It turns out mild papaya salad is an oxymoron. It can’t be done. It doesn’t exist. *wipes sweat from brow*

Kinda dope that our teeth can cut things like little scissors

“You know what’s great about Elmo? Is—“ - Adanna Tessy

“You never know until you know, you know?” - @itxyq

a perfect interaction just happened: a man at a bar came up to me and my friends and asked what we all did and I said I was a journalist and he said “oh like in spiderman”

Me, exasperated by a text over a month late: “He had a window!” “And a wall.” - Adanna Tessy

Starting season two of Succession with Adanna Tessy: “Do you think Shiv will have a bigger role in this season?” “Probably. She cut her hair. You know what a bob does to people.”

Ate so much kettle corn, I no longer have the appetite to finish my mac and cheese. I am the picture of health.

time to sing the Irish national anthem, Dreams by the Cranberries

having to make myself dinner?? no no there must be some mistake. i only very recently had to make myself lunch

When I started at NPR 25 years ago things were very different. We were in the last part of the heyday of audio engineering, since we were still an analog shop.  It took an acknowledged amount of skill to do what we did, & the bar was high. Then digital came along.

Almost sent an email where I signed off "Best worries," instead of "Best wishes,"... honestly wish I hadn't caught it

These cannot be the same 24 hours I had in 2020

I thought I liked this story by Connie Wang — but when I started crying at the part where all the Connies meet their namesake Connie Chung at the story’s photo shoot, I realized I LOVED it 😭 THE PHOTOGRAPHER WAS ALSO NAMED CONNIE!!! I’M SCREAMING nytimes.com/interactive/20…