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Finally badgered @matt-levine.bsky.social into writing down his theory of poker tinyurl.com/2wfs3krr

Reminder that Kugler was not at the meeting this week: "Fed Governor Adriana Kugler didn’t attend the meeting due to a personal matter, according to a central bank spokesperson." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

i wonder if he knows about the surveys *TRUMP TO FIRE LABOR STATISTICS CHIEF AFTER WEAK JOBS DATA www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Lovely, from one of public radio's finest voices working today

ah well *CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING SAYS IT IS SHUTTING DOWN

More people should cheat at golf! by @tonyhawk.bsky.social for Bloomberg Weekend www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

new york is having a bad week *NYC SUBWAY SERVICE DISRUPTED DUE TO LOSS OF POWER AT WEST 4 ST

I need 6,000 words on my desk by end of day *HIGH NOON RECALLS VODKA SELTZERS MISLABLED AS CELSIUS, FDA SAYS

Ok but was there any risk of this changing??

oh that's good

*LEAVITT: TRUMP MEDICAL EXAM FOUND CHRONIC VEINOUS INSUFFICIENCY *LEAVITT: TRUMP REMAINS IN 'EXCELLENT HEALTH'

missed this one amid all the commotion *TRUMP ON MAMDANI: HE MAY GET ELECTED

Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV. (Trump appointed Powell!)

no one say TACO or he's gonna do it

Not now, Alan Dershowitz www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

Remember Linda Yaccarino?

I wonder how long I can go *without* looking at pictures of the new Waldorf Astoria. I think forever??!!

I....what? *XAI LAUNCHES GROK FOR GOVERNMENT

Mets hive, does anyone know why Dicky Lovelady went back to Richard after specifically requesting to go by the former? My husband claims this was discussed on the SNY broadcast the other night but I need details!

Here, a news story about Linda Yaccarino stepping down that includes some context www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

one wonders, what changed? *LINDA YACCARINO SAYS SHE IS STEPPING DOWN AS CEO OF X

More like composite day amirite

Remember this c.files.bbci.co.uk/1045F/produc...

There it is, in paragraph sixteen www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...

Iconic

“No one wants to talk about penile pain at work.” Therapists who treat pelvic floor dysfunction say men in high-stress jobs are their fastest-growing groups of patients.

As a woman it pains me to admit this but men have pelvic floors, too. And kegels are NOT always the answer for them! www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

In addition to being two of the best writers at the Times, bar none, they are two of the most beautiful. You just cannot hide their faces. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/d...

*TESLA SHARES EXTEND DROP TO 16% AS TRUMP, MUSK TRADE INSULTS

Is that a lot www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...

Contrary to what President Trump and Elon Musk have said at this Oval Office press availability, The New York Times has not been forced to return its 2018 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting.

imho this is the best piece we've yet seen on musk's drug use. the fact of it is pretty much open secret, but this puts a lot of specifics on the issue and raises questions about whether he's been under the influence while making decisions at tesla/spacex and uh America

Man it sure seems like taking a lot of ketamine a lot is bad

*TRUMP ON 'TACO TRADE': I'VE NEVER HEARD THAT @robarmstrong.bsky.social

"At Harvard almost 6,800 students - 27% of the entire student body — come from other countries" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

patently absurd, chaos bomb on purpose www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...

chatGPT glasses :(

"Here we are, in the sweaty lap of what they made for us." nymag.com/intelligence...

Which Thompson is everyone mad at, Derek or Ben? Both?

Wake me when AI generates discourse this good (bad)

"Your argument seems to turn the justice system, in my view, at least, into a catch-me-if-you-can kind of regime from the standpoint of the executive" Justice Jackson

“There was HBO Go (2008), HBO Now (2015), HBO Max (2020), Max (2023) and now, once again, HBO Max (2025).” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/b...

Pitch-perfect blog. Very few left in the game, but this is a very good blog. www.ft.com/content/b180...

CNN’s chyron has a chyron

How long till balcony time??

typo in the white house URL (what's wrong w me) www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Do a needle, cowards

bill de blasio in park slope, ordering his breakfast sandwich as “mi sandwich especial” and quoting the onion headline omg www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...