Great john leland piece. Free link: nytimes.com/2024/02/23/nyr…

“That dog accepted me for who I was at the lowest point of my life ... I opened up my heart and I welcomed her. And with that, she welcomed me to find the man that’s inside." —john leland for the The New York Times nytimes.com/2024/02/23/nyr…

In a $500 million lawsuit against Elon Musk, a trial lawyer in New York is leading a litigation team built from the sharpest, funniest tweeters on his feed. “Twitter was what made it possible for us to get together,” he said. “And now we’re suing it.” nyti.ms/4aE0cfH

MUST-READ, as a demonstration of what Twitter was like at its finest before current management destroyed it + brilliant guide to true meritocratic hiring - why for years I told the ad industry to hire from #BlackTwitter john leland nytimes.com/2024/05/26/nyr…

'A friend once described @kathryntewson as “the kind of person who will take a guy out from two miles away with a sniper rifle and then hike over rough terrain for hours just to slit the corpse’s throat.” 😍 john leland nytimes.com/2024/05/26/nyr…

If something shot me in the head, I wouldn’t stop to pose for campaign pictures….

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“If we think we're the authors of our lives, we don't seek a purpose or joy, we create it. We don't wait for things to be grateful for, we give thanks for another day,” author john leland said in 2019. Watch the full Cambridge Forum talk about his book here: bit.ly/4d7QeoA

“But how many times do you actually have an opportunity in your life to build something that could improve people’s lives? And if you see that opportunity, no matter the cost, can you walk away?” buff.ly/4d3f0X6 via john leland

What happens when athletes with invisible disabilities are accused of faking or exaggerating symptoms? This profile of Christie Raleigh Crossley, a Paralympian swimmer, by john leland explores some of the biggest challenges that they face in competition: nytimes.com/2024/08/22/nyr…

Christie Raleigh Crossley broke another record at the Paralympic Games: the Women's 100m backstroke S9. Revisit our profile of the gold-medal swimmer. nyti.ms/3AP3UHb

My favorite detail from ⁦john leland‘s ⁩fantastic ⁦⁦NYT Metro⁩ piece about ABC No Rio: “Rats from the matzo factory next door flowed into the space, sometimes turning up afloat in the water drum.” nytimes.com/2024/10/08/nyr… via @NYTimes

Great article by john leland ABC No Rio. I spent a lot of time there as a teenager in the 90s and though the project is very different now, and getting here involved a lot of negotiations and conciliations, I'm very glad it survived. nytimes.com/2024/10/08/nyr…

good downtown story, fun photos! by john leland nytimes.com/2024/10/08/nyr…

grist Jake Bittle ABC No Rio was a vital, dangerous and confrontational art space on the Lower East Side. Decades after it opened, it has made a deal with the city for a new building of its own via @NYTimes' john leland buff.ly/4f0xSXD

An Artists’ Squat Fought New York City for Decades. Did It Just Win? ABC No Rio was a vital, dangerous & confrontational art space on Lower East Side. Decades after it opened, it has made a deal with the city for a new building of its own. By john leland nytimes.com/2024/10/08/nyr…

A Stroke Paralyzed Jesse Malin. Next Month, He’ll Stand Onstage Again (john leland - The New York Times) redef.com/item/6740d1e09…

Anti-semitism, mental illness, guns, domestic abuse, bullying, and online hate are a horrific mix. john leland nytimes.com/2025/03/23/nyr…

The Question Dividing New Yorkers: Is the City Sinking or Bouncing Back? by john leland and 𝚍𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚒 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚝: nytimes.com/2025/06/21/nyr…