Nancy K. Walecki
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Associate editor @TheAtlantic. Daughter of a music store owner. Mark 8:36.
New York, NY
Joined October 2021
My neighbor Arthur made my childhood magical, and he died in the Palisades Fire. Here is my thank you to him in @TheAtlantic.
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And so is the man who made it magical
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Counting down until 2027 when these guitars go on display. Already imagining the amazing running commentary my music-store-owner Dad is going to have.
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For decades, an obsessive duo of guitar guys has been amassing a definitive collection. The art these objects created changed the world.
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Tariffs have come for snail mucin. My latest for @TheAtlantic on how new trade restrictions could upend America's love affair with Korean beauty products.
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Tariffs could upend America’s love affair with Korean skin care.
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My hometown burned in January. My latest in The Atlantic—a portrait of who will return and how fire acts as a brutal sorting mechanism, determining who can afford to live in a place or not.
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Los Angeles is planning to rebuild with fire in mind, but the landscape is still primed to burn.
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RT @TheAtlantic: The Palisades will be rebuilt, and many displaced residents want to return—if they can, @NancyWalecki reports: https://t.c….
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Los Angeles is planning to rebuild with fire in mind, but the landscape is still primed to burn.
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Extremely proud to be this man’s daughter! Thank you for sharing your story in the service of others, Dad! ❤️.
Fred W., age 76, started smoking at age 16. He smoked heavily while running his music store. He had to give up playing his favorite instrument, the saxophone, after he was diagnosed with throat cancer. Learn how smoking impacted Fred’s life: #CDCTips
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Charlie spent his life building what was essentially LA’s unofficial Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Eaton Fire took it away. My latest in @TheAtlantic:
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Charlie Springer spent a lifetime building his music collection. The Los Angeles fires incinerated it.
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RT @TheAtlantic: Growing up, @nancywalecki thought every song she’d ever heard could be found at the house one friend called the Rock and R….
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Charlie Springer spent a lifetime building his music collection. The Los Angeles fires incinerated it.
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RT @TheAtlantic: .@nancywalecki lost her neighbor to the Palisades Fire, she writes. He made her childhood neighborhood magical—now both ar….
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RT @bomani_jones: #IYHH @nancywalecki - The Place Where I Grew Up Is Gone. -Donation links can be found in the You….
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Charlie reported the heck out of this piece. A must-read!.
After watching the racism dial turn further and further on this site, I decided to try and publicly make as definitive a case as I could. We're so far past the point of no return that I'm out of excuses for myself. Been a good 15+ year run. Bye!
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You can laugh at Comic Sans all you want, but it always gets the last laugh. This wins for my favorite Atlantic article art of all time <3
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The backlash against the world’s most hated font may finally be ending.
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RT @Susanshapironet: Wow what a fascinating expose about prosthesis companies in @TheAtlantic by my student @ToscanoChloe thanks to great….
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As artificial limbs become more advanced, branding is becoming almost inescapable.
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RT @TheAtlantic: Doctors are now trying to figure out how to have the same touchy conversations about guns that they have about sex, drugs,….
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More physicians are making gun safety part of routine visits. But should they be?
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My latest for @TheAtlantic on why you shouldn't feel personally victimized by Spotify Wrapped:
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It’s okay if you’ve listened to Steely Dan 42,031 times this year. Really.
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RT @TheAtlantic: We can't help but tell ourselves stories about the algorithms that define our digital lives, @nancywalecki writes. https:/….
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It’s okay if you’ve listened to Steely Dan 42,031 times this year. Really.
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5 years ago, Sean Adler, Cody Coffman, Jake Dunham, Blake Dingman, Ron Helus, Alaina Housley, Dan Manrique, Justin Meek, Mark Meza Jr., Kristina Morisette, Tel Orfanos, & Noel Sparks were killed in the Borderline shooting. You all are so loved and missed.
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