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Gordon Gray @ambgordongray.bsky.social · 19h

@nickkristof.bsky.social writes "Trump and Iran have a history of overreaching. It doesn’t help that Trump’s chief negotiators, Jared Kushner & Steve Witkoff, are real estate investors chosen for their closeness to Trump rather than for, er, their diplomatic savvy." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/o...

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Opinion | Trump’s War Empowers Extremists in Iran (Gift Article)

Threats to withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty are growing in Tehran.

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Trump claims he's winning the Iran war. Meanwhile, an Iranian leader says Iran has brought the US "to its knees," Iran is considering escalating, and there is talk in Tehran about leaving the NPT and pursuing nuclear weapons. My column on Trump's mess: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/o...

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Opinion | Trump’s War Empowers Extremists in Iran (Gift Article)

Threats to withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty are growing in Tehran.

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Kristof Farms @kristoffarms.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We're a little miffed that the Fat Bear contest was won by an Alaskan bear. We think our bears on Kristof Farms are just as rotund as well as more sophisticated (ours dine on Pinot Noir grapes!). Here's one of ours, inspecting our wildlife camera. KristofFarms.com

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

For a long time I've wanted a sense of how trump has or hasn't interacted with chatbots (we know he posts a lot of slop sure). And this TIME anecdote about Grok arguably leading Trump into war is just extremely bracing

Since returning to office, Trump has marveled at AI’s capabilities. He is increasingly in thrall to the tech executives courting him. In December 2025, Elon Musk returned to the Oval Office for a clandestine meeting. Trump spent hours asking Grok, Musk’s AI chatbot, questions about his presidency and legacy, according to an official present. At the time, Trump was ordering missile strikes against Venezuelan boats he alleged were smuggling drugs into the U.S. He asked Grok how Venezuelans would react if the U.S. captured Maduro. According to the official present, the chatbot responded that Maduro was a repressive and deeply unpopular dictator and that many Venezuelans would likely celebrate his downfall. After Trump ordered the mission to seize Maduro, the following month, celebrations broke out in the streets. Trump, according to officials, came away thinking Grok was ingenious.

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Transcript of an extensive interview with President Trump by Time Magazine, in which he explains how he's extremely popular, utterly brilliant and decisively winning the war with Iran: time.com/article/2026...

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Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript

The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"One of my aunts frequently says that if losing her leg would help The Times, she would saw it off herself." @nytimes.com publisher AG Sulzberger on the values that kept the Times going through wars, crises and plenty of mistakes of our own: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/o... I'm proud to be a part!

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Opinion | Five Generations, One Newspaper (Gift Article)

How on earth did The New York Times, a seemingly ossified institution in a dying industry, survive the most destabilizing period in its history — and emerge stronger?

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A terrific piece about which educational interventions are cost-effective: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u... It notes the effectiveness of things like science of reading, small group tutoring and grading schools, while other things people like don't measure up.

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30 Ideas for Fixing U.S. Schools, Ranked by Experts

Math and reading scores are in a decade-long slump. We asked three dozen experts: What could turn things around?

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The legendary Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been awarded (in abstentia) the Vaclav Havel Prize in Europe. She has campaigned relentlessly against compulsory hijab and other abuses and was arrested most recently in April. Brava, Nasrin! pace.coe.int/en/news/1042...

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2026 Václav Havel Prize awarded to Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh

The fourteenth Václav Havel Human Rights Prize – which honours outstanding civil society action in defence of human rights – has been awarded to Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh. The prize ...

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I've said that David McCloskey is the best thriller writer since LeCarré -- and his newest, "London Station," proves it. Just brilliant plotting and psychology about how CIA officers deal with a crisis in the context of a president rather like Trump. @wwnorton.com

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Congrats to Portland airport for being selected No 1 airport in the country by The @washingtonpost.com Bravo, @PortOfPortland @CurtisRobinhold ! And as a frequent inhabitant, I can confirm: it’s all true.

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The UN is frustrating and disappointing -- but essential. It engineered the child survival revolution that saved 25 million lives. Yet now the US, China, Russia seem eager to marginalize it further, in ways that will cost lives: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/o...

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Opinion | The U.N. Is Terrible. We Need the U.N. (Gift Article)

Trump’s attack on global institutions leaves us helpless before a growing array of challenges.

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The China-US summit this week will be unusual, because this time it is arguably the Chinese leader who will have the leverage -- because of a series of steps that President Trump has taken that weaken America. My weekend column: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/o...

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Opinion | Trump and Xi Can Make Progress on A.I. (Gift Article)

Xi is in the driver’s seat, reflecting American weakness, but there still may be some space for limited advances.

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Meanwhile, this other world keeps me sane....

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

When Trump bans CNN, MS NOW and Politico reporters from the White House, he: 1. Forgets that he lives in public housing; 2. Strikes not at 3 news organizations but at the public right to know; 3. Probably violates the law. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09...

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Live Updates: CNN, Politico and MS NOW Reporters Denied White House Access After Trump Announces Ban

President Trump announced a ban on Friday on the outlets, whose coverage he deems unfair. The move will probably be challenged in court.

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The US used to be the dominant party in US-China summits. Now, because of President Trump, America is weakened and it's China who appears on top. My column, arguing that there's still a sliver of opportunity for joint action on AI www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/o... Your take?

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Opinion | Trump and Xi Can Make Progress on A.I. (Gift Article)

Xi is in the driver’s seat, reflecting American weakness, but there still may be some space for limited advances.

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

In my day job, I see politicians locking horns. And on @kristoffarms.bsky.social, I see grumpy bull elk locking horns.

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

My weekend column is about the world's worst humanitarian crisis, in Sudan, and some supporters of Israel are saying: Where are the protesters against those atrocities? Here's how I see that issue. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026

MIKE JOHNSON: Lutnick said the $5k check would come from tariff revenues. Trump thinks of the American people as shareholders in this American dream TAPPER: The tariffs revenue is about $300 billion, not $1.3 trillion, and obviously Americans are paying those revenues. But devil is in the details

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13/09/2026

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com What does the humanitarian crisis in Sudan look like on the ground? “Let me tell you about a very bright 13-year-old girl who asked not to be named, because then she might be killed along with her parents,” our columnist @nickkristof.bsky.social writes.

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Opinion | Biden and Trump Called It a Genocide and Then Turned Away

We know how to stop the atrocities in Sudan. There’s just too little interest in doing so.

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

As the US is weakening higher education under President Trump, India is making great progress. Almost a third of Indians now attend university, and women are now slightly more likely to attend than men. Bodes well for India in the long term. humanprogress.org/indias-femal...

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Higher Education Expands Rapidly in India

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Julie Laumann @julielaumann.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

“The people of Sudan need food, water and medicine,” Tom Fletcher, the U.N. humanitarian chief, told the Security Council in a grim briefing. “Yet the world sends drones, weapons and mercenaries.” Biden and Trump Called It a Genocide and Then Turned Away @nickkristof.bsky.social

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Opinion | Biden and Trump Called It a Genocide and Then Turned Away

We know how to stop the atrocities in Sudan. There’s just too little interest in doing so.

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Presidents Biden and Trump both called the carnage in Sudan a genocide, yet both did nothing serious to address it. What does this mean on the ground? I talked to a 13-year-old girl who was held in a rape camp by a UAE-armed militia; the girl still can't walk right. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

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Opinion | Biden and Trump Called It a Genocide and Then Turned Away (Gift Article)

We know how to stop the atrocities in Sudan. There’s just too little interest in doing so.

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Tim Bartik @timbartik.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Interesting article. I would argue that in addition to retraining policies, place-based policies would help us adjust to economic changes. My understanding is that Norway, for example, has both regionally-differentiated payroll taxes and some regional adjustment programs.

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New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 09/09/2026

“American workers are right to distrust data centers and A.I., because they’re on their own,” our columnist @nickkristof.bsky.social writes. “There is little social trust because past trust has been betrayed.”

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Opinion | The Data Center Conundrum

Let’s learn from Nordic Countries: If America actually supported workers, we’d have a better shot at embracing technological change.

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Today we remember the evil of 9/11, the tragedy of people jumping from the towers. We should also remember the heroism: firefighters climbing stairs to their doom. We should also remember our historic mistakes as we turned to waterboarding and to a tragic invasion of Iraq. A complex legacy.

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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

All the money in the world can’t make up for the crippling loss of leadership caused by Hegseth’s purges. Trump and Hegseth may be buying more hardware, but they are endangering the apolitical professionalism—the operating system--that made the U.S. military the envy of the world. wapo.st/4gFl3Ey

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Opinion | Hegseth’s purges are endangering national security

The Iran quagmire wouldn’t have happened under Trump’s first-term military leaders.

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

A hiker named Nick Fowler has set a new record, completing the Pacific Crest Trail from Canada to Mexico in just 45 days, averaging 57 miles a day over mountains, rivers and snowfields. thetrek.co/pacific-cres... (It took my daughter and me six years of section hiking to do this.)

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Fastest PCT Hike in History: Nick Fowler's 45-Day Thru-Hike Sets New Overall FKT - The Trek

ick Fowler, 38, has just set the overall fastest known time (FKT) on the Pacific Crest Trail, finishing the entire trek on Saturday in 45 days, 17 hours and 47 minutes. This is the second time in 2026...

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

When we say that living on @kristoffarms.bsky.social is "magical," this is what we mean:

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

To lose a dog is to see how many good and empathetic people there are. We lost Connie, our Kuvasz, earlier this month, and we’ve had a torrent of notes and cards. One woman, Annette, saw my post about Connie’s death and made this lovely cushion with an embroidery of Connie’s face. We’ll cherish it.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

"the money, which was supposed to be used to provide health insurance for poor children, was instead hastily passed through multiple organizations before eventually landing in the bank accounts of two political action committees and the Republican Party of Florida." www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/g...

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Grand jury finds DeSantis administration "misappropriated" $10 million in taxpayer money to Hope Florida

A Florida grand jury found the DeSantis administration misappropriated $10 million in taxpayer money for political purposes.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The way Kenny Rogers’ whole face lights up the moment he hears Dolly Parton’s voice coming from offstage.

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Important piece about DoD dysfunction under Sec Hegseth.

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton, who grew up as one of 12 children of an illiterate sharecropper, never forgot her roots. Her Imagination Library has distributed 300 million books to children, a huge boon to poor families. She has died at 80, an amazing woman. RIP, brave Dolly. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/a...

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Dolly Parton, Country Music Superstar Whose Songs Spoke to Millions, Dies at 80

Known for her outsize persona, appearance and talent, she rose from rural poverty to become a top-selling singer, songwriter and entrepreneur.

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

An economist described President Trump's higher education policy to me as an "American surrender," and he had a point. Investment in universities and community colleges, from the GI Bill to Pell grants, science funding to recruitment of foreign students, lifted the US. Now we're undoing all that.

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Canada does not deserved this nastiness or contempt from the American government. And my bet is that historians will look back and admire PM Carney's resolve and think it worked better than the alternative of surrender to a bully.

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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

hope somebody in Maine is printing out posters of this quote so that they'll be able to read it with a candle after the lights go out

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Sudan is the world's worst humanitarian crisis, fueled by the recklessness of countries sending in arms and by the complacency of the international community. UN Humanitarian Chief Tom Fletcher speaks eloquently to the UN Security Council on Sudan.

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The general election this fall and in 2028 are monumentally important for the US and the world. I traveled to Kentucky to interview Governor Andy Beshear, who has shown that it's possible for a Democrat to win in red states. He offers a how-to: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/o...

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Opinion | Is Andy Beshear of Kentucky the Next Bill Clinton? (Gift Article)

A Democratic governor popular in a state that glows red offers lessons for winning working-class voters. For one, speak plain English.

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Very sobering article suggesting that climate change and associated wild fires are causing the collapse of many Western forests; one study suggests that by 2100, 40% of Western conifer forests will be replaced by shrubland (and poison oak). www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/c...

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Wildfires Are Turning Forests in the American West Into Shrubland

Towering woodlands in the West are being permanently replaced by tracts of spiky shrubs. Conditions “just aren’t normal anymore,” one researcher said.

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Kristof Farms @kristoffarms.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

A black bear checks out our wildlife camera at Kristof Farms. They are fans of our apples and grapes, especially Pinot Noir grapes, and like to help with the harvest. KristofFarms.com

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

As Democrats look for a 2028 candidate who can win swing states, I visited Kentucky to talk to Governor @andybeshearky.bsky.social who manages not just to be elected in a deep red state but to be popular there while taking some liberal positions. Here's my take: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/o...

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Opinion | Is Andy Beshear of Kentucky the Next Bill Clinton? (Gift Article)

A Democratic governor popular in a state that glows red offers lessons for winning working-class voters. For one, speak plain English.

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Since I'm an ultralight backpacker, people always ask me about gear. Truly, the best source of information is this survey of PCT thruhikers each year: www.halfwayanywhere.com/trails/pacif... (Except that I believe in cowboy camping (with a tarp if it rains), and most hikers are tent people)

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Data-Driven Pacific Crest Trail Gear Guide for 2026 | Halfway Anywhere

The definitive 2026 Pacific Crest Trail Gear Guide from PCT Hiker Survey results - everything from highest-rated to most common PCT gear.

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The best parenting I do is while wearing a backpack. This time in Washington State.

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Kristof Farms @kristoffarms.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Come visit The Most Beautiful Farm In The World, taste great wines & ciders, and get eaten by a cougar. OK, not the last bit. We'll be holding tours/tastings on Aug 22, Sept 13 & Oct. 3, all led by Nick & Sheryl. Sign up: app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule/f18... or email info@kristoffarms.com

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

World Humanitarian Day falls this week, so hats off to aid workers struggling to help others even when they are defunded and targeted. Last year 350 aid workers were killed, mostly in Gaza and Sudan, and 235 were kidnapped. So thank you for your courage and dedication.

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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 15/08/2026

Why anyone would want to electrocute another human being? bit.ly/4xAc9iq LIVE today at 1 PM ET— @nickkristof.bsky.social of The New York Times will stop by Lincoln Square to sit down on History of the Present with @theintellectualist.bsky.social! Become a Lincoln Loyal Member to watch!

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