Ilana Novick

@faintpraise

writer. ilana.a.novick@gmail.com

New York, NYilananovick.comJoined March 2009

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Wagatwe Wanjuki

@wagatwe

May 12

a lot of women bringing up the glass cliff, but I think the role of (yt) women enabling fascists is more pertinent

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Kara Swisher

@karaswisher

May 11

Here is my first best guess here: ⁦@lindayacc⁩ of NBC. I will have more. (Musk says has found new CEO for Twitter | Reuters) reuters.com/technology/mus

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Hey

just FYI, maybe you didn't realize it at the time, but this woman you took photos with is a vicious, unrepentant transphobe.

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Maud Maron

@MaudMaron

May 7

Great to see so many #NYC pols supporting rigorous public school education last night at the #Stuyvesant Spring Gala. ⁦@NYCSchools⁩ needs more schools that raise the bar. ⁦@NYCMayor⁩ ⁦@MarkLevineNYC⁩ ⁦@LiuNewYork⁩ ⁦@galeabrewer⁩ ⁦@placenyc_org⁩

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Reporter gets conned by a subject known for being a con artist

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Isaac Chotiner

@IChotiner

May 7

In addition to all the other problems with passages like this one, it just isn’t deep or interesting in the way the writer thinks it is.

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@faintpraise

May 7

who is elizabeth holmes's publicist? i just wanna talk.

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Rabbi Ken Brodkin

@rabbikenbrodkin

May 7

Off The Derech son attends major family Simcha.

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Peter Sterne

@petersterne

Apr 28

Public defenders and criminal justice reformers often argue that sensationalist media coverage of crime drives reactionary criminal justice policy. (

@equalityAlec

and

@ScottHech

talk about it all the time!) But it's wild to hear Hochul just come out and admit it.

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Articles I want to read: Why is everyone now a coach? A coach who coaches coaches? Why are there so many cafe/florists in Manhattan? Who is going to fulfill my dream of renovating the old Loew's Canal

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Photos: Inside The Abandoned Old Loew's Theatre On Canal Street

Inside the old Loew's on Canal Street, which sits abandoned.

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iPad Expert

@ByYourLogic

Apr 26

this conjured a 100 million year old demon into our realm

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Demos

@Demos_Org

Apr 6

We are witnessing white supremacy and an attack on democracy with the attempted expulsion of the #TennesseeThree in the TN legislature. reuters.com/world/us/tenne (1/4)

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Tennessee Republicans expel two Democrats from House over gun control protest

Republicans in control of the Tennessee House of Representatives expelled two Democratic representatives on Thursday for breaking decorum during a gun control demonstration at the statehouse last...

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Who do I have to [redacted] to get two tickets to one of Lucinda Williams

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Lost my wallet? In this economy?

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Brady Gerber

@BradyWGerber

Mar 3

Like many of my colleagues, I've been affected by tech layoffs; my full-time gig was just eliminated. Still running CF, OPE!, and my newsletter (links in my bio) and I'm still freelancing. As always, would love to be considered for writing and coding opportunities. Love y'all ♥️

Cities obsessed with tax breaks for giant corporations are going to need a new hobby.

bloomberg.com

Amazon Pauses Construction on Second Headquarters in Virginia as It Cuts Jobs

Amazon.com Inc. is pausing construction on its sprawling second headquarters near Washington, a decision that coincides with the company’s deepest ever job cuts and a reassessment of office needs to...

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Demos

@Demos_Org

Mar 2

This move is a direct attack on Washington, D.C.'s sovreignty, and especially egregious in a majority Black city whose residents already made their voices heard.

politico.com

Biden won’t veto GOP effort to repeal D.C. crime law

The president's move, shared with Senate Democrats during a closed-door meeting on Thursday, might open the floodgates when the GOP-backed measure gets a vote.

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Naomi Fry

@frynaomifry

Feb 25

when you're writing, think of one person you want to impress and one person you want to destroy

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What is the best seltzer?

Ilana Novick

@faintpraise

Feb 20

can't wait for the kids to wear flaco t-shirts as if he was che

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Flaco to remain free: Central Park Zoo gives up on capturing escaped owl for now

The zoo said Flaco has been "very successful at hunting and consuming the abundant prey in the park."

Ilana Novick

@faintpraise

Feb 20

It's a new work entirely, time-based performance. New lease on this dog's life.

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The New York Times

@nytimes

Feb 18

Breaking News: A woman accidentally knocked over a balloon dog sculpture by Jeff Koons at an art fair in Miami, causing the $42,000 artwork to shatter, witnesses said. nyti.ms/3Ixd4JN

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Erin Somers

@SomersErin

Feb 20

can anyone recommend a publication to read if i'm interested exclusively in writing by friends of the staff

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imagine being the main character of the bible and still paying for tv ad.

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Stephen Miles

@SPMiles42

Feb 1

Friendly reminder that the people who are trying to throw

@IlhanMN

off

@HouseForeign

using bogus charges of antisemitism are the same people who defended marchers chanting “Jews will not replace us” & continue to defend insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol with Nazi symbols.

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Jabari Brisport

@JabariBrisport

Jan 31

If you’re wondering why

@GovKathyHochul

would publicly veto a bill as popular & important as the Grieving Families Act, the answer is protecting insurance company profits. Seems like a great moment for the Dem supermajority to overturn her veto (& then pass NYHA.)

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Matt Pearce

@mattdpearce

Jan 31

I salute our 18-year-old comrades who are giving their union-busting parents hell at home. levernews.com/fear-and-loath

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Mondaire Jones

@MondaireJones

Jan 28

If you think the Memphis police officers had to be white in order to exhibit anti-Blackness, you need to take that AP African American Studies course Ron DeSantis just banned.

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Ilana Novick

@faintpraise

Jan 29

The opening riff of Marquee Moon, you know something good is about to happen.

vulture.com

Tom Verlaine, Influential Punk Guitarist, Dead at 73

The front man of the band Television worked closely with Patti Smith.

Ilana Novick

@faintpraise

Jan 22

thinking about the financial district is the next dimes square

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kelsey mckinney

@mckinneykelsey

Jan 20

This round of layoffs in particular it feels clear that this isn't about a recession or profit or even worker quality. It's about fear induction. Lay off a bunch of people, and you grab a bit of power back out of the fear among the remaining. It is easier to exploit them.

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composers doing normal shit

@NormalComposers

Jan 19

Leonard Cohen playing pinball.

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Demos

@Demos_Org

Jan 19

Meanwhile, in Ohio, dark money groups with ties to the gas industry led the state to redefine gas as "green energy." How convenient. We see you. Read more: washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro

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Working Families Party

@WorkingFamilies

Jan 19

Reminder that the term “carbon footprint” was popularized by oil giant BP in the early 2000s to shift climate change blame onto individuals & away from corporations. Individual action is great, but 20 fossil fuel companies are responsible for a third of global carbon emissions.

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Ilana Novick

@faintpraise

Jan 19

I really want someone to ask Pearl Jam for comment

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Jon Caramanica

@joncaramanica

Jan 19

POPCAST on the many many many Ticketmaster kerfuffles of the past few months w/ dogged yet hopeful(?) chronicler @sisario nytimes.com/2023/01/19/art

Ilana Novick

@faintpraise

Jan 18

I hope the dolphins in Newtown Creek are having a good day.

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Newtown Creek Alliance (@newtowncreek) • Instagram photos and videos

Ilana Novick

@faintpraise

Jan 18

$60K must be coffee money to Amazon.

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Lauren Kaori Gurley

@LaurenKGurley

Jan 18

NEW: Dept of Labor is preparing to fine Amazon $60K for workplace safety hazards. Recent injuries at a warehouse in Waukegan, IL include: -a 61 lb piece of furniture smashing a worker's face -a 90 lb TV spraining a shoulder -a bed cutting a worker's nose

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Leah Tigers

@9BillionTigers

Jan 18

Hi everyone, today I'm uploading the first 20 issues of New York Native newspaper scanned off microfiche to archive dot org. Probably NYC's premier gay newspaper in the '80s, they were first reporters on the AIDS crisis. You can find the first issue here: archive.org/details/1980-1

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Ben Carlos Thypin

@SoBendito

Jan 10

Hochul is happy to cut property taxes for homeowners and gas taxes for drivers but where's the immediate relief for the huge chunk of New Yorkers that rent and don't drive?

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Matt Bell

@mdbell79

Jan 9

Perhaps nothing else will make you into a healthcare system reformer quite like trying to get care for your aging parents. The seeming impossibility of getting them real help even when they have good insurance and family support and enough money is truly unreal.

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Ilana Novick

@faintpraise

Jan 6

thanks to a podcast ad, i learned "hooked on phonics" still exists. iconic elder millennial culture.

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daniel

@escargotpro_

Jan 5

This house stuff getting covered by all the networks now why do the freedom caucus and mccarthy folks give all their rising stars a chance to get some shine with nom speeches and dems just do Aguilar every time? Seems like a waste of earned media

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Griffin Funk

@Griffin_Funk

Dec 30, 2022

Seeing a lot of people who wear Brandy Melville posting pictures of Vivienne Westwood

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Ilana Novick

@faintpraise

Dec 30, 2022

next year i would like to fulfill some childhood curiosity and see the inside of tiro a segno, the rifle club in the connected row houses on macdougal street.