I don't believe in mandatory military service. However everyone should absolutely be forced to work one year in food service and another full year in retail.
No one - not a single person - created an Instagram account with the expectation that their photos would be used to generate AI advertisements.
If users had to proactively opt in to this, no one would. Instead, Meta doesn’t even notify you it’s happening.
BLOCKBUSTER: The Boston Celtics have agreed to trade Jaylen Brown to the Philadelphia 76ers for Paul George, two first-round picks and two second-round picks, sources tell ESPN.
This the quintessential story of how sports reflects the state of the world. Thousands of fans have waited for Game 3 their whole lives and now they’re priced out of entering the game and can’t even celebrate outside because one billionaire gets to attend the game for free.
What 24 year old these days is given the opportunity to be a show runner? I find it ironic that past generations complain that adults now 'act like kids' when that's how they're treated. You want adults, treat them like adults. Pay them properly, offer career advancement, and the ancient gnomes these companies call CEOs need to actually retire and get out of the way.
NYC summers hate your weekends.
I analyzed 3 years of Central Park rain data to see if the feeling was real.
It was.
27 of 38 summer weekends had measurable rain.
That’s 71%.
Friday was the rainiest day of the week, with rain on 43.6% of summer Fridays. Basically worse than a coin flip for your evening plans.
Sunday had the highest rainfall volume of any day, averaging 0.17 inches. It may not rain every Sunday, but when it does, it commits.
Thursday was objectively the best day to be outside in NYC: lowest precipitation, clearest skies, least weekend-related misery.
The wildest stat:
70.8% of rainy Sundays were preceded by a gross Friday or Saturday.
The weekend basically telegraphs its own downfall.
I built a full dashboard using NWS Central Park data with every weekend tracked and every raindrop counted:
Okay if Zohran’s mandate of heaven means the Knicks win the Final it officially wasn’t worth it, get Cuomo back on the line and organize a recall or something.
terrible. 20 yrs ago, the internet was full of hobbyist blogs and forums. over time, these have been replaced by paywalled substacks and private discord channels, each a walled garden. google's decision to prioritize AI just makes it less likely ppl will create free, public info
The artist behind this painting, Criselda Vasquez, painted this portrait of her parents in 2017. The man in this painting, her father, was recently taken by ICE. He has lived in the United States for forty years. This loss has made it hard for the family to support themselves. If you want to support them, you can go to their GoFundMe here:
https://t.co/Mgp7W8m5xJ