Dan Diamond

Forty years ago this week, an insurance salesman's debut novel began appearing on shelves around DC. That book was THE HUNT FOR THE RED OCTOBER. It launched Tom Clancy's publishing empire — with a nudge from The Post. Come with us on this deep dive… washingtonpost.com/history/2024/1…

you could put together a pretty great newspaper with all the talented people leaving the Washington Post

I haven't seen any epidemiology on this, but I'd bet the incidence of dog-related injuries is about as high. I know so many runners (self included) who've been injured, not from running, but from tripping over the dog.

NEWS: Trump administration reaches deal with Columbia University, a landmark agreement that could set the stage for the federal government’s relationship with universities. With @SusanSvrluga washingtonpost.com/education/2025…

Kari Lake has taken steps to consolidate power at U.S. Agency for Global Media, locking acting CEO Victor Morales out of his email, and attempting to dispatch Voice of America director Michael Abramowitz, who is suing her, to a new job in Greenville, NC. washingtonpost.com/business/2025/…

Yes, come for @grynbaum's deliciously juicy new book on Condé Nast. And stay for the tales of two kid reporters, locked in a glass huddle room, working on a story (which still holds up! ) on a candidate v few took seriously in the summer of 2016: Donald Trump.

‘Honey, your DNA was in the crime scene’ washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/…

One of the absolute greats. A diabolical genius who brought so much joy and verve to The Post's sports coverage. The legend behind The Sports Bog. (the only good thing about DS leaving — I'll stop being intimidated when I see him in the halls)

This article is about decisions to cut state (not federal) funding for undocumented immigrants, which the Chicago Tribune has reported on for months, but other than that, good tweet.

I have traveled a decent amount and have never seen anything like this in an airport … until this morning in St. Louis. Am I crazy? Are these normal?

Really interesting convo with lessons applicable to all kinds of profile writing (not just celebrities).

Total nightmare story about decaying media and public policy. Reality show stars with 2m followers using AI to spread misinformation; anonymous but verified X accounts called HustleBitch with 124k followers spreading conspiracies; fact-based media failing latimes.com/homeless-housi…

Latest for @AP: ICE officials will have access to all 79 million Medicaid enrollees' personal data, including addresses and ethnicities, according to an extraordinary agreement signed on Monday. w/ @kimberlykindy apnews.com/article/immigr…

I’m an easy mark — a newspaper reporter with too many print subscriptions — but thought this was excellent. What’s the value of a magazine circa 2025? Is it still worth collecting books, DVDs, etc in an internet age? Never heard such a thorough debate on these questions before.

“Wizards Basketball: It Could Be Worse!” would be an awesome slogan that is unfortunately too honest for this town

Threw my back out potty training my toddler from too much time sitting on floor / scoop and score attempts.

Threw out my back really badly once, in the dumbest way possible: Leaning over a puddle to hoist my kid out of his car seat when he was 2-3. In other words: lifting with my lower back, exactly the thing everyone knows not to do.

NIH has fired its new chief operating officer amid a probe into whether he tried to steer a federal contract to get his wife a job, per people familiar with situation. with @hannah_natanson @carolynyjohnson (and me pitching in from paternity leave) washingtonpost.com/science/2025/0…

NEW: ⁦@HHSGov⁩ informs many employees that they are now officially separated from HHS at the close of business today, July 14, 2025. “Thank you for your service to the American people.”