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Mallory Yu

@malloryyu.bsky.social
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NPR producer and editor, movie watcher, little bit of everything else. New Kpop enthusiast. They/them

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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 11h
The cat licks his empty plate He has never been fed In his whole life Woe
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The cat keeps licking me with his sandpaper tongue juuuust in case I forget that it’s dinner time in 19 minutes
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This is happening tonight! Excitement and nerves building!
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Behold, my beautiful mom making a sign before BTS!! (We’re manifesting an on-camera feature for her yall, it would make her year)
A woman in a black BTS shirt leans over a poster with a marker and a ruler. She is writing “my Yeobo loves me…and I love BTS!!” Ahahahaha
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I’m looking for something I left at my parents’ house for safekeeping so I’m going through tons of old boxes. I just found a Livestrong bracelet AND a Naruto doujinshi, which dates the context of the box to 04,05 ish.
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I made 80 freebies for BTS in Baltimore, and I'm trying to beat that for their LA Day 3 show (my home turf, after all). So far, I've got 22 whale keychains and 55 "borahae" lightstick charms. I guess I'm going to keep going until showtime or my materials run out, whatever's first.
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NPR @npr.org · 01/09/2026
A whistleblower says the U.S. Postal Service is rushing out an online system for President Trump's push to restrict mail voting that could "derail" the midterm election if courts allow it to proceed. n.pr/4xvMl7f
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Whistleblower claims USPS plan for Trump's mail voting order could 'derail' midterms
A whistleblower says the U.S. Postal Service is rushing out an online system for President Trump's push to restrict mail voting that could "derail" the midterm election if courts allow it to proceed.
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I recognize the handles/faces of 17 out of 25 on this list, which maybe says too much about my doomscrolling habits...
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
We interviewed actress Annie Potts today, about being Tim Curry's longtime friend, neighbor and former costar. Fair warning: Things may get misty toward the end. www.npr.org/2026/08/27/n...
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Actress Annie Potts says meeting longtime friend Tim Curry was 'love at first sight'
NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with actress Annie Potts about being a longtime close friend and neighbor of actor Tim Curry, who died this week at 80 years old.
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Graeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Tim Curry should also be remembered for featuring in the best between takes photo of an actor in recorded history.
Tim Curry in full clown make up holding an umbrella between takes during the filming of the tv miniseries of It
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Is Bluesky so sad, so bereaved, so utterly devastated by our losses this week that it's gone down?
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This is too much, y'all. Losing Dolly was bad enough. Now Tim Curry??? Homophobic of the universe, tbqh.
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Multiple things can be true at once, it turns out! We need better road safety for cyclists (and pedestrians), AND a helmet is an easy thing any individual can do to make themselves safer. A helmet won't protect you in EVERY scenario, but it can protect you from some of the worst ones...
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Gym milestone: I pushed myself to failure on the bench press and needed *gasp* a stranger’s help.
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NPR @npr.org · 20/08/2026
"Weird Al" Yankovic returns to the Tiny Desk with a couple parodies, a Weezer pastiche and the Emmy-losing closing-credits blues-rock jam to Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. n.pr/4xbnrK0
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'Weird Al' Yankovic: Tiny Desk Concert
"Weird Al" Yankovic returns to the Tiny Desk with a couple parodies, a Weezer pastiche and the Emmy-losing closing-credits blues-rock jam to Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Every headline about a new food recall turns on the "haha I'm in danger" siren in my brain.
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NED7...
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Stray Kids "Do It" M/V
YouTube video by JYP Entertainment
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
My mom hand carried a bunch of mangos from their tree. They’ll be perfect so soon
A pile of beautiful red and yellow Manila mangoes, almost ripe and ready to devour.
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
In hindsight, millennials should’ve figured we’d gotten old when we collectively decided to switch from liquor to white claw for parties. And also that we actually still had parties, apparently.
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
excuse me I’m not 38 yet >:[
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this & kat @dogunderwater.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
i've been seeing this critique a lot and i uh found the film pretty imbued with the threat of sexual violence without ever having to show it explicitly on screen. the women screaming, circe, the end, both scenes at temples of athena, the whole room of suitors as wolves barely restrained.
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
A gastroenterologist told me - during our first appointment - to eat fewer than 1000 calories a day to lose weight to solve my stomach issues
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
God, fatphobia is so insidious that it's a negative to be loved as "the fat guy from Superbad."
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Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
UPDATED STORY! Google has paused a tool that allowed users to briefly create deepfake AI satellite images with the click of a button. www.npr.org/2026/07/31/n...
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Google pauses AI satellite images, after fears of deepfakes in the sky
Journalists, human rights advocates and open source analysts recoiled in horror at the initial decision: "The opportunities for abuse and disinfo are literally boundless," said one.
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Cat parenting is not like human parenting, except when the two cats are squabbling, and I have to holler something like, “do you two want me to come over there?” Or “leave your sister alone, she doesn’t want to play right now!”
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Behold, a man of leisure!
A large orange cat lays sprawled on his back across a blue armchair. He is surrounded by pillows, his head rests on the arm of the chair. He gazes out into the middle distance, contemplating when it will be his turn with the shared orange brain cell.
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Zach Rabiroff @zachrabiroff.com · 28/07/2026
My meta-discourse is that spending the day arguing about a movie review is a right and proper use of social media, and infinitely more fun than the usual thing that happens around here
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
We just spent ALL DAY arguing with each other, the sky and the wine-dark sea about Emily Wilson's critique of Nolan's Odyssey. I'm starting to consider muting the word "Odyssey". Bluesky has the juice!
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Someone got told off for biting too hard and is sulking about it
A large orange cat lays on a white chair with his chin hanging over the edge while his face is turned away from the camera. His ears are airplaned, and his body language screams SULK
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I generally think these themed popcorn buckets are "overconsumption core" so I hate how much I like/want the IMAX camera one.
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
There is a very large, very buzzy bug clattering around my home office, which means I've ceded the home office to it. Now, we wait for Household Bug Remover @dogunderwater.bsky.social to return from the rare in-person work day..............
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Oh hey, this is dope - we talked with her a little over halfway through her journey, while she was in the middle of the Pacific. She did it! www.npr.org/2026/06/16/n...
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From the middle of the ocean, Kelsey Pfendler on rowing solo across the pacific
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Kelsey Pfendler, who is rowing solo from California to Hawaii. She is attempting to become the first American woman to do so.
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
hey did you know it’s hot
A big orange cat lays on a pillow, splayed on his back. He looks off in the middle distance, wondering.
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Ugh, it happened to me: feeling emotionally better after working out at the gym
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Today sure was a bad day for one of my ears to develop *checks notes* low-frequency tinnitus..............................
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
A completely new cat just tried to walk into our house???? The CDS is on one, absolutely out of control.
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The erosion of social norms — like one of not scrolling aimlessly through your phone apps during the emotional climax of a Broadway musical — is going to turn me into a confrontational person, stg.
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
So how on Earth am I going to see BigBang when they’re in Oakland the same time I’m in LA to see BTS. Am I about to fly cross country the day of their show in New Jersey?? Or act really irresponsibly and try for the show in Taipei around my birthday??? (Presuming I can even get tix)
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Yo, so all that saging and collective good will really worked!!!
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
So glad I witnessed a man saging Madison Square Garden for the Knicks. Lots of “WHATEVER IT TAKES!!!” back and forth with passersby happened.
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I miss my cats (have been away from them for five days)
A small fluffy grey and white cat sits on the top level of a brown cat tower. She is looking disdainfully down at a large orange tabby who is sitting oh so innocently on the level right beneath her, not trying to bother her at all.
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The 51st @51st.news · 28/05/2026
NEW: Neighbors are coming together to fight back against D.C.'s mosquitoes. Want to join them? @samdelgado.bsky.social shares how:
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Residents are going to war with DC mosquitoes
Hundreds of people in Capitol Hill have banded together to take on summer's most persistent pest
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
There's a tiktok sound that goes something like "who the hell is we cause you ain't talking about me" and that's all I can think when reading this quote.
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Imagining an old Southern lady shaking her head and musing "these are not the teeth of content individuals, bless their hearts."
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Learning how to scuba dive just meant learning 1001 ways the ocean can/will kill me *even when being as safe as possible.* I want to dive in lots of risky places, but you won't catch me in any underwater cave systems!
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
A cuter basket baby there never was.
An orange cat lays curled in a white macrame basket. One back leg is sticking out of the opening.
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Just thinking about how I made better looking videos with no training and a selfie stick in my apartment building all. And each one got at least tens of thousands of views! No reason at all why this is coming to mind now.
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I found a dog on the sidewalk this week, and the terror that washed over me as I contemplated upending my day/household to help this poor lost puppy. She was reunited with her owner shortly after, but...this better not be a sign of things to come. The cat distribution system already got us!
A tiny black puppy with white toes stands on the sidewalk. She's squinting at the camera, completely unconcerned, while I ask her "where did you come from? What am I going to do with you???"
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NPR @npr.org · 07/05/2026
She has spent decades helping others struggling to make ends meet. Now the rising cost of gas and groceries has left Dalene Basden feeling the strain herself. n.pr/42TULro
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She helps families in need. As gas and grocery prices rise, she needs help, too
She has spent decades helping others struggling to make ends meet. Now the rising cost of gas and groceries has left Dalene Basden feeling the strain herself.
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Mallory Yu @malloryyu.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Then you have sickos like me, reading up on/watching fanwars but never participating.
Sickos meme where a man with a shirt that says "sickos" looking into a window. He is laughing, with a speech bubble that says "yes... HA HA HA... YES!" The last yes is underlined.
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