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Diana
@BrukDiana
Writer/Editor. Bylines: the NYT, Salon, VICE, Cosmopolitan, Esquire, and others. I tweet about Russia, modern dating, mental wellness, and dogs.
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Humans doing the hard jobs on minimum wage while the robots write poetry and paint is not the future I wanted
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Nice to see Tuck report from his personal giant sauna.
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Terrible. I've been watching Mad Men recently and it really highlights how far we've moved away from a world in which professional decency exists.
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I've written for a large variety of outlets and who's footing the bill (whether it's the govt, an individual, or a group) ALWAYS has an effect. That's just obvious.
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NEW: Elon tells me Twitter is using this list to determine which media outlets receive the “government-funded media” label: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:
When I pointed out that NPR’s government support does not effect the network’s editorial decisions, he told me:
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I went into writing because I wanted to write pieces that made ppl feel less alone in the world. The problem isn’t that ChatGP can now replace humans; the problem is that we started asking writers to produce content that sounds like it was crafted by robots.
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Me and @nooralsibai wrote about how BuzzFeed is quietly publishing a bunch of AI-generated travel guide articles that feel WAY more cynical than what Jonah Peretti was describing when he announced BuzzFeed's use of AI
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Just putting it out there that #HughGrant has always been kind of a jerk. He admitted that was why he transitioned from charmingly befuddled roles in rom coms to being a womanizing dickhead in films like Bridget Jones and About a Boy.
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Congratulations to 'Navalny,' this year's Best Documentary Feature Film! #Oscars95
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I don’t follow football but judging from the number of cop cars outside the sports bar across the street I’m going to go ahead and assume the Eagles lost
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If you're looking for some new #apps for your #brainhealth, whether it's to keep you feeling #calm or help you #staysharp and #focused, I've asked #mentalhealth experts to round up some of their favorites in my latest:
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Or, you know, because I actually worked for the CIA and know exactly what they do. Or maybe I just opened a book at some point in my life.
I swear, these new-wave infowarrior types see the hidden hand of the Kremlin as the reason they got shorted a McNugget. Totally lost.
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The only way you can think the CIA are responsible for pro-democracy protests around the world is if you’re dangerously stupid or you are disseminating lies on behalf of the Kremlin. Snowden is now less than a stone’s throw away from blaming them on George Soros.
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My favorite holiday film since I was 12.
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So New York.
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Just watched a man at a bar in Penn Station order two martinis, pay for them, promptly pour them into an empty Evian bottle, and then walk out all while Billy Joel’s “Uptown Girl” played on the jukebox. Happy holidays!
If there’s one thing I’m sure of it’s that Joaquin Phoenix is phenomenal in Gladiator. He’s menacing, he’s pathetic, he’s all of the things
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I've always thought Viktor Bout was wrongfully incarcerated as well, though, so also pleased to see him finally freed. I worked on a documentary about him shortly after college and did a piece on him recently:
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So pleased about this news. Nine years in a Russian penal colony over a bit of cannabis oil. Ridiculous.
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Moments ago I spoke to Brittney Griner.
She is safe.
She is on a plane.
She is on her way home.
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Every Right Wing Show Host: We are going to have Kanye West on television to set the record straight about why this genius has been misunderstood
Kanye West: I love Hitler
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They were pretty much the opposite of the revelations I thought I was going to have, but they were good ones nonetheless #Yoga #retreat #wellnessjourney
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“Anxiety was not called 'anxiety' in my house; it was called 'Tuesday.'"
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Thanksgiving should really be called National Deciding Which Relative to Disappoint Day
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“Who was Prime Minister when Queen Elizabeth died” is going to be a god-tier trivia question in like 20 years.
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A big fear in Russia once the war started was that the Kremlin would lower a new iron curtain. Why should Putin bother, if the West will do it for him? in on why a tourist ban just helps Putin.
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Do you have a personal essay you’d like to get out into the world? Some info and advice. estelleserasmus.com/im-judging-the
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"Being in a bad headspace is not quite like being in a bad mood. Our moods are always changing, but your headspace reflects not only your emotional state but also your view of the world, the people around you, and yourself"
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I use this same trick but while listening to a Hans Zimmer playlist. Makes answering emails feel like an epic quest that will save humanity.
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Writing pro-tip:
Whatever you are working on -- even a grocery list -- will suddenly feel insanely powerful when listening to Mozart's Requiem.
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How are people consuming news/reading articles these days? For a long time, I used Twitter, but, nowadays, I find I need to wade through a lot of garbage in order to find one story that I actually want to read.
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My ability to dissociate has become too powerful. Now I’m just watching the fall of America like “hmm yeah that happens to empires” while I look for dog hats on Amazon.
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You can take a hot yoga class and just lay in the back and sob. No one cares.
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I can already tell this is going to be so good. Marilyn Monroe is such a great/tragic example of women feeling the need to put on a performance for society.
I wouldn’t be surprised, tbh. Toxic relationships are difficult to get out of. It’s like knowing eating another cookie will make you sick but wanting it anyway.
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Sources told me Amber Heard has reached out to Johnny Depp to see if he wants to get back together. This is wild.
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#JohnnyDepp not showing up for the verdict is a nice final touch. Makes it look like she's the only one on trial and he's the victim. It's mean, but well-played.
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Whatever the outcome today, my verdict is still that this was a mutually abusive relationship. I hope they both find peace and partners who are better suited to them. #IStandWithJohnnyDepp #IStandWithAmberHeard
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"Here is why I still feel like all of the hate the internet is throwing at Heard is unjustified and unkind"
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#camillevasquez is great but she's going too hard on the "this happy photo of you was taken after the alleged abuse so it never happened" beat. It's common, after a vicious fight, to feel shame and guilt that lends itself to feelings of intimacy. The vicious cycle is a cycle.
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