Lila Byock

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Would you believe it if I told you these are two different people?

This is NOT TRUE, it actually stands for Jelly Doughnut.

The J D in J D Vance stands for Jeffrey Dahmer, but the fake news media won't tell you that

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J. Robert Lennon

You really missed your calling as a marketing exec for novelty plumbing supplies.

I found it, the most American product of all time.

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Alexander Chee

Done. Thank you for sharing.

Yes, the Supreme Court, but tbh this is the most interesting thing on the NYT home page right now.

Woman in front of me at the bar ordered a Riesling and Sprite. Gen Z culture is WILD.

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The Federal Trade Commission, of all entities, is out here writing absolute bangers about AI snake oil. www.ftc.gov/business-gui...

Absolutely psychotic & chaotic public policy!!

Reading this with the taste of Paxlovid in my mouth is quite an experience hellgatenyc.com/hochul-and-a...

Hochul and Adams Agree: It's Time for a Mask Ban on the Subway - Hell Gatehellgatenyc.com Prepare to share the air. Plus more links for your weekend.

“You are legally prohibited from making a modest effort to avoid infecting your fellow commuters when sick.” Got it, very cool.

This reminded me of the highly specific graffiti I noticed on an LA overpass recently:

Exclusive: A Post investigation has found that over the past two decades, hundreds of law enforcement officers have sexually abused children while officials at every level of the criminal justice system have failed to protect kids, punish abusers and prevent additional crimes. wapo.st/3VEtNBo

Abused by the badgewapo.st Hundreds of police officers in the United States have sexually abused children, a Post investigation found. In many cases, the officers have avoided prison time.

Eagerly anticipating the inevitable NY Mag trend story on “July Divorces,” featuring hetero marriages that cracked up after the wife read All Fours.

www.nytimes.com/2024/06/08/s...

The Women Rethinking Marriage and Family Life Because of Miranda Julywww.nytimes.com The author’s new novel, “All Fours,” has spurred a whisper network of women fantasizing about desire and freedom.

Not YET anyway

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David DeGusta

Well now I have so many more questions!

Saw a dingy minivan from South Dakota with vanity plates that said SPACEX, and I simply must know everything about this person.

On the fifth marriage you opt for comfort.

3rd grader has to do a student-led lesson in front of the class, and he just told me his topic is “mixology”???

The corollary trend in the TV business is that nuance & originality is actively discouraged because it’s more difficult for the algorithms to categorize and serve up to viewers.

Students, and parents, employers and professors: take note. “The better writer you are, the greater your chance of getting rejected, because you won't use keywords." www.nytimes.com/2024/05/31/o...

On the one hand, this Alito story portends ominous things about the future of American democracy. On the other hand, I have a great second season for the limited series I want to develop about Ginny and Clarence.

This is the first machine-polished Tesla Cybertruck. This is not a wrap. It looks unbelievable, almost like it’s invisible.

Martha-Ann Alito looks like a minor Gilded Age character who fires the cook for seasoning the food.

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DANA STEVENS

Love and respect to the absolutely fed up women of the greater DC metro area.

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The Alitos’ Christmas card reminds me so much of Ginni’s years-later voicemail to Anita Hill

Reading this great Evan Osnos story about a Ponzi-scheming Hollywood arriviste, and I’m struck by the similarity to the Hollywood arrivistes who run the studios, and whose perfectly legal Ponzi scheme is currently gutting the industry. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

The Biggest Ponzi Scheme in Hollywood Historywww.newyorker.com Zach Horwitz came to Los Angeles hoping to make it in the movies. He ended up running a seven-hundred-million-dollar scam, defrauding a sprawling group of investors, starting with his best friends.

This morning my 11yo said, “I don’t understand how newspapers make any money,” and I was not prepared to have The Talk about the collapsing media economy so young, but kids grow up fast these days.

The Libertarians claim to be all about personal autonomy, but they just nominated a presidential candidate whose name is trying to tell me what to do. www.nytimes.com/2024/05/26/u...

Libertarians Skip Over Trump and R.F.K. Jr. for Chase Oliverwww.nytimes.com The party selected Mr. Oliver as its presidential nominee. He ran for a Senate seat in Georgia in 2022.

Thinking about going back to school for a computer science degree so I can learn how to operate the new Sonos app.

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Josh Gondelman

I hate to think about what Mrs. Alito does with that viking helmet in the boudoir.

Currently driving a loaner car while mine is in the shop, and I couldn’t figure out how to open the fuel tank door. Called the company. Turns out I needed to “update the software.”