Sarah Scott Scire

it's "skeery." deputy editor @niemanlab. 📥 send tips to [email protected]. 📍 on bluesky @sarahscire.com and threads @sarahscire

[Carlos Lozada @CarlosNYT]

Good news for book lovers: "Book World" is back--just not in the Washington Post.
Six months after the Post killed its books section, the Washington Monthly is launching a books platform of the same name. They're looking for an editor to run it: https://t.co/i4t48lcQQy @monthly

[Shlomo Schorr @OneJerseySchorr]

In this image provided by the Dunellen, New Jersey Police Department, a police officer is seen disguised as a shrub as part of a crack down on distracted driving in the Middlesex County Borough this week.
Police say 74 citations were issued during a six-hour span.

[New York Magazine @NYMag]

Pedestrians passing the old newsstand near the corner of Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street are doing a double take — it’s now a spiffy Italian café serving espresso, pastries, and sandwiches. Luca Meacci, who opened Caffé Toscana a few weeks ago, spent $150,000 on a complete renovation, adding signage, replacing the original counter and newspaper racks with custom-made display cases, and installing two new beverage coolers. Thanks to these modifications (along with a stellar location), daily sales have grown more than fivefold since the launch, says Meacci.

When asked if he would sell newspapers, too, Meacci replied: “Oh no. No, no, no newspaper!” Does he think he could sell any? “Oh no. Zero, zero, zero.”

In the ’90s, newsstands successfully pivoted from newsprint to Coke and Snickers, but even that’s changing in the Ozempic and protein-maxxing era. “People are buying less and less of those things now,” says Max Bookman, counsel to the New York City Newsstand Operators Association. “Twenty years ago there were seven different candy vendors; now there are two.”

Newsstands have pivoted to selling everything from scarves and hats to costume jewelry. Near Times Square, it’s pricey souvenirs. On the Upper West Side, there’s a newsstand devoted entirely to selling electronics accessories. The stand’s employee, Mustafa, says he does a brisk business selling $20 speakers.

Read Anne Kadet’s full report on how the city’s newsstand operators are evolving to the new realities of the business: https://t.co/MOkSjI5Jh5

[Deepa Seetharaman @dseetharaman]

New: OpenAI’s rogue agent attempted to break out of OpenAI’s testing environment around July 9. It attacked Hugging Face from July 11 to 13. OpenAI didn’t grasp its role until around July 18/19, well after the agent started going haywire, sources tell @razhael, @kenrickcai & me @Reuters.

[The Zodiac GM @TheZodiacGM]

Synergy Grade: A+

With LeBron James (Capricorn) now in the fold, the 76ers just became a legitimate problem in the East.

Connects well with Maxey, Embiid, Brown.

Wildcard: Coach Nurse, Edgecombe

[EMILY SUNDBERG @Emily_Sundberg]

Substack will now be able to tell readers if your newsletter was written by Claude
https://t.co/p0HrkjY3I4

[Rob @rob_thibeault]

The Boston Red Sox have been the hottest team in baseball. They’ve also led the league in bunts this month. Enjoy this highlight reel no one asked for

[Jack Conklin @UpstateChaser]

Flying into Boston, MA was absolutely otherworldly. Incredibly thick, dense wildfire smoke created views that looked like Mars! #mawx @NWSBoston

[Sarah Scott Scire @SarahScire]

sun looking so normal in Boston don’t worry about it

[Sarah Scott Scire @SarahScire]

could not agree more!! https://t.co/9juIjVcgDC

[clara the urbanist @SlopHq]

hamilton wrote 51 op-eds in under a year on a shared burner account to win one policy argument, then died in a beef that escalated from remarks printed in a newspaper. the most influential poster in american history simply could not log off, and the constitution is the result

[Sam LaFrance @SamLaFranceNBA]

Reddit Post of the Day

[Chris Curtis @_ChrisCurtis]

"The Bill Chisholm era has been filled with nothing but cost cutting since he purchased the team less than a year ago. It’s one thing to pass on signing Brown to that two-year, $141 million deal he was eligible for later this month, and it’s another to send him to a conference rival to boost its championship chances while you’re left with a 36-year-old who was suspended 25 games last season for violating the league’s drug policy." @GwashburnGlobe . https://t.co/fqx4pQo4Ax

[Sarah Scott Scire @SarahScire]

@gracewein I’m unwell

[Sarah Scott Scire @SarahScire]

Philly fans, if you want to know what kind of character you’re getting @NoaDalzell has the goods
https://t.co/1NFTqv45Y3

[Noa Dalzell 🏀 @NoaDalzell]

I was going to wait a few days before publishing this, but alas.

Jaylen Brown means so much more to the city of Boston than most will realize, and I had a front-row seat to it for the past 3 years:
https://t.co/fRrnfkypTz

[Sarah Scott Scire @SarahScire]

jaylen brown they’ll never make me hate you 💔

[Sarah Scott Scire @SarahScire]

should maybe be embarrassed by how many of these I have in my screenshots folder??

[Natasha @natashaghoskins]

I waited tables at cafe select in soho for years, so trust when I say, if you don't start drinking again, your favorite bars and restaurants are going to close.

A thread!

[海外の万国反応記 @all_nations2]

定期的に見たくなる日本代表vs小学生100人

[Sapna Maheshwari @sapna]

remarkable to see - and appreciate @DKThomp for sharing some numbers here for curious observers.

"my ARR surpassed my Atlantic salary after about five months, and has continued to grow." estimates 5.5% of nearly 110,000 subscribers are paying ones...