Somehow I feel like AP isn't doing JD any favors with this fact-check apnews.com/article/fact-c…

YES

obsessed with this one guy on the US men's gymnastics team who looks like he's getting his phd in anthropology and his only job is pommel horse

Was Willie Brown aboard??

For want of a comma... From Pamela Paul’s column today: “I do not like insects or wet sand lodged in the crotch of my bathing suit.” I mean who doesn't hate insects there nytimes.com/2024/08/15/opi…

So expensive for half a shirt!

Gorgeous day for getting lost in the forest New York Botanical Garden

David Bouley served 9/11 first responders cooking wine, reasoning they wouldn't be able to tell the difference

Inside the collapse of Disney’s America, the US history-themed park that almost was bit.ly/4eDP6K0

I love New Yorkers

Walter Matthau 💯

Barton Gellman: Your Vote Is Safe time.com/7096453/electi…

I really don't like Halloween much, but it's definitely been a queer holiday for a very, very long time. them.us/story/hallowee…

The 'Tartarian Empire' conspiracy theory has entered the US political discourse — and gotten even weirder bloomberg.com/news/features/… via Bloomberg CityLab

I voted

Jim Ledbetter edited the best thing I ever wrote, and now that he's gone I want to share a legendary 1995 Voice piece he wrote called "The Unbearable Whiteness of Publishing." Alas, it's nowhere online (we could still learn from it). RIP Jim. One of the all-time greats. 💔

Here it is: Jim Ledbetter’s landmark 1995 piece, “The Unbearable Whiteness of Publishing” James Ledbetter RIP villagevoice.com/the-unbearable…

From 8 days ago but I'm still pretty psyched about it.

Thing I knew: Squirrels are wild animals. Thing I didn't know: Rabies is almost 100% fatal in humans and super scary.