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Helen Lyons

@itsHelenLyons

Not active on Twitter anymore, reach me on LinkedIn | American journalist based in Belgium | Bylines in @POLITICOEurope, @BrusselsTimes, @_TheBulletin, @DCist

 Antwerp, Belgium
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Joined June 2016
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When a book set in DC refers to “the subway” and the protagonist is a tutor who lives in a DuPont apartment with a backyard
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Let Amy Adams talk to it
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Japanese officials investigate mysterious sphere washed up on beach trib.al/mYFpUcY
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Name something more infuriating than asking someone how to spell something and having them just repeat the word to you.
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It's literally this tweet
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In a country famously devoid of sunshine, what possesses a person to do such a thing. – at Belgium
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These have been my regular notifications for weeks now. I’ve given up on blocking and reporting, which seems to do nothing. This app has become unusable.
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lmao "they've almost discovered the metro in America. almost."
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I automatically begin to disassociate after saying my own name aloud just once, how do rappers do it dozens of times in a single track.
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Tired of Google Docs gaslighting me.
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American journalism, please stop 🥹
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#7 was the domestic violence case of Amber Heard/Johnny Depp 🙃
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“How have you managed to work in journalism this long?”
A photo of crustaceous deep sea creature. The caption says “this creature has adapted to the crushing pressure and oppressive darkness.” Same tbh.

ALT A photo of crustaceous deep sea creature. The caption says “this creature has adapted to the crushing pressure and oppressive darkness.” Same tbh.

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Washington Post to conduct layoffs in early 2023 poynter.org/business-work/20…
Washington Post to conduct layoffs in early 2023 - Poynter

Washington Post to conduct layoffs in early 2023 - Poynter

The cuts will affect a “single-digit percentage” of the workforce. The Post employs roughly 2,500 people.

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Democracy dies in darkness.
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Is there even going to be a burglar economy in the future? Thinking of myself and other millennials. Lol there is nothing to take. What are you they going to steal, my nicest frying pan? (please don't, there is only one)
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Hello, old friend.
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Waited almost all year to post this.
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Wait you can make over 30k in journalism???
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“People who are pregnant are also women.” After tweeting this, one USA Today editor was threatened with a demotion and $30K pay cut. | @isaac_schorr trib.al/Sq7QG3j
The Other Editor Who Got Canceled | National Review

The Other Editor Who Got Canceled | National Review

If you work for a mainstream paper, watch your back.

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