mary childs
@marychilds
host of Mary in America, a new podcast out now
want to hang out with me and @marthagimbel.bsky.social for 40m? i know, not long enough www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nQh...
maybe going forward the question should be less "has anyone made allegations that you sexually assaulted them" and more "have you sexually assaulted anyone" www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/u...
when I do the same search now, it's way less excited about overthrowing Radical Reconstruction
the google ai description of jim crow is .... pro jim crow? (the Facing History doc it cites does NOT say effectively ending the need for federal military intervention! www.facinghistory.org/sites/defaul...)
POV camera-on in a board meeting when your five-year-old is home from art camp and experimenting with your lighting design
We are in a rich era of Involuntary Book Clubs -- so many good books that must be discussed immediately. eg here's my face when my friend Kelsey said she hadn't read Strangers yet; it's the same face I am now getting for not having read Yesteryear yet. what abundance! cupofjo.com/2026/06/03/w...
truly honored to have been included in the INAUGURAL @bloomberg.com On Books newsletter, recommended by @matt-levine.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/account/news... congratulations and thank you for creating this, @silviakillings.bsky.social
Barney Frank, in hospice, is onto your tricks www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/u...
I cackled. thank you @matt-levine.bsky.social and Katie Greifeld for loving my book, even if it was mandatory <3 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
oh no. IMF credit outstanding throwing the dreaded bat signal. (chart from no01.substack.com)
I DID A GREAT YOUTUBE TILE FACE yet was robbed of being on the tile smh
at a certain point I think book authors should be exempt from having to compete with the hit viral juggernaut The Body Keeps the Score
i know they are going to be our overlords soon etc but why are Claude's business mistakes SOO CUTE? don't send ur money to a venmo u hallucinated, you sweet silly baby!! www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
gambling as a forcing mechanism to "care" about daily life: harpers.org/archive/2026... @harpers.bsky.social
god have you ever seen a more flagrant flex than typo-ing your email recipient's name when it is also YOUR OWN NAME www.ft.com/content/e5da...
BAML: the proportion of lower-income households living paycheck to paycheck has been climbing over the past 3y, while the share of middle- & higher-income households living paycheck to paycheck has barely budged -- bc lower-income wage growth has slowed institute.bankofamerica.com/economic-ins...
there's a ship w 23 containers of radioactive zinc dust stuck off the Philippines that can't dock/unload bc no one wants to entomb the zinc dust. this reassurance from the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute director somehow isn't that comforting www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
BofA: fewer and fewer households are paying more and more in childcare costs. The trend is most prominent in lower-income homes -- parents may feel "little choice but to leave their jobs" institute.bankofamerica.com/content/dam/...
yes, pigeons pooping on sterile equipment is absolutely a competitive edge and should be preemptively protected as such
it's that time of year. some are bartering in the desert amid extreme weather; some are organizing sharp pencils and fresh backpacks; some—the wisest of us—are getting priceless jpegs online that qualify the bearer for eternal economic pride/joy www.npr.org/2025/08/27/g... @planetmoney.bsky.social
I really didn't expect JPMorgan to spearhead the resistance but: "this is the first time [in a 30y career] I’ve ever had to do a call where I had to think about the things that I was saying, not just in terms of how they reflect our views on markets and economics" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
today's @planetmoney.bsky.social newsletter by @elliswonk.bsky.social is on rising levels of distrust in American institutions, especially with respect to food safety:
(it turns out stick figures are too difficult???? i had to give them clothes)
reminiscing about Paul Volcker and found this absolute gem from our conversation in 2018 -- derivatives are worthless and Bill Sharpe said so himself, take it to the bank!!! www.barrons.com/articles/a-q...