Staff writer at the New Republic (third tour), former Politico, former Slate, former Wall Street Journal, former Newsweek, former Washington Monthly, former US News and World Report, plus some other places. (I get around.)https://bsky.app/profile/timothynoah.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/timothynoah.bsky.social/post/3mkbodax3d22s“Blue Monday” is the greatest song ever written. Discuss. https://youtu.be/Fy5WM1xYbGo24 Apr 2026 23:24 +0000at://did:plc:nibrfqi7buey673u2kse6vmy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkbodax3d22shttps://bsky.app/profile/timothynoah.bsky.social/post/3mkaqyvauwc2vThe latest demonstration that saying no to Donald Trump works. Look, it’s not that hard. Bullies count on their victims not to punch back. We need so much more of this, especially from Republicans. It’s in their interest because this ship is going down. https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/24/business/doj-criminal-probe-of-powell24 Apr 2026 14:40 +0000at://did:plc:nibrfqi7buey673u2kse6vmy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkaqyvauwc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/timothynoah.bsky.social/post/3mkaofv5xz22xOh, Christ, now everybody’s going to end up with a Sphere. https://www.wsj.com/business/media/sphere-vegas-dolan-disaster-hit-fa0e6b17?st=CD63ud&reflink=article_copyURL_share24 Apr 2026 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:nibrfqi7buey673u2kse6vmy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkaofv5xz22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/timothynoah.bsky.social/post/3mk62zpw5i22jMy latest, for the print magazine, explains how the tech world went from charming garage tinkering to blood lust, insatiable greed, and megalomaniacal bullying. https://newrepublic.com/article/208876/tech-world-evil-musk-bezos-thiel23 Apr 2026 13:01 +0000at://did:plc:nibrfqi7buey673u2kse6vmy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk62zpw5i22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/timothynoah.bsky.social/post/3mk3lqdq6x22zToday in Robert Kennedy, Jr., Is Trying to Kill Me. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/04/22/covid-vaccine-report-blocked-cdc-mmwr/22 Apr 2026 13:22 +0000at://did:plc:nibrfqi7buey673u2kse6vmy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3lqdq6x22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/timothynoah.bsky.social/post/3mjzxurmtlc2hMy latest: The many tawdry scandals of Lori Chavez-DeRemer. I don’t think you’ll find elsewhere a catalog this complete. https://newrepublic.com/article/209341/lori-chavez-deremer-resign-sleaze21 Apr 2026 21:54 +0000at://did:plc:nibrfqi7buey673u2kse6vmy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzxurmtlc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/timothynoah.bsky.social/post/3mjz6jghs5c2qFrom the archives, a photo of me in 1999 explaining to Cspan viewers what exactly Slate is.21 Apr 2026 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:nibrfqi7buey673u2kse6vmy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjz6jghs5c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/timothynoah.bsky.social/post/3mjxgdy5igc24I have long maintained that college consumer choice hinges on whether it’s sunny or rainy when the prospective student visits, which makes spring break a uniquely bad time to take the college tour (b/c it rains too much). A new study proves me right. https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/the-hidden-factor-in-choosing-a-college-did-it-rain-on-your-tour-8acbd946?st=8HXDyU&reflink=article_copyURL_share20 Apr 2026 21:35 +0000at://did:plc:nibrfqi7buey673u2kse6vmy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjxgdy5igc24https://bsky.app/profile/timothynoah.bsky.social/post/3mjws42mqik2pThis is excellent. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/05/billionaire-consequence-free-reality/686588/20 Apr 2026 15:33 +0000at://did:plc:nibrfqi7buey673u2kse6vmy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjws42mqik2phttps://bsky.app/profile/timothynoah.bsky.social/post/3mjwlnnyhxk2dElizabeth Warren sent a letter this morning to SEC chair Paul Atkins requesting an inquiry into FT allegations that Pete Hegseth attempted an insider trade to profit from the war he was planning. My latest (with link to the letter). This is actual News. https://newrepublic.com/article/209247/warren-hegseth-iran-insider-trading20 Apr 2026 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:nibrfqi7buey673u2kse6vmy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwlnnyhxk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/timothynoah.bsky.social/post/3mjp4izev6s2oTrump’s fascist support is waning. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/04/17/trump-european-populists-breaking-point/17 Apr 2026 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:nibrfqi7buey673u2kse6vmy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjp4izev6s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/timothynoah.bsky.social/post/3mjni3ajz4k2lThis seems important. https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/770670402-one-pot-white-wine-pasta?unlocked_article_code=1.bVA.M6gW.thG9d47QQm-u&smid=ck-recipe-iOS-share16 Apr 2026 22:39 +0000at://did:plc:nibrfqi7buey673u2kse6vmy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjni3ajz4k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/timothynoah.bsky.social/post/3mjmymggj6s2xUm, wow. https://newrepublic.com/post/209145/hegseth-fake-bible-verse-pulp-fiction?utm_source=Facebook&utm_campaign=SF_TNR&utm_medium=social16 Apr 2026 18:03 +0000at://did:plc:nibrfqi7buey673u2kse6vmy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmymggj6s2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/timothynoah.bsky.social/post/3mjmujdxhik2iThe bright lights reveal Jay McInerney’s wattles, and now I feel very sad. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/style/jay-mcinerney-see-you-on-the-other-side.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share16 Apr 2026 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:nibrfqi7buey673u2kse6vmy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmujdxhik2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/timothynoah.bsky.social/post/3mjmjok3sm22oNobody is more expensive than corporate chief executives, so in the coming AI dystopia of their making they'll have to be the first to go. My latest. https://newrepublic.com/article/209132/mark-zuckerberg-ai-replacement-ceo16 Apr 2026 13:35 +0000at://did:plc:nibrfqi7buey673u2kse6vmy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmjok3sm22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/timothynoah.bsky.social/post/3mjmjkrz5r22oThere are sycophants, and then there is Pete Hegseth. https://newrepublic.com/post/209140/pete-hegseth-compares-donald-trump-jesus-ai-post-iran16 Apr 2026 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:nibrfqi7buey673u2kse6vmy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmjkrz5r22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/timothynoah.bsky.social/post/3mjl2hvr5ms2eStock Market Sees Shit Everywhere, Concludes Santa Must Have Brought It A Pony https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-04-15-2026?st=qDT5fv&reflink=article_copyURL_share15 Apr 2026 23:30 +0000at://did:plc:nibrfqi7buey673u2kse6vmy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjl2hvr5ms2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/timothynoah.bsky.social/post/3mjhzmjrvq22kAs a matter of policy I disbelieve any businessman who claims not to be losing money in journalism. But I may have to make an exception for my former Newsweek colleague Bob Cohn, who seems to rack up one victory after another. https://www.wsj.com/business/media/pittsburgh-post-gazette-is-being-sold-to-baltimore-banner-owner-01a969bd?st=VA1Us3&reflink=article_copyURL_share14 Apr 2026 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:nibrfqi7buey673u2kse6vmy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhzmjrvq22khttps://bsky.app/profile/timothynoah.bsky.social/post/3mjhqzzvsd22mHome news: My missus, Sarah McNamer, has been awarded a Guggenheim fellowship. https://www.gf.org/stories/announcing-the-2026-guggenheim-fellows14 Apr 2026 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:nibrfqi7buey673u2kse6vmy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhqzzvsd22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/timothynoah.bsky.social/post/3mjhnhe6y6s2fIn the absence of any public release this year of Trump’s income tax payments (routine for all other presidents; verboten for Trump) I’m going to assume he cheated. That would help explain why his policies encourage everybody else to cheat, too. https://newrepublic.com/article/209021/trump-irs-cuts-cheat-taxes14 Apr 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:nibrfqi7buey673u2kse6vmy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhnhe6y6s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/timothynoah.bsky.social/post/3mjftiuz3c223“It’s supposed to be me as a doctor.”—Donald Trump.13 Apr 2026 21:42 +0000at://did:plc:nibrfqi7buey673u2kse6vmy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjftiuz3c223https://bsky.app/profile/timothynoah.bsky.social/post/3mjf7eg25d22dDear Bill Ackman: Remind me again why you dispute that Elon Musk is an antisemite? https://x.com/elonmusk/status/204345846350287697313 Apr 2026 15:42 +0000at://did:plc:nibrfqi7buey673u2kse6vmy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjf7eg25d22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/timothynoah.bsky.social/post/3mjeyodviik2pI spoke too soon: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/13/trump-jesus-religious-conservatives/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Apr 2026 13:42 +0000at://did:plc:nibrfqi7buey673u2kse6vmy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjeyodviik2phttps://bsky.app/profile/timothynoah.bsky.social/post/3mjeyecb3322pWill any conservative religious leaders denounce this image, posted on Trump’s Truth Social account, as blasphemous? Of course they won’t.13 Apr 2026 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:nibrfqi7buey673u2kse6vmy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjeyecb3322phttps://bsky.app/profile/timothynoah.bsky.social/post/3mjcllo7ev22oTrump’s Hormuz blockade is a strategy straight out of “Blazing Saddles.” youtu.be/Z_JOGmXpe5I https://youtu.be/Z_JOGmXpe5I12 Apr 2026 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:nibrfqi7buey673u2kse6vmy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjcllo7ev22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/timothynoah.bsky.social/post/3mj6aomzbfc2cThis brightened my day. youtu.be/v49Pxsshz1o https://youtu.be/v49Pxsshz1o10 Apr 2026 21:17 +0000at://did:plc:nibrfqi7buey673u2kse6vmy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj6aomzbfc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/timothynoah.bsky.social/post/3mj5masgc222bForty-six years ago Mike Kinsley, the smartest journalist I’ve ever known, steered me away from writing about the Law of the Sea because it was too boring. America should have signed it before Trump made it interesting! My latest: https://newrepublic.com/article/208914/war-iran-hormuz-strait-tolls10 Apr 2026 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:nibrfqi7buey673u2kse6vmy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5masgc222bhttps://bsky.app/profile/timothynoah.bsky.social/post/3mj3scwessc2xThe Atlantic's Judith Shulevitz on the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/05/new-deal-art-wilbur-cohen-building-murals/686581/09 Apr 2026 21:55 +0000at://did:plc:nibrfqi7buey673u2kse6vmy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3scwessc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/timothynoah.bsky.social/post/3mj326gcvy223Is conservatism now nothing more than abject worship of billionaires? My latest. https://newrepublic.com/article/208824/ridiculous-book-plutocracy-income-inequality09 Apr 2026 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:nibrfqi7buey673u2kse6vmy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj326gcvy223