A Brief History of People Have Lost Their Sense of Humour 🧵

This story about a woman who spent 5 months in jail after being incorrectly identified with AI face recognition software is dystopian and terrifying, but even beyond the AI bullshit - why was she in jail for so long without anyone knowing she had been arrested? www.cnn.com/2026/03/29/u...

The $30/hour number Starbucks quotes? It's not a wage. It's a total compensation figure that requires benefits most baristas are deliberately scheduled too few hours to qualify for. New episode with @sbworkersunited.org is out now✊🏽 artofcitizenry.substack.com/p/no-contrac...

If you love to watch guys who wear t shirts under their jerseys play basketball, have I got the game for you

It took me a while to put my thoughts together, but I had to write about that Atlantic piece--even though I've never placed a single sports bet in my life: open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...

I will never forget this as long as I live

I’m definitely lodging a complaint about the color ranks of today’s NYT Connections. The blue is harder than the purple again

Tough loss for High Point, but sometimes you just run into a more prayed-up opponent.

Openly wept at a high school production of Les Mis tonight how was your Friday night

That was an NBA veteran level flop. He’s ready.

All the jokes about this place are about how there will be no women there, unlike regular sports bars, which are notoriously great places for straight men to meet women

every year I tell myself that I don't care about March Madness, don't know anything about most of the teams, and won't watch, but then I always forget about the most magical element of the tournament that sucks me in every year: it is on while I am supposed to be working

I can’t watch round one of the tournament without thinking about all the years I watched the games on these in class

Talking prediction markets, sports gambling, and Atlantic cover stories with my friend @davidhill.bsky.social at 1 EST on Substack live. Come have lunch with us: substack.com/@davidhill/n...

Big day for people using gambling sites as sources of data to tell how a race is going

boy she bout to do it

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

Always read @okr.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/64ba...

Lionel Richie’s face getting closer and closer to that blind lady’s bust every year

Lewis Hamilton one step closer to EGOT

Woo pig sooiee

Hill spoke to Geoff Bennett for the latest episode of PBS News' podcast, "Settle In," about America's love of betting and how prediction markets are changing the industry. For the full episode: to.pbs.org/4sGNciC

As prediction market betting becomes more prevalent in nearly every aspect of American culture, journalist and author David Hill says not everything needs to turn into a "betting proposition."

For comparison's sake, the entire National Park Service costs $3 billion - a year.

This is not good!

Who ordered this? What is the point of it

This story has taken over every conversation I’ve had for the last four days

Stayed up to watch The Secret Agent tonight. Not sure I understood all of it but it was definitely captivating.

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Kristi Noem finding out she needs a new sponsor

I am not the new co-host but I AM available to come on this show and talk about Arkansas.

[Whispering to date while watching Money Plane when the Money Plane first appears on screen] That’s Money Plane

One was a tv repairman. The other was a carnie who murdered someone.

Lou Holtz was fired as head coach at Arkansas because he kept taping campaign ads for Jesse Helms. He was too racist for Arkansas. In 1983.

Christian socialism is on the ballot

This mural slaps. Literally turned around so I could get a picture.

My daughter is really bummed about the play being over and after seeing it 4 times in a row I kind of feel sad too. I thought I’d get sick of it but now I’m really sad I’ll never get to see it again. Live theater is fascinating in that way.

I went to my daughters school musical last night and after she said “the man who cackles real loud at every single joke was there tonight. He’s been coming to every show for years. We all call him cackle man.” And I’m pretty sure they’re talking about me.

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Besides the show being wildly funny, clever, and incredibly well put together, it also appears that the people making Strip Law are also absolutely COOL AS HELL.

I watched Malcolm X last night with my kids and I still can’t believe it wasn’t even nominated for best picture. Spike Lee really did have a rough go in Hollywood. His prime was so much better than any of the darling auteurs that followed.

I PR’d today’s #nytxw and nobody in my house is impressed or cares at all really so I’m bragging about it here

The first vote I ever cast was for Jesse Jackson. It was in my second grade class mock election, and Jesse won in a rout. He was aided by the fact that our teacher, Mrs Lacey, wore a Jackson pin nearly every day. I was very confused and upset when he didn’t become president that year.

Watch this doughboy sweat

BREAKING: ~10,500 NYSNA nurses at Montefiore, Mount Sinai, & Mount Sinai Morningside/West reached tentative agreements late Sun/early Mon. Nurses won: enforceable safe staffing, maintain their health benefits, workplace violence protections, and more! www.nysna.org/press/victor...