Bureau of Labor Statistics, which produces market-moving analyses of economic activity, said it didn’t have a list of Wall Street super-users whom its employees emailed. FOIAed info by ⁦Ben Casselman⁩ & ⁦Jeanna Smialek⁩ suggests there IS a list nytimes.com/2024/04/05/bus…

.⁦Eshe Nelson⁩ reports on a study that found that the big European banks that pledged to reduce lending to polluters cut loans to transportation & fossil fuel companies no more than did banks that didn’t make the pledge nytimes.com/2024/04/09/bus…

Scenes from the eclipse as experienced in the East Village, NYC ⁦evgrieve⁩

It is a DAY out there today. We rode to Ft Tilden & watched two Oystercatchers & a Sanderling pick tasty treats off the rocks. The white blur in the background is a Northern Gannett, no joke,⁦The Inept Birder⁩ . #worstbirdpic

“Deal of the century?” When Donald Trump needed a boost for his social media company’s deal to go public, some of his biggest political donors became investors, ⁦Matthew Goldstein⁩ & ⁦Sharon LaFraniere⁩ report nytimes.com/2024/04/05/bus…

Giant tech companies are hoovering up content they can use to train their artificial intelligence programs. This deeply reported The New York Times story shows how far they’re willing to push the rules to grab as much as possible. nytimes.com/2024/04/06/tec…

This is interesting: a civil engineer makes the case for how Baltimore's Key Bridge could be rebuilt by year's end. wsj.com/articles/it-sh… via Wall Street Journal Opinion

That was a great game, #NYR

I AM STILL FINE

This #quake preparedness info from the University of Washington says NOT to stand in a doorway. Go under heavy furniture instead. #quake NYC University of Washington

It has more info debunking traditional wisdom. Read on: washington.edu/uwem/preparedn…

Earthquake in New York City? I am in the East Village. The building just shook for like 15 seconds. My neighbors are all out in the hallway now. I am shaking.

The New York Times Book Review mentioned my book! (Paperback is out on Tuesday) This feeling of achievement registers on an ancestral level. Like, my grandparents' spirits are bragging to other spirits about this, I'm sure. Thanks, New York Times Books! 💋 nytimes.com/interactive/20…

⁩The ship hits the bridge, the bridge collapses, six people die, the port is cut off. Around the world, a group of 80 or so firms whose business it is to insure insurers prepares to pony up $3 billion. W/Jenny Gross Mike Forsythe 傅才德⁩ ⁦Peter Eavis nytimes.com/2024/04/05/bus…

Emily Flitter Peter Eavis And $3 billion, dear readers, happens to also be our best estimate for the net worth of the Dali’s owner. Have a read!

The ship hits the bridge, the bridge collapses, six people die, the port is cut off. Around the world, a group of 80 or so firms whose business it is to insure insurers prepares to pony up $3 billion. W/Jenny Gross Mike Forsythe 傅才德⁩ ⁦Peter Eavis⁩ nytimes.com/2024/04/05/bus…

Who Will Pay for the Baltimore Bridge Collapse? - The New York Times - ⁦Jenny Gross⁩ ⁦Peter Eavis⁩ ⁦Emily Flitter⁩ and me. nytimes.com/2024/04/05/bus…

This is why I read Gary Shteyngart's cruise travelogue to the end theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…