my one wish is to never sit in one of these again

catching up with a friend 👍

environmental storytelling can be so beautiful sometimes

with all due respect, Sally May in Iowa is making a broccoli salad as we speak & bringing it to the church potluck

New York state gave Adlan Jackson $1000/month to be an artist in NYC during the pandemic. It made him a better critic and helped him launch a culture desk at Hell Gate *subscribe today!*.

He reflects on how programs like this can help keep artists in NYC.

hellgatenyc.com/this-pandemic-…

Very important piece from Rosalind Adams in THE CITY on how Hochul essentially prioritized private equity over social equity when it came to building out dispensaries for justice-involved entrepreneurs

thecity.nyc/2024/04/24/can…

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captivated by the story about the horses running loose in central london, but also:

theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/a…

Question of the week: RIP Sherita edition tally.so/r/mOADqM

I spoke with former employees about what went wrong at Foxtrot. According to two of them, Foxtrot missed its sales goal by ~$35 million in 2023. It was projected to do ~$160 million in sales that year but only did ~$130 million. More here: modernretail.co/operations/wha…

the silver lining here is some of new york's most obnoxious people are all constantly fighting to get a table at the same few restaurants, which makes for better dining experiences elsewhere

Oh my bad I thought EOD stood for End of Da-Month. Sending asap.

who told companies they should communicate in emoji chain text form

Serious medical problems. A holdover eviction. An affordable housing shortage. And seemingly no way to access rental assistance:

Here's how quickly a New Yorker can come to the brink of homelessness

For Gothamist-WNYC 🎙
gothamist.com/news/heres-how…

it's so funny that the CHAOS author took twenty years to write the book. inspiring

attending a wedding this summer with a welcome drinks // pre-wedding event dress code of “seafood chic”……..i feel seen and known

you wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me

Some personal news, as they say. This is my last week at The Atlantic, which has been a lovely home to me for almost six years. In May, I'm so excited to be starting a new role at Bloomberg, writing columns and features on consumer culture for the new Businessweek!

gn carmichael

phillies really went hmmm how do we celebrate the phanatic’s birthday where many children will be present and settled with “have a guy continuously bully him and then be consumed by The Yellow One” baseball is a perfect sport