Writer/editor (aka Ellen C. Lesser), news junkie, reformed journalist, avid reader. Into family, friends & faith. Frequently overextended
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A lovely article by @Yair_Rosenberg
How American Jews Find Meaning on Yom Kippur nytimes.com/2026/09/20/us/yoโฆ
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Can someone please teach @KenJennings how to pronounce Sukkot & Judaism? @Jeopardy
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I wonder if @NYTObits was barred from printing any of the iconic images from Max's immense portfolio. Be sure to click through to Max's website for a trip down memory lane
Peter Max, Trippy Artist of Counterculture Era and Beyond, Dies at 88 nytimes.com/2026/09/16/arts/โฆ
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Ellen Comisar ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฆ retweeted
I am so ashamed that so many people I would have thought my friends are so ignorant of what free speech means and that there are consequences to saying what you think. Consequences are not censorship; in fact they are other people exercising their free speech!!!
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Ellen Comisar ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฆ retweeted
Furthermore, freedom of speech does not exist on private property
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Ellen Comisar ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฆ retweeted
Compelled speech is not free speech. Venue owners have the right to refuse to associate with and host other people's rhetoric.
Why do Jews not have free speech? Does AOC care? Isn't she the one that said "freedom of speech is not freedom from consequences?"
To AOC, compelled speech she doesn't agree with is unconstitutional. Compelling speech she does is constitutional. What a hypocrite.
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Why write this?
"He moved to London in 2020 and started seeing a therapist, whom he confided in."
This is correct:
"He moved to London in 2020 and started seeing a therapist, in whom he confided."
Be better, @nytimes!!
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An excellent opinion piece by Prof. James Loeffler aka @Jbloeffler
nytimes.com/2026/09/16/opiniโฆ
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How dumb are @TheAthletic's writers & editors?
Apparently, dumber than a 2nd grader!!!!
"22 years ago, he emailed Ackman, who was developing a reputation as a successful activist investor, on a whim."
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Hey @nytimes copy editors on the @NYTNational desk: What's up with the him/her discrepancy โคต๏ธ Either you know which is correct & need to fix the errant references ... or you don't know, which means you should rework the article for the time being & keep reporting
Contradictory sentences in @nytimes coverage of the Clancy case:
"Other jurors accused the holdout of acknowledging doubt about HER responsibility but refusing to apply the legal standard"
"Defense lawyers twice failed to have HIM removed"
Sloppy editing on a running story
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Contradictory sentences in @nytimes coverage of the Clancy case:
"Other jurors accused the holdout of acknowledging doubt about HER responsibility but refusing to apply the legal standard"
"Defense lawyers twice failed to have HIM removed"
Sloppy editing on a running story
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Scary that @nytimes now think so little of readers that it adds definitions where none are needed: "Phantom Ranch ... can be reached from either rim, the high ground along the canyonโs edges."
We may be dumber now than ever, but we know what a rim is.
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I know something that JIT contestants don't: how to pronounce "simcha."
The "ch" is soft & gutteral.
@Jeopardy
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"Ms. Partonโs '9 to 5' (the title song for the 1980 film she also starred in), is an upbeat anthem to womenโs (and workersโ) solidarity."
It's incorrect to separate the subject & the predicate with a comma, people!
Editing fail, @nytopinion & @nytimes
nytimes.com/2026/08/29/opiniโฆ
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"Mr. Markey has leaned in. He is, according to Charlotte Clymer, a liberal activist and strategist who is transgender and supports the senator, โthe only one who is really talking about this front and center."
"Rewrite!" Sentence reads as if Clymer asserts Markey is transgender
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"Had Mr. Coulibaly been a young entrepreneur in over his head? Or had he ran a Ponzi scheme that unraveled?"
Ran? Really, @nytimes? Who is running the copy desk these days? Your readers deserve clean copy
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