs will reshape the world of hobbies: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/b...nytimes.comHow Tariffs Could Make Americans’ Hobbies More ExpensiveAs tariffs threaten the cost of synth knobs, wine corks, specialty butters and trading card sleeves, the stuff that makes American life fun may become out of reach. 0101
Lora Kelley @lorakelley.bsky.social · 02/04/2025@ atlantic friends: thank you!!!!!! @ editors: let’s work together! I am keen to write features and essays about books, business, tech, consumerism, work, LIFE! Hit my line: kelleylora@gmail.com 092
Lora Kelley @lorakelley.bsky.social · 02/04/2025I have some news: Today is my last day @theatlantic.com ! After two epic years and 200 newsletters, I am going to freelance!! Very excited for projects ahead but will miss my wonderful colleagues so much. So grateful for all I learned here!!!!! 41283
Lora Kelley @lorakelley.bsky.social · 13/03/2025I wrote about the posting that electric-car supporters should “ROT IN HELL” to showcasing Teslas on the White House lawn pipeline for @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...theatlantic.comDonald Trump, Tesla SalesmanIn promoting Elon Musk’s car company, Donald Trump showed just how far he’ll go for his allies. 2387
Lora Kelley @lorakelley.bsky.social · 03/03/2025good luck out there, tax filers www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...theatlantic.comTax Season Just Got More ConfusingThe IRS was starting to modernize—then the Trump administration intervened. 37917
Reposted by Lora KelleyThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 27/02/2025The Trump administration’s attempts to shake up the IRS could work against its goal of efficiency, @lorakelley.bsky.social writes in The Atlantic Daily.theatlantic.comTax Season Just Got More ConfusingThe IRS was starting to modernize—then the Trump administration intervened. 4226761
Lora Kelley @lorakelley.bsky.social · 11/02/2025A sign that the egg-cost crisis has gotten dire came in the form of a sticker on a laminated breakfast menu: Last week, Waffle House announced that it would be adding a temporary 50-cent surcharge to each egg ordered. I wrote about eggs for @theatlantic.com ! www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...theatlantic.comThe Breaking Point for EggsThe logic of egg prices is getting scrambled. 042
Reposted by Lora Kelleyemmagoldberg.bsky.social @emmagoldberg.bsky.social · 11/02/2025I wrote about a growing community of Christians in Silicon Valley — including Peter Thiel and his favorite commandments, Elon Musk's turn from atheism, and the Bay Area's favorite theologian, Rene Girard. Here's a gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/b...nytimes.comSilicon Valley is Embracing Christianity (With the Help of Peter Thiel) (Gift Article)When tech luminaries talk about their Christian faith, people listen. 4615545
Reposted by Lora KelleyThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 05/02/2025Restaurants and grocers are usually willing to absorb a fair amount of price fluctuation in order to avoid alienating customers, @lorakelley.bsky.social writes in The Atlantic Daily. But the egg-cost crisis is testing this norm.theatlantic.comThe Breaking Point for EggsThe logic of egg prices is getting scrambled. 1825942
Reposted by Lora KelleyLila @lilashroff.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Wikipedia is full of flaws. But unlike much of the internet, it remains a place where facts still matter. That's a problem for those, like Musk, who wish to control how information is disseminated. More from me here: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...theatlantic.comElon Musk Wants What He Can’t Have: WikipediaMusk and other right-wing tech figures have been on a campaign to delegitimize the digital encyclopedia. What happens if they succeed? 65012
Reposted by Lora KelleyThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 08/01/2025“Americans understand Americans less because we see Americans less,” @dkthomp.bsky.social told @lorakelley.bsky.social in The Atlantic Daily. “I don’t think there should be any confusion about why an anti-social century has coincided with a polarized century.”theatlantic.comHow Solitude Is Rewiring American IdentityA conversation with Derek Thompson on how social isolation is affecting both happiness and civic life 1718747
Lora Kelley @lorakelley.bsky.social · 08/01/2025sincerely the greatest technology feature of all time 070
