It’s days like today when it becomes clear how massively the Eric Adams administration + Adrienne Adams city council messed up by decimating NYC’s outdoor dining and open streets programs. Where are we supposed to sit outside and eat and drink on this beautiful evening?
As a consolation to AI taking everyone's jobs, I now have a vibe-coded app that shows me what bar patios and restaurants are getting the best sunlight in NYC on a Saturday evening.
In 1897, Alfred G. Mayer created his butterfly wing projections, an attempt to gain new insights into natural patterns and laws. Vertical blocks denote individual wings, distorted and stretched mathematically to fill a tidy rectangular space. More here: https://t.co/me13naZJbT
there's a certain personality that's very debilitating in modern life. 100 years ago, if you wanted to buy something, you'd go to five local shops and decide. now with the internet, you need to spend 1,000 hours so you can own the best thing like you're some venetian patrician