Writer @nytimes. Novel, Keya Das's Second Act (@simonschuster) Memoir: Missed Translations (@deystreet). Playwright. Former Ben Folds jukebox musical pianist.
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Sopan Deb retweeted
"This is what I wish I could tell those 13-year-old girls, but I’m not a bar-mitzvah motivator anymore."
My wife wrote a moving essay in @TheAtlantic about having a stroke at 25 years old.
theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1…
Sopan Deb retweeted
There is no single person I know who’s better qualified to write on the impact of Jean-Luc Picard than my favorite Trek text pal @SopanDeb.
Wrote on how the character of Jean-Luc Picard evolved over the years, and how Patrick Stewart ushered in a whole new era of Star Trek: nytimes.com/2026/10/29/arts/…
Wrote on how the character of Jean-Luc Picard evolved over the years, and how Patrick Stewart ushered in a whole new era of Star Trek: nytimes.com/2026/10/29/arts/…
More to come on Patrick Stewart, but a career highlight for me was getting to sit down with the entire cast of Star Trek TNG in LA a couple years ago: nytimes.com/2023/02/14/arts/…
Sopan Deb retweeted
🦖A Nanotyrannus skeleton nicknamed “Jodi” just sold for $47.3 million at auction — far above its estimate.
@SUArtSciences paleoecology expert Linda Ivany on what makes this T. rex cousin so hard to classify.⤵️@SopanDeb @SUEarthEnvSci
nytimes.com/2026/10/27/us/jo…
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Learned a little news nugget while reporting on the situation with Game 6 of the WNBA finals, which will be played at 12:30 pm on Thursday. USA Sports will air an encore of the game at 8 pm eastern on Thursday (the original broadcast window) on USA Network and CNBC.
The discourse around signing Mitchell Robinson is among the most baffling I’ve ever seen. People were treating it like the Celtics were signing Mutumbo in his prime.
where is grey street (third verse)
Rolling Stone reveals their top rock songs of the 21st century.
1. “Maps” - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2. “Seven Nation Army” - The White Stripes
3. “Mr. Brightside” - The Killers
4. “good 4 u” - Olivia Rodrigo
5. “The National Anthem” - Radiohead
6. “I Know The End” - Phoebe Bridgers
7. “Last Nite” - The Strokes
8. “99 Problems” - Jay-Z
9. “I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor” - Arctic Monkeys
10. “Impossible Germany” - Wilco
“I’m not mad. I’m just a little lamb chop” will unfortunately be my go to from here on out to express mild irritation.
Jaylen Brown on the Jayson Tatum comment: “There’s no beef. It should never be that. It’s just basketball. We’re both blessed. Might be a little lamb chop.” #Sixers