@ezrakleinbot.bsky.social: If you’re a regular American, you make money thru wages & it’s not your favorite day of year. If you make a median income or above, you’re handing a lot of that money back to govt. But that's a price we pay for living in a society, right? www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/o...

Presidents line up for @barackobama.bsky.social's long awaited Center in Chicago. The opening drew four former presidents, as well as Bruce Springsteen, Bono and Jennifer Hudson. Chicago has seen years of planning and legal fights. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...

@jkbjournalist.bsky.social: Frank Wills & importance of ordinary Americans doing the right thing. On June 17, 1972, Frank Wills, a 24-year-old, black security guard, working night shift at Watergate Hotel, detected a piece of tape on a door lock leading to offices of HQ. time.com/article/2026...

A spunky history of newspapers adds color to the black & white. In “Empire of Ink,” describes how newfangled tech & disruptive personalities have regularly unsettled the American media. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/b...

One of my favorite moments of the day. If you missed it, take a moment… 🤎 John Legend and Common performing “Glory.”

@dell.bsky.social: "Leak exposes members of Peter Thiel’s secretive ‘Dialog’ Society.' > 200 of the world's elites registered for a retreat whose agenda runs from panels on cult-building and sex to prepping for World War III. An associated app offers matchmaking. www.wired.com/story/leak-e...

@tiagoventura.bsky.social: Trump’s Iran agreement draws more alarm than relief from GOP. U.S. & Iran will sign a MOU laying out terms of 60-day cease-fire allowing for further negotiations to take place. time.com/article/2026...

@barackobama.bsky.social: Beyond the ‘Obamalisk’: A Guide to Chicago’s South Side. The @barackobama.bsky.social, opening on June 19, is poised to attract visitors to an often-overlooked area. Here’s what you’ll find in Hyde Park and beyond. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/t...

It was great joining Njideka Akunyili Crosby—a gifted Nigerian-born, Los Angeles-based artist—to unveil our first portrait together. This piece reflects so many chapters of Michelle and my story, and we’re thrilled that it will be on display at the Obama Presidential Center starting this Juneteenth.

@bencasselman.bsky.social: Wages are falling. Wealth is surging. No Wonder Americans are unhappy. As Musk became the world’s first trillionaire, workers are facing higher prices and fears of A.I.-driven job losses. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/13/b...

Trump at 80: Really uncomfortable’ with aging even for a president known for imposing his own reality on every situation, Trump has not outrun scrutiny over his age. He stays up late, phoning lawyers & lawmakers, while posting up to 150 times a night on Truth Social. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/u...

@benrothenberg.bsky.social: Sonny Rollins died at 95 on Memorial Day. He was New York City born & bred, raised in Harlem, where W.E.B. Du Bois was his neighbor & later lived on the Lower East Side. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/o...

"It's an artist's duty to reflect the times in which we live." ~ Nina Simone

Congrats to the #Knicks and to #NewYorkCity 🏀🥇🎉 Also, this is my dream ticket for 2028

A new ad campaign tries to make A.I. a little less scary. ChatGPT goes with heartwarming retro vibes to sell a product that has become a source of concern for most Americans. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/s...

Everyone wants to tax A.I. The big disagreement: How? @sanders.senate.gov, Trump, A.I. companies say they'd like to share the wealth. But solutions are different. AI is making some people rich & others left out. Tax A.I. Some make sense. Others, not so much. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/13/b...

Meet the bodyguards signing up to protect America’s frightened billionaires. After a season of high-profile assassinations, political violence, and kidnappings, wealthy Americans are racing to hire personal security services. www.gq.com/story/meet-t...

@tariqpanja.bsky.social: Years long effort to woo trump culminates w/ @worldcup.news. Gianni Infantino, FIFA prez, has courted trump. Who benefits? FIFA has leased an office NT's Trump Tower, sitting empty. The rent goes to Trump’s family business. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...

"This garbage collector loves his job but has a few bones to pick. Simon Paré-Poupart recounts the highs & lows of hauling trash for > 20 years.There’s an old phrase in need of a comeback: “to dree one’s weird.” It means to endure your fate, but it also means to accept your quirks and oddities."

Jay Leno has a car that runs on the energy of all the people's dreams he has crushed. - Andy kindler

A terrific mural of ANTHONY BOURDAIN — Coin Street, London

"World Cup starts tomorrow. If you’re not feeling excitement, you’re not alone. As @aarontimms.bsky.social wrote on @defector.com, “It's is now a World Cup for no one.” It doesn’t help US has been snatching travel visas from coaches, players, fans, a decorated ref. Fandom comes with a moral tax."

In case you forgot what it looks like when a real president gets the love at a game. You know, when the crowd actually wants the president there.

If you credulously do a segment about the vote in California in which you don’t say the president is lying, you’re spreading disinformation to your listeners.

@mattburgess1.bsky.social: Europe is ditching American Tech. A @wired.com timeline shows how dozens of govts, companies & other orgs in Europe are planning to shift away from US Big Tech. They've accelerated plans to end their near-total reliance on tech from US firms. www.wired.com/story/all-th...

Three years ago tomorrow, I very nervously gave this speech. I knew my career as a TV journalist was dunzo, cooked, filleted, kaput the morning I wrote it. (Thanks to Kat insisting I go for it anyway.) The end is awfully prescient at this exact second, though. Big ups to Scott Pelley for fighting.

The Cure's Robert Smith perfectly sums up the difference between Americans and Brits.

the way Stephen Root's character talks about the town in Widow's Bay is the same way i talk about being a Sixers fan

Bari Weiss not beating the bootlicking propagandist allegations here:

"MY MAYOR'S MUSLIM MY BAGELS ARE JEWISH MY CHRISTIAN DIOR KNICKS IN FOUR!" This is why I love this city. NYC. We are diverse. And yet United. We are immigrants and yet, American! Damn, it's a good time being in New York. And being a Knicks fan. I ❤️ NY.

Another View: Emmanuel O. Afolabi: Our digital lives have hidden costs. Every time we stream a movie, upload photos, send emails or ask AI to answer a question, the action feels effortless. Appears weightless, floating somewhere in an invisible “cloud.” But the cloud isn't weightless at all.

"Resilience, courage, ‘blah blah blah’: A Legend Cheers His Knicks. Watching Game 1 of the Knicks-Spurs series, Bill Bradley, the two-time @nba.com champ & former U.S. senator, spoke reverently of teamwork & had a few choice words for the refs. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/n...

@mollyjongfast.bsky.social: It’s no wonder grads are booing commencement speakers. Big shots brought in to inspire a next generation of grads have used speeches to extol AI's extol possibilities. But grads are seeing a shaky job market & thousands of student debt. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/o...

@neolithicsheep.bsky.social: The unraveling: how reality caught up with the cult Of Caitlin Clark. Clark’s public unmasking leaves the @wnba.com in a slow-motion Milli Vanilli moment, exposing the unearned currency of its manufactured basketball star. newsone.com/6862223/how-...

Sam Altman Says AI Jobs Apocalypse.’ He once predicted probably won’t happen. What Changed? Throughout his rise to becoming one of the most influential CEOs in AI, Altman made repeated bold assertions about the impact that the new technology would have on jobs. time.com/article/2026...

Letter from Kyiv @edcaesar.bsky.social: The stunt pilot hunting Russian Drones. A Ukrainian flying ace is leveraging his aerobatics skills to protect his country from nightly attacks. The most challenging part is the Free Unknown. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Scott Pelley has been fired by new 60 Minutes executive producer Nick Bilton.

@newyorker.com: Remembering Donald Newhouse. The newspaper visionary & owner of Condé Nast, who died at 96, understood the value of editorial independence. If the contemporary media scene has proved anything, it's that a reliably supportive proprietor is as rare. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

@bytimreynolds.bsky.social: Hall of Famer Rick Adelman, who won more than 1,000 games & took 2 teams to #NBAFinals, dies at 79. Adelman, a Hall of Fame inductee who played for 7 NBA seasons before becoming one of the game's all-time winningest coaches. www.sfgate.com/sports/artic...

Flanders' has launched an ambitious program to deploy #solarpanels along highway infrastructure. Sound barriers along the E40 and E17 motorways near Ghent and Antwerp have been fitted with integrated solar panels — their south-facing surfaces generating electricity fed into adjacent grid connections

Paxton wants Texans to believe Talarico is some kind of godless liberal. Here's what he talked about with Colbert three months ago.

Philip Wang: They gerrymandered away the district he’s campaigning to represent. He’s still running. Justin Pearson had spent months campaigning to represent a congressional district in the Memphis area. But in just 3 days, Tennessee Republicans erased it. time.com/article/2026...

Trump has stolen $1.8 billion of your tax dollars to pay the people that assaulted cops on Jan. 6. It’s a horrible use of your tax money, and it’s just plain wrong. We’re not going to back down on fighting against this.

Campos: While I want to thank CBS news for funding this generous gift towards my education, I want to acknowledge how the recent direction of the outlet stains the legacy of Mike Wallace, the namesake of this scholarship.

Sonny Rollins, one of the most influential Jazz musicians of our time, died this afternoon. He was 95

@judyberman.bsky.social: Colbert's long farewell was a funeral for the collective culture of Late Night. Colbert asked McCartney: The response “No.” It didn’t matter. Change was coming anyway. After 1800 episodes, this was the final episode. McCartney was his last guest. time.com/article/2026...

@jasonzinoman.bsky.social: What do we lose when ‘The Late Show’ Goes Away? Our attachment to an institution may seem counterintuitive, especially with comedy, a rebellious art form. But with Stephen Colbert’s program, there was a lot at stake. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/a...

@rthaler.bsky.social’s research has changed people’s understanding decision making. He's been thinking about the process Dem Party uses to select POTUS nominee. He sees 2028 election is unusually important. Spoke w/ David Leonhardt at @nytopinion.nytimes.com. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/24/o...

Staggering dip in US tourism. Overseas & Canadian visitors are down significantly, with overall foreign visitor recording a noticeable drop (~ 5.5% to 6%). US seeing lost billions in lost international visitor spend. Losses losses ~ btwn $12.5B & $29B annually. www.cnn.com/2026/05/25/t...

Grad pro tip: When answering interview questions, keep your answers cocky and super f**king weird