Thank people more for big and small things they do that contribute value in our lives. Thank them even when it's their paid job. It forces you to acknowledge other folk's labor and to honor the reality that noone's survival and success is only the product of our own efforts.

I've come to realize that the best thing about Amsterdam is that absolutely no one has curtains. You can walk around at night and just look into all the apartments. The dream!

This is an *incredible* pairing all around. So excited for Tony and MiB!

Finally, the sun getting some much-deserved recognition on the front page of today’s NY Times.

It's #StudentAthlete Day! Learn about why some towns churn out more sports stars than others on Jody Avirgan - mostly on threads's 'Good Sport.'
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The next Ask Roulette, the show where strangers ask each other questions live on stage, is Thursday, April 25th, at CAVEAT. With special guests jon ronson Caitlin Cook and of course music from Eli Bolin. Should be a fun one, tickets available now! caveat.nyc/events/ask-rou…

I've gotten enough notes over the years about my pronunciation of the word 'also' to recognize what's going on here. But I'll take the compliment!

Friend of mine reports that he was in zoom therapy during the earthquake, and his therapist didn’t believe him at first, accused him of “avoiding the question.”

I will say, my first instincts after the earthquake were to 1) check twitter 2) turn on wnyc. It's still 2012.

There are only two days on politics Twitter: Ignore The Polls and Did You See This Poll

A new episode of What Now built around maybe my favorite hallmark of the show: The Thought Experiment. Some truly *terrible* ideas in here from Trevor Noah Josh Johnson and Christiana. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wha…

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When I worked on the Brian Lehrer Show, and someone would call in from a neighborhood I hadn't been to, I would jot down the name and then bike there that weekend. Great way to get to know the city. But there's already a bunch of stuff in this thread that I haven't done. Psyched!

AJ & Greg, The Puzzlers, weigh in on today's drama over Connections. instagram.com/p/C5PDyebvH08/

Matthew De George The only excuse I am willing to accept for not mentioning this is that every time my dad talks about high school, he mentions that he played baseball with Reggie Jackson, so I guess I understand that he never got to the Bibi angle until just last week.

You see the *wildest shit* when you explore different parts of New York City. For instance, here we have an actual alley between the backs of residential buildings.

Yup, we got into the Kefauver hearings in Death On The Lot episode about hollywood, red-baiting, and labor corruption podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wil…

I’ve pored over the haters code like a constitutional scholar and I’m afraid to announce that we haters all have to root for LSU over Iowa due to the clause that says ‘when they come for one of us, we must support our fellow haters’