Reposted by @marklotto.bsky.socialKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 04/02/2026A lot of people cannot just start a paid newsletter or become freelancers to sustain their careers. The sports, metro, and international desks did work that requires *team* resources, like legal checks, documents, access to archives, and long-term beat experience. 272829519
Reposted by @marklotto.bsky.socialGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Working on this new oral history of the weekend Bear Stearns over the past weeks has underscored to me — cough cough — how incredibly important it is to have competent, smart, thoughtful people in the key roles of government in a crisis: wapo.st/3Y3zWInwapo.stOpinion | The weekend that shook the worldSeventeen years ago, Bear Stearns collapsed over a weekend — what lessons remain today? 27114
Reposted by @marklotto.bsky.socialGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 01/04/2025My new oral history for @postopinions.bsky.social of the weekend that Bear Stearns collapsed, the opening act of the 2008 financial crisis that upended our world and launched the populist wing of the GOP that we're now reckoning with today. Based on 20 interviews with insiders: wapo.st/3Y3zWInwapo.stOpinion | The weekend that shook the worldSeventeen years ago, Bear Stearns collapsed over a weekend — what lessons remain today? 59019
Reposted by @marklotto.bsky.social🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Someone needs to take away all the psychedelics from Silicon Valley. It is irresponsible to use them without proper training in the humanities 11787141
Reposted by @marklotto.bsky.socialChris Suellentrop @suellentrop.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Exceptional first column in her debut as a Post Opinions columnist by @monicahesse.bsky.social. Gift link. wapo.st/43hxEZrwapo.stOpinion | All the splinters we cannot seeRegardless of the thorns in any of our feet, we all just have to carry on. 043
Reposted by @marklotto.bsky.socialMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Gene Hackman has died at 95. I recently wrote about his performance in Night Moves for a Criterion release that will arrive in a few weeks. Like anyone who writes about Hackman's acting, I had to come up with novel ways to avoid the word "perfect." It wasn't easy. > 1525515452
Reposted by @marklotto.bsky.socialJustin Glawe @justinglawe.bsky.social · 27/02/2025RIP to Gene Hackman, the everyman with humble roots who made it big—the exact type of American that we need now more than ever. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o... 183
Reposted by @marklotto.bsky.socialSoraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 26/02/2025Why not create a newsroom rooted in egalitarianism and service? If we're building a thing, that means we can create a place that *starts* class and race and gender inclusive instead of trying to retrofit and save calcifying legacies that don't wanna be saved. How do we do that? Seriously asking. 625031
Reposted by @marklotto.bsky.socialSoraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 26/02/2025What if we built a new major news and opinion journalism outlet from scratch and used it as a news lab to reform and rethink how we do things, starting first with billionaire-proofing it. And what if we honestly audited our flaws and came together to make the news orgs we want to see?nytimes.comBezos’ Directive for Washington Post Opinion Pages Leads to Editor David Shipley’s Exit (Gift Article)Jeff Bezos, the owner of The Post, said that the newspaper’s opinion section would focus on “personal liberties and free markets.” 621194268
marklotto.bsky.social @marklotto.bsky.social · 17/02/2025SNL doing "One Day More" has a real "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" vibe. 020
marklotto.bsky.social @marklotto.bsky.social · 17/02/2025I was starting to feel like watching #snl50 was a dumb way to spend my Sunday night but now Eddie Murphy’s onscreen doing a Tracy Morgan impression, talking about lasagna. 020
Reposted by @marklotto.bsky.social✨John Carpenter’s BOObies✨ @ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Evil and stupid is the worst combination tbh. 921524
Reposted by @marklotto.bsky.socialJessica Stoya @stoya.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Reposting for the just-waking-up crowd 68312
Reposted by @marklotto.bsky.socialChris Suellentrop @suellentrop.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Gorgeous Jenny Boylan essay, adapted from her new book wapo.st/4aKhDNawapo.stOpinion | On cleavage: Mind the gapIt’s what linguists call a “contronym,” a word with two opposite meanings. It also describes my life. 001
Reposted by @marklotto.bsky.socialE.A. Hanks @eahanks.bsky.social · 03/02/2025In 1996 my mother and I drove from California to Florida, via interstate 10. Years after her death, I found her journal, and read in its pages something that sent me back to explore 2,460 miles. "The 10" is almost here. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-10... 011
Reposted by @marklotto.bsky.socialJaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 29/01/2025"But there’s something sinister about the way brands keep finding bigger, flashier ways to repurpose great moments in art to sell products" is a thing I wrote about a mayonnaise ad because I am in a normal and cool state of mind www.eater.com/24354679/whe...eater.comOf Course the ‘When Harry Met Sally’ Cast Reunited at Katz’s for a Super Bowl CommercialIt’s a Hellmann’s mayonnaise ad 361631229
Reposted by @marklotto.bsky.socialE.A. Hanks @eahanks.bsky.social · 10/01/2025I was asked by @marklotto.bsky.social if I would like to write about the fires in our town. I love LA.washingtonpost.comOpinion | Things we lost in the fireThe Pacific Palisades was a village, my village — and now it’s gone. 222
Reposted by @marklotto.bsky.socialE.A. Hanks @eahanks.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Oh no! It finally happened! 021
Reposted by @marklotto.bsky.socialR. O. Kwon 권오경 @rokwon.bsky.social · 07/12/2024& wrote about ambition & danger & Kathy Acker & being Korean thank you to editors @marklotto.bsky.social & Chris Hanna, here’s the rest of the piece: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int... 0181
Reposted by @marklotto.bsky.socialR. O. Kwon 권오경 @rokwon.bsky.social · 07/12/2024wrote this a little while ago, an ode to a group chat I have with a couple of dear friends, @nicolechung.bsky.social & @crystalhanak.bsky.social <3 & glad to see it up today as part of a joint essay in the @washingtonpost.com 2585
Reposted by @marklotto.bsky.socialChristina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 06/12/2024In an enjoyably Christina-coded mixture of high and low-brow, I got my first byline at @washingtonpost.com.... by writing about my film girls group chat: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...washingtonpost.comOpinion | The secret lives of group chatsEveryone has at least one overactive group chat. So we asked seven writers to describe theirs. 1142
marklotto.bsky.social @marklotto.bsky.social · 27/10/2023I have made such absolute shit horror choices this spooky season and I need to fix this asap. 020
marklotto.bsky.social @marklotto.bsky.social · 06/09/2023I’m having a watch “Lost in Translation” followed by “Before Sunset” kind of night, which is a totally normal kind of night. 020
Reposted by @marklotto.bsky.socialNeil Gaiman @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com · 27/07/2023Terrific op Ed by Joseph Gordon Levitt (is he here?) In the @washingtonpost.com about AI. And making movies. And residuals. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202…washingtonpost.com 920660
marklotto.bsky.social @marklotto.bsky.social · 16/07/2023Twenty four hours later and I’m still mad about Mission Imposible Seven Dead Reckoning Part One. 000
marklotto.bsky.social @marklotto.bsky.social · 09/07/2023“Saying sweetheart is just part of our Italian heritage.” 000
marklotto.bsky.social @marklotto.bsky.social · 09/07/2023Just skeet it (skeet it), skeet it (skeet it) No one wants to be defeated Showin' how funky and strong is your fight It doesn't matter who's wrong or right Just skeet it (skeet it) Just skeet it (skeet it) Just skeet it (skeet it) Just skeet it (skeet it, uh) 020
marklotto.bsky.social @marklotto.bsky.social · 09/07/2023I genuinely don’t know what I’m supposed to do here. 4120