today i learned anthropologists can tell which long dead people chose to spend their time hiking long distances, which spent years hunched over making pottery, which were ball players, which threw thousands of spears, which chose to spend a life playing the clarinet— all by

In my latest for Punch, I dig into how some contemporary bars are furthering a centuries-old exchange between Japanese and American cocktail cultures. This is happening all over the country, but a bar crawl through NYC serves as a great snapshot. punchdrink.com/articles/japan…

When the Riot Fest schedule is released today, just remember we overlap your favorite bands on purpose because everything revolves around you and your personal tastes in music.

Michael DeBruhl served nearly 3 decades in the #BorderPatrol. When he left, he took on a new challenge: running a migrant shelter. Story w/ J. Omar Ornelas for USA TODAY 👇 #Immigration CBP CBP West Texas CBP RGV CBP San Diego CBP Arizona usatoday.com/story/news/nat…

Are y'all making (successful/delicious) Aperol Spritzes with the 3:2:1 ratio?

Folks who love to make cocktails at home, for recipes that call for special syrups (ie, not basic ones like simple or Dem), would you rather:

Just heard a very specific venn diagram of Texas-based millennial hipster agave nerds groan. mysanantonio.com/food/article/b…

Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, South Dakota. thecut.com/article/2024-e…

Texas. Keep the momentum going. youtube.com/watch?v=3wmVyp…

It took several days to count every ballot in 2020, and it’s very likely we won’t know the outcome tonight either. So please keep a few things in mind as you make your voice heard today: – Thousands of election workers around the country are working hard today. Respect them.

you should be able to send steve kornacki sponsor gifts like in the hunger games

It’s only Midwest Emo if it comes from the Champaign/Urbana region of Illinois. Otherwise it’s just sparkling whine.

Mexican President Sheinbaum fires back at Trump in a statement: "Seventy percent of the illegal weapons seized from criminals in Mexico come from your country. We do not produce these weapons, nor do we consume synthetic drugs. Tragically, it is in our country that lives are lost

This is getting overlooked, but the whole premise of Trump's threat of tariffs is based on a lie. He's claiming Mexico must be bullied into stopping migrants. But Mexico is *already* doing this. That's a big reason crossings have dropped. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/188854…

Your chances of being hunted by a turkey are low, but never zero.

Most US media headlines re: Mexican president Sheinbaum's statement yesterday focus on tariffs, but she also calls Trump out on his bullshit re: migration, guns, and drugs.

If you've emailed me about a zero-proof spirit recently and didn't hear back from me, please follow-up! I'm on the hunt for recs for a book I'm working on. Thx.