The mayor of the largest city in America walked 6 miles home from work last night and nobody found it unusual.
That sentence would have been absurd 18 months ago when the last NYC mayor was under federal indictment. The city went from an FBI investigation at Gracie Mansion to a guy who took his oath in an abandoned subway station at midnight, paid the $9 filing fee in cash from his jacket pocket, and walks home because that's what he does.
100 days in. 56% of New Yorkers say the city is headed in the right direction, up from 31% a year ago. That's a 25-point swing. The budget is $116 billion. Companies are threatening to leave over his tax proposals. Half the city council thinks he's moving too fast.
And he walked home.
I lived and traveled in Iran for months. In Tehran I lived with the family of a retired bank worker who saw me looking for housing. I roomed with his son for months, ate all my meals with them, and they never accepted any money. Once I was sick and throwing up and they all came into the bathroom and the dad stroked my head while I barfed and told me “Aybi nadare” (no shame, it’s ok). I traveled around most of the country by plane, train, bus, shared taxi, etc. Eventually I stopped booking hotels because I’d always meet people on the train, bus etc who’d insist I stay with them. The family of Iran/Iraq war vets from Yazd who took me to Taft for bbq in the mountains. The taxi driver from Rasht who made a bed for me on the floor of his tiny apartment because all the hotels were full. The only time a police officer talked to me was once to make sure I was ok. I never felt in any danger day or night. The land of Iran is as incredibly diverse as its people. There are mountainous rain forests and desert salt flats. I met among the most liberal and most conservative people there, and everything in between. Everyone was so kind it makes me cry with shame.
You know things are bad when the most boring person doing the most boring job for decades has to come out and say, “Stop trying to arrest us for doing math”
Lots of old and grumpy people complain about Mayer and Dead & Co. and young people wearing Dead gear, but I think it's all so beautiful and ensures that what Bob wanted will happen: the Dead's music will continue on for generations. It will never be a relic.
This is absolutely repulsive and another example of why fossils who prioritize the perfect at the expense of the good keep being one of the biggest obstacles to real progress.
Hammond Indiana Bears. Water taxis pick up the fans on the Chicago River and take you straight there. Cash bar on board. Taxi docks in Horseshoe Casino Marina a block away from stadium. Cigs inside. Smell of pollution from the steel mills and factories nearby. Gritty—I dig it.
In a letter to season-ticket holders, #Bears president/CEO Kevin Warren says Illinois state leadership told the team its proposed stadium in Arlington Heights won’t be a priority in 2026.
Warren says, consequently, the team will expand its search, including Northwest Indiana.
wonderful world. Despite all the bad stuff. It’s a wonderful world bc at any and every moment theres a bunch of big nasty mothafuckas just huffing around in the middle of nowhere. pure instinct. Alone. Let me get some salmon. I hate this tree. Gotta fuck! Time for a 5 month rest.