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January 16, 2023

Cover Story

Elon’s Birdcage

The billionaire’s whims have upended Twitter. By Zoë Schiffer , Casey Newton , and Alex Heath

On the Cover: Photo-illustration by Vesey St. Workshop for New York Magazine.

features

James O’Keefe Gets Stung

Could a stolen diary bring down Project Veritas?

By Andrew Rice
Fort Walgreens

How a (maybe overstated) shoplifting boom created an economy of its own.

By James D. Walsh

Intelligencer

Departments

‘New York’ Crossword

Matt Gaffney’s latest puzzle.
Comments: Week of Week of January 16, 2023

Readers sound off on Trump’s bid for reelection, survivor-turned-activist X González, and more.
The Approval Matrix: Week of January 16, 2023

Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
Extremely Hardcore: Inside 3 Months of Twitter Under Elon Musk

Extremely Hardcore: Inside 3 Months of Twitter Under Elon Musk

Strategist

The Culture Pages

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