It's really amazing how older elites don't understand how much screen culture *is* the way the class issue manifests itself

Hurricane #Erin Advisory 20A: Category 4 Erin Continues to Rapidly Intensify. Outer Rainbands Beginning to Affect the Northern Leeward Islands. hurricanes.gov

⚠️Even with Hurricane Erin expected to pass well south, ocean/coastal impacts will be felt locally as the week progresses. High surf, minor coastal flooding, and rip currents are all possible. Check out our beach/surf forecast through the week at: weather.gov/beach/forecast…

Rip Currents are narrow channels of water that can sweep even expert swimmers out to sea. If caught in a rip current, the best advice is to try to swim sideways to get out of the current and not to panic (2/3)

Over 100 swimmers are killed each year due to rip currents. To stay safe, Only swim at beaches when lifeguards are present. When the rip current risk is high, the safest place is to remain out of the water. (3/3)

.NWS New York NY High Rip Current Risk: Do not swim on red-flagged beaches where a lifeguard is not present. Life-threatening rip currents are likely from 8/19 - 8/20 & can sweep even the best swimmers away. Info: weather.gov/beach/okx. #NYWX

Out of tragedy, a new life has entered this world. Last night, Jamila Islam, the wife of Detective First Grade Didarul Islam, gave birth to their beautiful son, Arham. Arham joins his two big brothers, Ahyan and Azhaan. Together, they will carry forward their father’s legacy of

#RockawayBeaches are an #NYC gem, but… DO NOT GO IN THE BEACH WITHOUT A LIFEGUARD PRESENT,esp 8/19 & 20. #Bronx #Queens #Brooklyn #Manhattan #StatenIsland katie honan

Enjoy a taco at Tacoway Beach a drink at connollys pub or a Burrito from Super Burrito but stay out of the water. Dangerous beach rip currents along the eastern seaboard because #Erin #HurricaneErin #longisland #atlanticbeaches #CapeCod #Rockaway katie honan

We need more theater critics. More food critics. Architecture critics. Movie critics. People who have studied a subject and aren’t afraid to point out when art is terrible instead of just “creating content.”

A friend sent me this. Heartbreaking.

20 years ago today, Hurricane Katrina made landfall. 💔 1,800+ lives lost 🏚️ The largest internal displacement in modern U.S. history 💵 The costliest disaster America has ever faced ⚠️ The storm that changed emergency management in the United States forever New York City

#ida on 9/1/21 changed the way I thought about urban flooding in #NYC. Remembering the lives lost and the communities who suffered. Queens Memory

Why do some people have such a hard time accepting the immense good and millions of lives saved by vaccines over the decades? Why? What hurts them about that fact?

My grandfather used to say “and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel” and I never knew what it meant until after he died my grandmother explained some magazine did a fluff interview with Magda Goebbels a few years before WW2 that included her strudel recipe and my grandfather, who

I'm in NYC for the first time in almost 10 years and ... a couple quick observations: Anyone who thinks it takes too long to transform a city is wrong. This city is utterly transformed. It is faster to change a city than to change a suburb. And: The U.S. needs two dozen NYC's.

Moderate drought (D1) has developed in portions of our area since late July. Much worse for the Northeast as a whole: extreme drought (D3) across WV and northern New England, with larger areas of moderate (D1) to severe (D2) drought. #NYdrought #NJdrought #CTdrought #drought

For those doubting, Thai commercials are the best in the world. Possibly the entire solar system.

The bots are everywhere. Fake accounts spring up faster than weeds after a rainstorm.

🚨 As Typhoon #Ragasa nears Vietnam, Red Cross teams are mobilising disaster funds, relief supplies, and emergency response to protect communities. @IFRC is coordinating closely providing technical and resource support. 👉 Preparedness saves lives. 📸Viet Nam Red Cross