author, INSIDE THE CARTEL (out now!) and MAGIC IS DEAD (@deystreet); co-creator/EP, BIG TRICK ENERGY (@truTV); also: @newyorker, @nytimes, @nymag, etc
Brooklyn, NY
Joined May 2009
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.@WSJ calls INSIDE THE CARTEL “thrilling… has the snap of a Hollywood script… a compelling memoir.”
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Russell Wilson and Ciara began talking about running a foundation together on their very first date. Since then they have helped tens of thousands of children.
My cover story for the new issue of @TandCmag.
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wrote about the celeb memoir boom
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As someone who wrote a book on magic (and knows the owners of Art of Play), it's much more simple than that. Magicians are, by and larger, awkward people, and that awkwardness can be misinterpreted as standoffishness.
now, the dominos will start to fall...
This paragraph from $META's inside 10-q filling may mark the official announcement that the funding environment for the AI buildout has turned the corner. (HT: Barclays' Alexander Altmann)
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The new season of Shell Game is out. Episode 1: Into the slop.
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For @NYTmag I wrote about how influencers have co-opted the man-on-the-street interview for content that fetishizes wealth and promotes the idea that billionaires know something the rest of us don't. nytimes.com/2026/10/20/magaz…
brilliant idea
I spent a year working the apps for DoorDash, Uber, Amazon and more; saw disturbing things; brought people single cookies; probably delivered drugs; smashed up my nose; met people who made insane journeys to get you pad thai; wondered what we’re doing here simonandschuster.com/books/D…
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I reviewed the new Larry David bio and here is evidence that his hair used to be cumulus not cirrus (you can take the gal out of Styles, but..). .nytimes.com/2026/10/18/books…
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NEW:
O.J. Simpson. A secret informant. The missing murder weapon. An accomplice tale. And law enforcement records that were kept secret for 30 years — until now.
nytimes.com/2026/10/18/us/oj…
*elizabeth holmes, pointing to a 1973 ford pinto*
"this car can go 200mph"
"uh, it can't though?"
"if you put in a Nascar engine, it can go 200mph."
"so, you mean that it *could* go 200mph if you changed everything about it to make it work?"
"right. it can go 200mph"
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Cofundador del Cártel de Sinaloa. Fantasma para las autoridades por décadas.
El documental que cuenta cómo cayó.
La caída de El Mayo — 29 de octubre en Netflix.
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Wrote about the "verification tax," the work it takes to make A.I. output usable -- which is putting a very human bottleneck on A.I. automation.
nytimes.com/2026/10/10/busin…
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“el narco que más funcionarios ha corrompido de todos los niveles en la historia de México…”
Una nueva serie de Netflix sobre El Mayo llegará pronto. Producida por mí, dirigida por @miguelfdzflores @darren_foster
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fuck it, sign me up for The Microdrama Good Squad (trademark @danielkolitz)
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Spent a few weeks earlier this year roaming a Hollywood almost entirely reoriented around the production of “microdramas,” which are kind of like soap operas except they’re short and completely demented and optimized for your phone. Started as one kind of sad story and ended as another, differently sad kind of story. You can read it now in @NYTmag nytimes.com/2026/10/06/magaz…
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We sent @danielkolitz to Los Angeles to enter the world of microdramas: the 60-second, vertical, soapy TV shows for your phone that are taking over Hollywood production and being viewed hundreds of millions of times. Here's what he found (cover story!!): nytimes.com/2026/10/06/magaz…
I live on the NH/Maine border, and this tracks. We will be playing pilgrim this year, as firewood is significantly cheaper than oil now. I just bought four cords of wood!
