@jadabird

Freelance writer. Author of UNLEASHING OPPENHEIMER. 1st @nytimes 52 Places Traveler. Former: @nymag + Wash Post. IG: alphajada. DMs open, [email protected]

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I wrote about my grandmother, Chien-Shiung Wu — a pioneering nuclear physicist who’s on a 2021 USPS stamp — but also about loss, immigrants, fame, scientific ambition, women in STEM, and the questions we have about our families that are too late to ask. washingtonpost.com/lifestyle…

Perspective | Discovering Dr. Wu

The world reveres Chien-Shiung Wu as a groundbreaking nuclear physicist who made a startling find 65 years ago. But to me, she was Grandma — and I long to know more about her.

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It’s not lost on me that rape culture reports are coming from elite universities: Cornell, UChicago, Columbia. I went to Yale. These places aren’t associated with frat culture, but they come with a baked-in sense of superiority, esp for young men as future masters of the universe
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the UChicago fraternity house rape was stopped by two insanely heroic women. breathtaking levels of solidarity here
Sophie Sherry@SophiePSherryOct 13
A group of men cheered as a woman was sexually assaulted at a University of Chicago frat house, according to a police report obtained by @Suntimes. The woman told CPD the assault happened during a party at AEPi. Her account was backed up by friends. bit.ly/4AWDb5Y

Group cheered as woman was sexually assaulted at University of Chicago frat house, police report...

The 21-year-old woman told police the assault happened during a party at the Alpha Epsilon Pi house, according to the report. Her account was backed up by two friends, who stated they intervened by...

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Was at art supplies store in Brooklyn and this guy was buying poster board and tons of heart stickers. It’s his 1yr anniversary with his gf & he’s making a collage of their time together & is gonna tell her to look at her window as she leaves for work. Gen Z is going to be ok
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It was so sweet and romantic, the cashier and I both forgot what we were doing when he told us his plans. He’d also bought ragged-edged sketch paper, a metal stamp engraved with a heart, and red wax. Said he was going to use it to seal a letter
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The women on both sides of me checked the time on their phones at least 4 times each during the final 1/3 of the Mike Leigh movie. It was like a whack-a-mole of unexpected light. Dudes, checking the time on a bright screen STILL COUNTS as using your phone in a movie!! #nyff
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It’s really not that hard. You check the run time, give yourself a buffer, and don’t plan anything during the movie you chose to go to. And then you turn your phone OFF. Like all the way. You get to enjoy the movie and, as a bonus, respect the people around you #nyff
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When Jenny Slate accidentally dropped an F-bomb on #SNL her very first episode as a cast member, she eventually got shut out of sketches and left the show after one season. She lost her whole ass job. And she’s an amazing, superior human being. Good role model for Shane Gillis
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Ray Zhu
@rayzhudevOct 10
I’m literally addicted to this Chinese photographer’s tiktok he sets strangers up by paying them ¥10,000 to do a wedding photoshoot the enemies to lover pipeline in this is sooo good
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Deadline
@DEADLINEOct 9
EXCLUSIVE: FX has set Havana Rose Liu to star in a crime drama pilot from 'Widow’s Bay' Emmy winner Hiro Murai and famed Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar Wai The pilot revolves around a petty criminal who inherits a share in a mysterious and powerful corporation. She then vaults into a world of unimaginable wealth but also constant danger from a ruthless elite who sees her as the ultimate threat deadline.com/2026/10/hiro-mu…

Havana Rose Liu To Star In Hiro Murai FX Pilot

Havana Rose Liu is set to star in an untitled FX crime drama pilot from recent Emmy winner Hiro Murai ('Widow's Bay').

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annie@emmyloserOct 8
the reason Matthew and Keri are so good together is because they’re both oversharers
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Anne Hathaway is such a real one! It’s like poetry, the way she talks about OG Anunoby
New York Basketball
@NBA_NewYorkOct 7
Josh Hartnett "Who's that? Dakota Johnson "That's not real Anne Hathaway "Free associate Josh "Original Gangster Anne "OG Anunoby? Dakota "That was amazing Anne "So OG Anunoby–– Dakota "That's a real person? Anne "Yes…Game 4…one of the greatest baskets…it's poetry in motion Anne "Every year for my birthday I always ask for courtside tickets for Knicks…When I was a kid I was in nosebleeds…One year…Ball coming straight for me…OG came this close…Bucket list moment…"
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Wise thing my therapist said: Reality is that sometimes you’ll get what you want, sometimes you won’t. You can’t control it. But what you can do is accept that sometimes you’ll hit bumps, and have a robust sense of optimism while taking lots of action.
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Wanna be clear: Luca Guadagnino’s ARTIFICIAL is a horror comedy. About the destruction of humanity. In real time. You’re laughing at the ridiculous characters & also THESE PEOPLE EXIST, they’re running the world, and the info in the movie is already old. Fucking terrifying #nyff
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I’m seeing Digger this weekend, everyone, will report back!
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All respect to Andrew Garfield as Sam Altman, but it’s Yura Borisov who steals ARTIFICIAL. He nails the affect and idealism of so many tech nerds I know, with an affection and specificity that never falls into caricature. He’s endlessly human, and so, so good #nyff
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Andrew Garfield says he remembers watching Sam Altman testify for Congress and thinking, “‘This guy is f***ing great!’… And here we are.” ARTIFICIAL, he says, is a much-needed “interrogation of who we’re giving all our autonomy, power, and data to.” #nyff
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ARTIFICIAL hair and makeup team’s greatest feat was making Yura Borisov look badly balding and unattractive #nyff
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The @MTA really looked at the #nyff dates and declared that everyone in Williamsburg would have to endure a four train gauntlet to get to Lincoln Center this weekend. The L is shut down and it’s like American Gladiators, NYC cinephile edition.
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Neil Bahadur@NeilBahadurOct 2
Not to be that guy but
David Dayen@ddayenOct 2
Skydance's first move: get rid of the execs who greenlit Sinners, OBAA and Weapons. The business side of this merger is going to be darkly hilarious hollywoodreporter.com/movies…
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Pope Leo XIV
@PontifexOct 2
In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity.
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