Rickey Henderson has died aged 65. “There may not have been any...
Rickey Henderson has died aged 65. “There may not have been any player in history who was better at more things than Rickey Henderson was.” He was so fun to watch.
Yankees Legend Rickey Henderson Dies at 65
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Craig Calcaterra, writing at Cup of Coffee:
To say this is a massive loss is about as big an understatement as
is possible. Henderson was the biggest and brightest star of his
generation. There may not have been any player in history who was
better at more things than Ri...
Last minute gift idea for the art fan in your life: Amy...
Last minute gift idea for the art fan in your life: Amy Sherald: American Sublime. Saw this in the bookstore this morning and it’s such a beautiful book.
My mouth is watering reading this retrospective by Cup of Jo’s retiring...
My mouth is watering reading this retrospective by Cup of Jo’s retiring food writer, Jenny Rosenstrach. Lots of good recipes, like Smashed Pea Toasts with Ricotta? Yum.
Balkonkraftwerk: a German word meaning “balcony power plant”, aka the low-cost solar...
Balkonkraftwerk: a German word meaning “balcony power plant”, aka the low-cost solar panels people are hanging from their balconies to generate extra household energy.
★ Journalism Requires Owners Committed to the Cause
Mike Allen, in the bizarre notes-hurriedly-jotted-on-a-napkin house prose style of Axios:
Kara Swisher, the popular podcaster and pioneering tech
journalist, is trying to round up a group of rich people to fund a
bid for the Washington Post, she told us.
One big problem...
A Thirty-Year-Old Man Today vs. a Thirty-Year-Old Man in 1884. “Today: Is...
A Thirty-Year-Old Man Today vs. a Thirty-Year-Old Man in 1884. “Today: Is working toward paying off a two-bedroom condo by age seventy-five, if all goes well. 1884: Owns a drafty, four-hundred-square-foot cabin by the crick. Loves it.”
My Jade Plants Flower And Yours Can Too
I posted this picture of my jade plant flowering on BS and a lot of people expressed surprise that jade plants flower, and I was wondering: did you know jade plants flower? Growing up, my mom always had lots of jade plants, and I was in my twenties the first time I saw flowe...
Al Green’s Cover of R.E.M.’s “Everybody Hurts”
Al Green released a soulful cover of R.E.M’s “Everybody Hurts,” and it whips.
“I could really feel the heaviness of the song, and I wanted to inject a little touch of hope and light into it. There’s always a presence of light that can break through those times of darkness.”
Last year, Green released a version of Lou Reed’s “Perfect Day.” (via @allyourscreens.bsky.social)
“As an entomologist, I’ve been doing this for over 25 years now,...
“As an entomologist, I’ve been doing this for over 25 years now, and it is a rare day when the humans actually get to win one against the insects.” Murder hornets eradicated from the US.
Radiolab
• WNYC Studios
Curiosity Killed the Adage
The early bird gets the worm. What goes around, comes around. It’s always darkest just before dawn. We carry these little nuggets of wisdom—these adages—with us, deep in our psyche. But recently we started wondering: are they true? Like, objectively, scientifically, provably...
20-minute video of carving a capital “I” in stone. I love how...
20-minute video of carving a capital “I” in stone. I love how you can tell how deep he’s carving by the volume of the hammering.
October 2023
We went to the middle age market again. And our group of friends filmed a music video as a birthday present one afternoon. (30 photos)
Exclusion Principle
Woody Johnson’s New York Jets
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Zack Rosenblatt, Dianna Russini, and Michael Silver have written a devastating profile of the most dysfunctional franchise in all of U.S. pro sports, the New York Jets, whose dysfunction has a clear and obvious root cause: meddling idiot owner Woody Johnson (heir to the John...
618: Type System Says No
New member-exclusive ATP Insider: Making The Show
Follow-up:
John’s [hopefully] (?) forthcoming app
A funny conspiracy theory shared by Thomas Alvarez
Christian Kent’s correction/joke
More app name ideas…
Experts have weighed in on John’s idea
Alternative space-savin...
Gisèle Pelicot is the person of the year for 2024. “She told...
Gisèle Pelicot is the person of the year for 2024. “She told the court in Avignon she wants women who have been raped to know that ‘it’s not for us to have shame – it’s for them’”.
From Literary Hub, The 50 Biggest Literary Stories of 2024. Book bannings,...
From Literary Hub, The 50 Biggest Literary Stories of 2024. Book bannings, AI, Gaza, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Taylor Swift, Alice Munro, The Hugo Awards, etc.
Megastars used a pandemic-era grant intended to save music venues from closing...
Megastars used a pandemic-era grant intended to save music venues from closing to pay for sneakers and birthday parties, which is especially annoying because of how many venues closed after not receiving funding.