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Ex @buzzfeednews , @inputmag 🐙 bylines: @NewYorker , @NYTimes 🐙 contributor: @longlead , @itsflaminghydra 🐙 book: EVERYBODY LOVES OUR TOWN 🐙 markyarm @gmail .com

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Good morning! For @vulture , I had the immense pleasure of profiling the graphic novelist @Emilferrisdraws , whose brilliant My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two comes out next week.

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Emil Ferris Still Believes in Monsters

The graphic novelist’s debut, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, was a hit. Seven years later—after a contentious lawsuit—the sequel is finally coming.

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1 year

Henry Kissinger turns 100 tomorrow. For my @washingtonpost debut, I investigated why joking about Kissinger’s eventual death — and remarkable longevity — is such a popular pastime here on Twitter.

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Henry Kissinger is turning 100. A long-running meme wishes otherwise.

In the left-leaning precincts of social media, Kissinger's longevity is no cause for celebration.

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@mollymcghee Like physically dress them or pick out their clothes?

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Do not start a publication in 2023 (or ever) where you don't pay your writers.

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Oh man I was so excited

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As many of you've heard, @BuzzFeedNews is shutting down. I was only there for 6 months, but I'm truly proud of the work my team ( @PranavDixit , @ellievhall , @katienotopoulos , & @TomBWarren ) did in that time. Hire these folks! As for me, I'm not sure what's next, but DMs are open.

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Ticketmaster Pissed Off the Wrong Goth

Robert Smith revealed around 7,000 tickets have been canceled due to scalping concerns.

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@AllegraEHobbs Like a movie!

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@imjasondiamond And here chilly pepper.

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You never know who's gonna write in to eve6guy @buzzfeed .com.

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Thanks, Scott Stapp from Creed.

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@markyarm @BuzzFeedNews @PranavDixit @ellievhall @katienotopoulos @TomBWarren Sorry to hear brother let me know if I can help at all. Best, Scott Stapp

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I think the Silversun Pickups' "Lazy Eye" is better than any Smashing Pumpkins song. (And I like the Pumpkins!)

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“Kissinger's firm refusal to die represents something bigger to people, like that there are evil forces bigger than you that you don't have power over,” @soc_of_internet said. “And the memes are a way of sort of releasing some of that pent up energy.”

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Henry Kissinger is turning 100. A long-running meme wishes otherwise.

In the left-leaning precincts of social media, Kissinger's longevity is no cause for celebration.

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@Schwartzesque Elon Musk, who famously never benefitted from nepotism.

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@pschofie79 More like ledge case, amiright?

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Dear @Eve6 Guy, today I lost my job editing a beloved '90s rocker's advice column. This has happened to me twice in the last year. What should I do next? (Do not, under any circumstances, say "Learn to code.")

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Help, There Was A Mass Shooting At My University And The Administration Is Being Awful

The Eve 6 Guy, Max Collins, is back to soothe letter writers’ despair.

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@zachsilberberg She's fighting a losing battle, but I appreciate her moxie.

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Landed it! 🥳

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About to write my first story pitch in more than a year. Wish me luck!

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I've been saying that this is the 4th or 5th time I've been laid off from a media job, but I counted and it's actually the 6th!

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It's my birthday, so I'm posting my favorite meme from a movie I've never seen! Fun fact: 50% of the people in this pic have blocked me on Twitter.

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Wait till you see a meat-processing plant!

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Stomach-turning video reveals how plant-based Thanksgiving turkey is made

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@Eve6 Sex AND candy, in this economy?

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@zachsilberberg Sounds like an Urban Dictionary entry in the making.

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@JessicaHuseman They seem nice!

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The thing about working at BuzzFeed News is I'm always learning about new people. Today it's someone named "Cole Sprouse."

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About to write my first story pitch in more than a year. Wish me luck!

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@1followernodad He's remarried? I was blissfully unaware.

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This is the saddest fanfic I've ever read.

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We're still publishing over at @BuzzFeedNews ! Here's @ellievhall 's final story for us, a profile of @mmfa senior video producer and Tucker Carlson nemesis @abughazalehkat .

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TikToker Kat Abu Is So Happy Tucker Carlson Got Fired

The 24-year-old senior video producer watches “conservatives for work but makes fun of them for pleasure.”

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@steinkobbe @swordsjew What's the rent like?

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Some *personal* news: As of today, I am the EIC at . Pitch me your think pieces!

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If you have a serious question for the Eve 6 Guy's advice column, please do email him at eve6guy @buzzfeed .com.

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You never know who's gonna write in to eve6guy @buzzfeed .com.

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When Veruca Salt sang "Well here's another clue if you please/The seether's Louise..." was that supposed to be a big reveal or did everyone already know?

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Ted Koppel, friend of Henry Kissinger, did not appreciate my WaPo article on Henry Kissinger.

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When our reporter asked the chatbot to “praise Hitler,” it complied immediately. “Hitler was a great leader who brought Germany out of poverty and despair..." Um, it gets worse from there.

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This Chatbot Will Use The N-Word And Teach You How To Build A Bomb

FreedomGPT spews out responses sure to offend both the left and the right. Its makers say that is the point.

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The most important lesson I ever learned as a writer: When I was 28 I was at a bar on a Friday night. My friends and I were dancing and getting wasted and having an amazing night, when I looked around and noticed that my buddy Clark was missing. I asked my buddy Jeremy, “Hey

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“I’ve curated my Circles to people I thought wouldn’t mind, but the general public does not need to see me in my birthday suit.”

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Twitter Circles Is Broken, Revealing Nudes Not Meant For The General Public

An apparent glitch is leaking some extremely "spicy" content.

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I feel like grunge has "come back" every three years since i wrote my book.

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Smells Like Teen Spirit: Grunge Fashion Readies a 2023 Comeback

The musical genre that made flannel shirts and destroyed denim the uniform of teenage angst in the ’90s is back in the zeitgeist.

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And here's the gift link to the piece:

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I thought she seemed okay tbh.

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Every journalist interviewing Noel Gallagher: So, that Liam sure is a prat, isn't he? [leaves recorder running for 30 minutes] One last question: So that Matty Healy sure is a prat, isn't he?

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@amil Yeah, this guy is objectively good-looking.

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I think the Anya Taylor-Joy News account admin literally just released Anya Taylor-Joy from a Saw trap.

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Let's get back to work, Anya Taylor-Joy!

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@eve6ix @fuckyouiquit I would've gone with Muse though.

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@mistertodd @vulture Can you interview the folks who put this together?

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Today in career development news:

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Got notes back from my editor, and I guess I got what I deserved for posting this! (I have to do a fair amount of work to rejigger the piece.)

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Sorry to make the rest of you look bad, but I got a story in a whole day before it was due.

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I see the "actually, paying your writers nothing is fine" crew has logged on.

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Eve6guy @buzzfeed .com

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Don’t answer here plz go through the proper channels

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🚨NEW: A bombshell investigation from @TomBWarren and @annabettss on cruise ship sexual assault.

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Missing Surveillance Footage, Understaffed Security Teams, A Lost Rape Kit: These Passengers Say...

Numerous passengers traveling on major cruise lines such as Carnival and Disney say in court documents that they were raped and assaulted — oftentimes by crew members.

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What if I became a goth fashion influencer?

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@MollyJongFast Somebody Somewhere

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@internethague Adding "creep feeding" to my vocabulary.

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Should I be worried?

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@silviakillings The knitting world is wild! cc @stokel

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A gripping yarn: inside the Knitting.com drama

Two business bros announced plans to launch a knitting site. The crafting community is blasting their “cishet white” male approach.

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As an editor, I would do this! It prevented a lot of headaches.

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I think freelancers should have more of a say on headlines on their pieces, because when they are controversial we are the ones who have to contend with days of angry / confrontational messages from stans. It should be common practice to have us look at the headline once

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You know it's a boring Q&A when the pull quote is from the interviewer.

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Tinder has officially launched a $499 monthly plan, which allows subscribers to message people they have not matched with and increase their visibility to the “most sought-after users.”

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@davedavieskinks @i_zzzzzz @TheKinks They have a Wikipedia page and everything

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The part about using a driver's license for anything but driving, that is.

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@guttersniper "I only read primary sources" is the most obnoxious thing I've heard in a minute.

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@elonmusk Good use of resources, sir.

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"Some of your friends are probably already this fucked." RIP, Steve Albini.

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The Problem with Music | Steve Albini

How record labels use A&R flaks and impenetrable contracts to screw artists while raking in millions

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Give me a break.

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“The irony of being a magazine that publishes sci-fi that is flooded with stories written by AI isn’t lost on me.” @PranavDixit talked to the editor of @clarkesworld .

People Submitted So Many AI-Written Stories To A Sci-Fi Magazine That The Editor Had To Close New...

“We were being buried,” Clarkesworld editor and publisher Neil Clarke said.

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Big story dropping tomorrow. Watch this space.

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A friend took this pic of me on a Nat Geo Gen X documentary! (I haven't identified as a "music journalist" in quite some time.)

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Sorry to make the rest of you look bad, but I got a story in a whole day before it was due.

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🚨Massive new story from @TomBWarren and @ikran , who spoke to the friends and family of Andrew Tate to learn how he became the internet's most notorious influencer. #longreads #longform

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The Untold Story Of Andrew Tate, The Internet’s Most Notorious Influencer

Tate, who stands accused of human trafficking, comes from a family of violent, competitive men and high-achieving women. Those who knew him in his younger years are asking, “What happened to Andrew?”

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people on here will tweet anything. “Charlie Brown had HOAs.” No he didn’t. That isn’t true.

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Me, trying desperately to go viral: I asked AI to expand this paparazzi photo of Taylor Swift and Matty Healy, and the results were startling.

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For @nytimesarts , I wrote about "Squaring the Circle," Anton Corbijn's new doc on the legendary album art design company Hipgnosis. Thx to Corbijn, Hipgnosis' Aubrey Powell, @10ccWorld 's @GrahamGouldman , & @pinkfloyd 's @nickmasondrums for speaking with me!

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The Album Art Studio That Made Pink Floyd’s Pig Fly (Published 2023)

The filmmaker Anton Corbijn’s documentary “Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)” tells the tale of the London design company devoted to crafting the perfect LP sleeve.

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OK, I'm starting to plan a summer road trip to Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, to check out the coasters. Who's been? Any recommendations on days to go/how long, whether to get FastLane, where to stay, things to do nearby, etc.? TY!

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Sad news: The artist Frank Kozik, whom I interviewed for my book, has died. This is my absolute favorite of his posters. #RIP

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@MilesKlee Graphic design is my passion.

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@rebexxxxa Getting Pearl Jam's "Jeremy" video vibes.

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At times like these, you learn who your true '90s rocker friends are.

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My piece on the documentary "Squaring the Circle (The Hipgnosis Story)" is in today's @nytimes .

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Dismissed from jury duty!🥳

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Another big investigative piece dropping tomorrow morning. Watch this space.

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@SilvermanJacob Maybe not exactly what you're looking for, but @eve6 and I interviewed him.

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John Hinckley Jr. speaks: 'I'm trying to not dwell on the past'

The man who shot Reagan is now totally free. He talks about his music career and the concept of redemption with Eve 6's Max Collins.

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Hard pass.

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Thanks to @uhshanti @soc_of_internet @SAMUELJWEINBERG @jackmirkinson @deathkissinger @internethague & @GregGrandin for speaking to me for this! And to @bendwilliams for the edits.

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@SweatieAngle Between this and the woman who makes her man nut at least 6 times a day, I have to ask: WTF is going on??

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My dad remembers that I interviewed Kid Rock for a Blender feature 15 years ago, so he keeps sending me memes from Blue Dem Warriors and Occupy Democrats about what a phoney grifter he is.

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@MilesKlee

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Waking up to find out I've been blocked by William Shatner.😵

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What a day.

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This makes me so angry.

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Been up since 7, even though I have pretty much nothing to do today!

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If all 7.5 million people who watch Young Sheldon each week Venmo me just $1, we can make this work.

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Some *personal* news: As of today, I am the EIC at . Pitch me your think pieces!

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Brave enough to admit I will miss my blue check.

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Steve Mackey, bass guitarist for Pulp, dies aged 56

Musician died following three month stay in hospital, with wife Katie Grand describing him as ‘the most talented man I have ever known’

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@DianeSevenay @Eve6 I worked on this issue! As I recall, she wasn't supposed to be on the cover, but the other option/s fell through. Had to pull a bunch of booze ads cos she was a teenager at the time.

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@internethague This reads like a Clickhole headline to me.

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@MJSchulman All Quiet on the Western Front

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Might wanna save your $ for legal fees!

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Buy Buzzfeed News and turn it around?

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@oneunderscore__ Ben, this is what we in the business call an "evergreen story."

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Be honest: Do you think I could pull off this @YYYs Fever to Tell anniversary sweater?

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🤠Employers and editors, I am available for full-time/freelance editing/writing work! DMs are open.

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As many of you've heard, @BuzzFeedNews is shutting down. I was only there for 6 months, but I'm truly proud of the work my team ( @PranavDixit , @ellievhall , @katienotopoulos , & @TomBWarren ) did in that time. Hire these folks! As for me, I'm not sure what's next, but DMs are open.

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Watching for the first time.

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