I think that’s Jerzy Urban? Polish left-wing commentator and journalist.

I wash dishes while waiting for the water to boil, or sandwich to cook in the panini press, or food to microwave, etc. Better than just standing there.

You didn’t even break that rule, because an abbreviation is when you shortened a word to its first few letters, like ‘Inc.’ for ‘Incorporated’.

NYT is an initialism. NASA is an acronym. Neither are abbreviations.