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Megan McCarthy

@Megan
 New York City
Joined October 2006
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Oblivier Knox@OKnoxMar 2
A+ work from the New York Times layout team
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@JCColtin3 Nov 2025
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After a brief speech and some handshakes and selfies, Cuomo ignored my questions and got in the white Ford Bronco to be driven to the next stop in Washington Heights.
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Mamdani tells the press that Cuomo is still running because “Andrew Cuomo is someone who doesn’t understand that no means no”
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Mediagazer
@mediagazer1 Feb 2025
The US NTSB says it will not email news outlets and reporters with updates about the two recent plane crashes, and will instead post updates on its X account (@matthewkeyslive / The Desk) thedesk.net/2025/02/ntsb-mov… mediagazer.com/250201/p4#a25…
NTSB to stop emailing news outlets with updates on plane crashes, press briefings

NTSB to stop emailing news outlets with updates on plane crashes, press briefings

The NTSB says it will only notify the media about press conferences and investigative updates on two recent plane crashes via the social media platform X.

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Arlen Parsa@arlenparsa30 Dec 2024
One of the proposed new Illinois flag designs, out of thousands submitted
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philip lewis
@Phil_Lewis_21 Aug 2024
Lil Jon makes a surprise appearance at the #DNC for Georgia's roll call
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Julia Ioffe
@juliaioffe21 Aug 2024
"the affirmative action of generational wealth" damn.
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Larry Madowo
@LarryMadowo1 May 2024
Blackout right now at JKIA, hours after Kenya’s Transport minister toured it and said they had “stabilized the electricity supply”
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Molly Malone, playing an old Irish folk song on the cello by my cottage for Paddy's Day. Happy St. Patrick's Day from the west of Ireland! ☘️
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m. gessen@mashagessen17 Feb 2024
In which it was as predictable as it is unfathomable. The Death of Alexey Navalny, Putin’s Most Formidable Opponent newyorker.com/news/postscrip…
The Death of Alexei Navalny, Putin’s Most Formidable Opponent

The Death of Alexei Navalny, Putin’s Most Formidable Opponent

The opposition leader, who died in prison, had been persecuted for years by the Russian state. He remained defiant, and consistently funny, to the very end.

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Lois Beckett@loisbeckett14 Feb 2024
"There’s no 'crisis in higher education'; there’s just a crisis of New York Times writers with daddy issues and anxiety over what the end of legacy admissions could mean for their children’s college prospects." A Harvard freshman on the national media: thecrimson.com/column/a-scho…
New York Times, Get out of My School

New York Times, Get out of My School

New York Times, Get out of My School

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Ashley Mayer
@ashleymayer8 Feb 2024
Excellent morning routine. No notes. 👏 @Techmeme @gaberivera wired.com/story/google-prepa…
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Ted Nesi@TedNesi5 Feb 2024
The late great @wpri12 reporter Phil Wilson demonstrates in this old clip that local TV news was *definitely* more fun in 1987
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In case you didn’t get to see it, here is the full video of Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs singing “Fast Car” at the Grammys nitter.cf/RealBrittain/status/17…
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Cook the turkey, not your home.
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Janet Yellen ordering In-n-out before heading to the airport to greet Xi Jinping
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Ben Mullin@BenMullin14 Nov 2023
News: Karlie Kloss has acquired i-D magazine.
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The Onion
@TheOnion19 Oct 2023
Woman On Third Level Of Purgatory Tired Of Being Passed Over For Advancement By Less Penitent Men bit.ly/3FnPYTx
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Megan McCarthy (@Megan) profile pictureMegan McCarthy@Megan10 Oct 2023
The BBC used facial recognition technology on videos from the attack on the Supernova music festival — and discovered that one gunman’s face matched a man wearing a police uniform on a Gaza municipality’s website. Link: themessenger.com/news/hamas-…
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