i read the T+C's so you don't have to. see if spending $700+ on the Amex Platinum or Chase Sapphire Reserve is worth it for you based on your spending habits in this ~ interactive quiz ~ gift link: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202... icons and promo video by @stephd.bsky.social !

strung together another hour on NTS, this one is a ~ journey ~ www.nts.live/shows/creepz...

read our report which uses satellite imagery to map environmental catastrophe in gaza with @denisedslu.bsky.social 🎁: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

The OOCL Violet is one of the first ships subject to Trump's high tariffs. The $564M worth of goods on board have an est. $417M in new tariffs. See the kinds of items on the ship — from sweaters to fish — and how much they total in Trump's new tariffs: gift link: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

One of the first ships carrying cargo subject to Trump’s steep tariffs must contend with at least $417 million in new duties. See what’s inside ⤵️

NPR Exclusive: One family. One attack. 132 names. We reconstructed what happened in one of the deadliest Israeli strikes of the war.

Smartphones, computer parts, and TV equipment are all adding to the trade deficit. Now Trump’s targeting those goods with tariffs 📱🖥️📺

Trump wants to eliminate the US trade deficit by imposing tariffs on major trade partners. So what drives the deficit and who's actually getting hit? Raeedah Wahid and I took a look at everything from toys from China to oil from Canada. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Great job alert: ProPublica is hiring a computational journalist, "someone who will use technology and data to identify and unlock stories that would otherwise be out of reach." Salary: $120K-$140K Remote: ✅ Come join us!

bonus points for the elevator music

wow til: "years evenly divisible by 4 are leap years, with the exception of centurial years that are not evenly divisible by 400. Therefore, the years 1700, 1800, 1900 and 2100 are not leap years, but 1600, 2000, and 2400 are leap years." aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/leap_years

Snow on Christmas Day is idyllic for many. And in recent years, most of the US have seen a “white Christmas.” But many parts of the country haven’t had snow on the ground on Dec. 25 in more than a decade

please appreciate my cute little shoveler i drew at 2am

❄️🎄❄️🎄❄️🎄❄️🎄❄️🎄❄️🎄❄️🎄❄️🎄 when's the last time communities across the US has seen a white Christmas? for some folks, it's been decades. ❄️🎄❄️🎄❄️🎄❄️🎄❄️🎄❄️🎄❄️🎄❄️🎄 gift link: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

why is this so cute

spam texts getting more real

Incredible project from my talented colleagues at @graphics.reuters.com !! can you guess that these illustrations are done in blender?

NYC is having the driest fall on record... only 0.01 inches of rain fell in October. There were 29 whole days with no rainfall, the second longest stretch in the city's history. gift link: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

NEW INVESTIGATION: Uber and Lyft locked drivers out of work to game a NYC minimum wage law. We crowdsourced screenshots, monitored surge pricing and ran financial models to reveal the devastating impact on drivers. w/ Natalie Lung @awgordon.bsky.social Denise Lu https://bloom.bg/3BIPTLB

did an hours worth of nature valley crunchy guitar bits www.nts.live/shows/creepz...

tired: seeing pavement 4 nights in a row wired: seeing lvl up 3 nights in a row

i can only dream to be as big of a hater as albini was 😔

organized my tinned fish collection by expiration year very important work

so much fomo bc i didnt feel the earthquake 😔

see you in the pit

the second installment in my Eclipse Beat: On April 8, a total solar eclipse will occur across North America. There won’t be another total eclipse going across such a large swath of the continent until 2045. See what the conditions will be like for your city: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

love to go to a lil surprise jandek show and stand shoulder to shoulder w my bff lee ranaldo

i love watching people getting picked up at the airport by friends and family

thermostat at the morgan lib

second spotting of a salinger book at a hotline tnt show these zoomers need to be stopped

doing gen-z cosplay today (sambas, lightwash jeans, duster tshirt)

ovlov is the best band formed since the turn of the century

merry christmas

my 2023 AOTY is Starflyer 59's Gold (1995) lmao youtu.be/PXxiV71dk0g?...

in which i sound like an insane person 👁️👁️

im telling you a great party mix for a day time rainy afternoon is just two hours of grouper

the year is 1985, the first CD was manufactured three years prior, this is the insert inside the jewel case for The Head on the Door by The Cure from Elektra Records

2020s Borgen hits different

haven't had a cd player for so long that when i finally sat down to listen to a cd on my new player, i was sitting on the couch waiting for when i'd have to get up and flip to the b-side

latest discogs purchase

i'm no longer begging around for a copy of slay tracks because spiral himself sent me one of his 😭😭😭💀💀💀⚰️⚰️⚰️ what a guy for REAL it looks so good w the rest of my non-12" pavement fam

it's the least wonderful time of the year (spotify wrapped's and AOTY lists)

Bloomberg analyzed hundreds of Community Notes and found several shortcomings in Twitter (X)’s volunteer content moderation system in the first 2 weeks of the Israel-Gaza conflict. Work by @davey.bsky.social, @denisedslu.bsky.social, Eric Fan, and myself. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

latest discogs purchase

ok fine i made some Pavement datavis. comparing setlists from the 2022-3 reunion to shows going back to the 90s. (ICYMI i went to 13 Pavement shows [17%] during the reunion). not for the faint-hearted; know your versions of "Here" before entering: www.deniselu.com/sandbox/pave...

square one way signs in sf?

bandcamp was a godsend for the musicians, yes, but it's also a rare oasis for consumers like me who actually WANT to pay for music in a way that supports artists. this hits it on the head: pitchfork.com/thepitch/is-...

something satisfying about annoyingly untangling my wired earbuds in front of airpod-sporting tech bros for a full 5 min