Leah Finnegan
@leahfinnegan
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former editor in chief, new @gawker (rip). ex @outline (rip) ex old @gawker (rip) ex @nytimes.
Brooklyn, NY
Joined July 2008
in case you want to pay any of em a visit here's what their houses look like
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Well, after an incredible 1.5 years, BDG has decided it is done with Gawker 2.0. Can't say enough about how proud I am of the site and all the brilliant people who worked to create it, and what a staggering shame this is. I had an absolute blast, and I love you.
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the rumors are true.
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I have informed my staff that the following words and phrases have been added to s Banned Words and Phrases List. Perhaps this list may be useful for your staff too
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entering the sopranos discourse by sharing this photo of when i dressed my dog as tony soprano
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august is always the craziest month bc all the therapists are on vacation.
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how do i alert the leah finnegan in ireland that she's using my email address to order domino's.
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gawker staff announcement: i'm so happy that @BrandyLJensen is now -deputy editor- of brandy is brilliant and funny and somewhat terrifying and also has the biggest heart in the biz. it's an honor to work with her. we love you brandy.
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it's misogynistic to say lydia tár is not a real person.
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my 5-year-old nephew got to choose his own walk-up music in t-ball and he chose. jingle bells :).
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looking for a job in media rn is like, well if i won project runway all-stars i could be contributing editor at marie claire for one year.
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they should do a season of survivor that's all grad students.
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imagine u just moved in somewhere and got this note from a neighbor
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some call it boxing day… but to me it’s ben folds five brick day.
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that's not actually her ssn. it's the number soulja boy sings in kiss me thru the phone (of course, ssns are 9 numbers)
What a bunch of lowlifes. Makes following her into a public restroom seem high-minded and edifying in comparison. Where’s Peter Thiel when you need him?
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not win butler hiring ivanka trump's press rep to do his crisis PR. .
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thinking about how when my dad was a meat salesman every year the industry had an event called the Meat Ball.
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going to focus on being a stay-at-home dog mom for a while… but you can always reach me at leah.finnegan@gmail.com
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forgot one. -"Not me [writing another banned words and phrases list for ".
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not leah finnegan being employed again.
Extremely psyched and excited to be welcoming a whole batch of super geniuses to the Sherwood team: @WaltHickey @MatthewPhillips @ranimolla @Jack_Raines @leahfinnegan! We're going to be building some rad stuff together!! Here in @semaforben's latest
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2 flights cancelled… but at least one of us is high on trazodone
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this list is so iconic
Who is the Joan Didion of our day?. A few contenders: @JoyAnnReid, @ananavarro, @deray, @Nettaaaaaaaa, @Celeste_pewter, @DanRather, @jennydeluxe, @Wesley_Morris, @rgay, @JYSexton, @laurenduca, @SaraJBenincasa, Rebecca Solnit, Lindy West, Ta-Nehisi Coates
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today is new s one-year anniversary. many said it couldn't be done. many didn't even want it to be done. but we did it, and thank you to everyone who has made it happen and inspired us along the way 😉. i am so proud!.
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gawker staff announcement: i am pleased to say that @clocarustwo is now a staff features writer and @jennygzhang is our new features editor. they are both brilliant funny geniuses who are so fun to work with. congrats to both!.
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my nephew insisted on being a target truck for halloween. the supply chain is solved now
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@thomaschattwill yes i worked very closely with them to resolve the matter quickly and fairly.
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last week, @rajat_suresh saw what looked like a large doll lying in a puddle — but it was actually a live human boy. the exclusive story behind "puddle kid":
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have you ever bought an $80 broom kind of as a joke but then realized the joke was on you bc the broom was made by a visually impaired swedish workers collective and is the most profound object you've ever owned?. here's me for @strategist
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oh this is real good .
I’m so jazzed and excited to announce I’ll be joining @leahfinnegan’s Gawker as a contributing writer!!! Yeaaaaahhhhhh boooooooy.
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a dream come true
Happy to announce I will be joining @leahfinnegan’s Gawker :) Excited to attempt to create fun things to read and not stuff that makes you want to die.
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seems a little extreme.
The new Gawker uses two dots instead of three for an ellipsis and I think they should fuck off and die and burn in hell for it.
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yes.
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in retrospect glad i didnt start a substack called Finnegans Take.
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holk hogan
I THOUGHT GAWKER WAS SHUT DOWN BY HOLK HOGAN. WHY ARE THEY "SNOOPING AROUND" -I'M NOT TALKING! NOT "NICE" WHAT THEY DID TO MY BUDDY PETER THIEL. LEAVE ME ALONE ! ANYTHING I WANT YOU TO KNOW I WILL SAY ON TWITTER OR PODCAST OR TV OR RADIO. But thank you for your inquiry 😄.
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it's gonna be 5000 days of kristin this time
thrilled to say i’m going to be a contributing writer at Gawker by @leahfinnegan. 500 more days of Kristin starts NOW just kidding 🙂.
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i missed her!
some professional news: starting in a few weeks i’m going to be features editor at gawker. very excited to reunite with @leahfinnegan 😇.
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one of the more insane things to ever be published
He had a lot of questions. I wanted to be able to answer.
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only good stuff please.
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what is this lady ever talking about
if brontosaurus was your favorite dinosaur, you’re now an adult who loves the rain because it lets you be sad.
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remember the feeling of leaving the house and not having a smartphone and then being so excited to check your email when you got home.
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