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Jim Windolf

@jimwindolf

Features editor, The New York Times. Author of "Where the Music Had to Go: How Bob Dylan and the Beatles Changed Each Other — and the World."

 New York
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Joined August 2009
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4 draft tweets. Pls let me know if I should post any of them. Thanks.
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Great story by @zinoman on a revolting development nytimes.com/2026/10/29/arts/…
Bodacious A.I. Bots Are Stealing Jokes From Young Female Comedians (Gift Article)

Bodacious A.I. Bots Are Stealing Jokes From Young Female Comedians (Gift Article)

Swiping jokes word for word, these bodacious bots mainly lift from young female comedians. What’s so insidious is how they’re subtly changing us, the audience.

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Kudos to @ChristopherNolan for going big with Steely Dan's "Home at Last" when Matt Damon finally makes it back.
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You win, internet. Congratulations. You beat me. Chapeau.
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Thank you @JosABank
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Always amazed at how they can pack so many sardines into these small tin containers
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3 draft tweets, comments welcome
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"But it turned out I was only ever good—unusually good, that is—at two things, sports and sex, and I have ended up making my small living at both." @jimwindolf gets off xraylitmag.com/businessman-b…
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Kids talk about what life will be like in the year 2050. Great story by Callie Holtermann, who's not on here. nytimes.com/2026/09/13/style…
10-Year-Old Children Predict the Future (Gift Article)

10-Year-Old Children Predict the Future (Gift Article)

Robot butlers. Underwater homes. Root beer perfume. Kids across the nation weigh in on what life will be like in the year 2050.

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Lurkin' Mom@LurkAtHomeMomAug 26
We could outlaw meetings.
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Wrote about a fellow Mets fan, @amgittlitz, the author of "Metropolitans," a wild ride through baseball history, with a focus on the Amazins nytimes.com/2026/08/24/style…
He Can’t Help Rooting for the Mets (and a Better World)

He Can’t Help Rooting for the Mets (and a Better World)

Through another lost season, A.M. Gittlitz, the author of a new history of New York’s underdog baseball team, is trying to hold on to hope.

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This cool cloudy summer weather puts me in mind of the long-ago morning I spent with my minder Helga at the nearly empty Jardin de Luxembourg during Papa's visit to Paris. We walked slowly along the paths. Helga seemed troubled.
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From an interview at the back of Jim Windolf’s Where The Music Had To Go, one of the most interesting Paul interviews I’ve seen in recent years (haven’t started the book yet but it looks great)
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Everyone in "The Oddysey" is on the Mediterranean diet
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Six (6) draft tweets. As always, comments appreciated.
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I'm gonna go get changed
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Had a great time talking about the Beatles and Bob Dylan with Tim Heidecker (@timheidecker) and Ian Grant (@ian__grant) on a Very Special Collaborative Episode of Officer Hours Live (@OfficeHrsLive) & Jokermen (@JokermenPodcast)
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Listen here youtube.com/watch?v=k_OULmBl… or wherever you get your podcasts
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Had a great time talking about Dylan and the Beatles with @pulmyears on his Record Store Day Podcast myerspodcasting.libsyn.com/w… #dylan #beatles
The Record Store Day Podcast with Paul Myers: Where The Music Had To...

The Record Store Day Podcast with Paul Myers: Where The Music Had To...

In his incredible new music biography, Where The Music Had To Go, author Jim Windolf explores the parallel careers of two of the most influential artists of the post rock & roll era, Bob Dylan and...

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Shout-out to the teens in summer school, especially the sarcastic underachievers
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