Caity Weaver

Atlantic, New York

Writer at The Atlantic

Articles

Fugitive Prince, Sugar, Children's Books

Feb 2, 2025 | mailchi.mp | Miles Johnson |Caity Weaver |Chris Hayes |Elizabeth Austin

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How My Trip to Quit Sugar Quickly Became a Journey Into Hell

Jan 25, 2025 | news.nestia.com | Caity Weaver

How My Trip to Quit Sugar Quickly Became a Journey Into Hell How My Trip toQuit Sugar Became aJourney Into Hell For my whole life, I’ve been a hard-core sweets junkie. Could a spa help me quit in a week? By Caity Weaver …… Read full article on The New York Times-Health Food & Beverage Stories
How My Trip to Quit Sugar Became a Journey Into Hell

Jan 25, 2025 | flipboard.com | Caity Weaver

My Jaw Is Actually Still Completely On The Floor After Seeing All These Fascinating Pictures For The Very First Time Last WeekNow, ain't that something. 1. These are the contestants for the 1924 Miss America pageant: Looks like they raided the backstage at my high school drama club. 2. This is the 1:24 scale model of Hogwarts that was used in every Harry Potter film: Would love to go Godzilla-mode on that. 3. This is how big a …
América debe liberarse a sí misma de la tiranía del centavo (penny)

Sep 13, 2024 | milenio.com | Caity Weaver

Me decepcionó saber recientemente que Estados Unidos ha creado para sí mismo un problema logístico, tan estupendamente estúpido, que uno no puede evitar preguntarse: "¿Es prudente permitir que esta nación supervise el diseño de sus estampillas postales festivas, y que presida la administración de un extenso sistema de autopistas interestatales o un arsenal nuclear? Es lo más tonto que he escuchado. He llegado a pensar en ello como la Paradoja Perpetua del Centavo".
America Must Free Itself from the Tyranny of the Penny

Sep 1, 2024 | flipboard.com | Caity Weaver

‘We wouldn’t be surprised by a 50 basis point BoC move’: What economists are saying after today’s GDP dataCanada’s economy grew faster than expected in the second quarter, data showed on Friday. But the report also pointed to economic weakness over the summer, keeping an interest rate cut next week by the Bank of Canada clearly in view. Implied interest rate probabilities in swaps markets suggest an 80% …
America Must Free Itself from the Tyranny of the Penny

Sep 1, 2024 | nytimes.com | Caity Weaver

The penny may seem like a harmless coin. But few things symbolize our national dysfunction more than the inability to stop minting this worthless currency.
America Must Free Itself from the Tyranny of the Penny - The New York…

Sep 1, 2024 | archive.is | Caity Weaver

I gleaned more substantive details from a retired Mint spokesman: Tom Jurkowsky, who led corporate communications for the Mint from 2009 to 2017. Jurkowsky felt that, during his tenure, the public-relations strategy within the Treasury Department, which oversees the Mint, was to avoid drawing attention to the penny’s zombie survival.
The Diabolical PBS Show That'll Restore Your Faith in Reality TV

Jun 25, 2024 | nytimes.com | Caity Weaver

Next to the unflappable Glenns, the Clunes are revealed to be feckless, flighty, highfalutin' crybabies. Their mislaid priorities are a common theme; compared with Karen and her 12-year-old daughter, the women of the Clune family - two teenagers, and Gordon's glamorous wife, Adrienne - appear pathologically obsessed by their desire to use cosmetics.
Everybody Knows Flo From Progressive. Who Is Stephanie Courtney?

Nov 25, 2023 | nyti.ms | Caity Weaver

Magazine|Everybody Knows Flo From Progressive. Who Is Stephanie Courtney? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/25/magazine/progressive-insurance-flo-stephanie-courtney.htmlOne needn’t eat Tostitos Hint of Lime Flavored Triangles to survive; advertising’s object is to muddle this truth. Of course, Hint of Lime Flavored Triangles have the advantage of being food, which humans do need to survive. Many commodities necessitated by modern life lack this selling point.
Everybody Knows Flo From Progressive. Who Is Stephanie Courtney?

Nov 25, 2023 | nyti.ms | Caity Weaver

Magazine|Everybody Knows Flo From Progressive. Who Is Stephanie Courtney? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/25/magazine/progressive-insurance-flo-stephanie-courtney.htmlOne needn’t eat Tostitos Hint of Lime Flavored Triangles to survive; advertising’s object is to muddle this truth. Of course, Hint of Lime Flavored Triangles have the advantage of being food, which humans do need to survive. Many commodities necessitated by modern life lack this selling point.