When the Italian side of my family moved to America they settled in the part of the Bronx that AOC now represents and I would just like to say, based on the photo on the left, thank you congresswoman for respecting my ancestors.
My one big theory about why things fell apart when they did is just this Pew chart.
Not to minimize this because it's fucking disgusting, but plenty of publishers already do this without involving the sloppy shitfest that is AI. The amount of lists I contributed to for Eater that still have my byline on them despite now containing zero words written by me is absurd.
The year is 1969. Man lands on the moon. Back on Earth, the Concorde flies its first test for a commercial supersonic airline.
The year is 2026. Man circles the moon and will, a few years later, land. Back on Earth, there is a concept of a plan for commercial supersonic flights.
a subcompact Chevy Vega sedan from the 1970s looking absolutely amazing
GM could release an electric version of this car tomorrow and people would lose their damn minds
Tweet by “Secretary of War” Pete Hegseth: “The War Department is once again restoring freedom to our Joint Force. We are discarding the mandatory flu vaccine requirement, effective immediately.” Below there is a video of the announcement for his many, many illiterate fans
Behind Hegseth’s big stupid face, a painting can be seen.
The painting is of George Washington crossing the Delaware. It is by Emanuel Leutze.
An article from the National Parks Service: Smallpox, Inoculation, and the Revolutionary War Boston National Historical Park During the 1700s, smallpox raged through the American colonies and the Continental Army. Smallpox impacted the Continental Army severely during the Revolutionary War, so much so that George Washington mandated inoculation for all Continental soldiers in 1777. Just fifty-six years earlier, in 1721, Bostonian doctors and clergy introduced the procedure to the American colonies. Without the vision and determination of these early Bostonians in normalizing inoculation, Washington may not have made the decision to mandate inoculation for the Continental Army. Though it was a controversial action, many historians credit the medical mandate with the colonists' victory in the Revolutionary War and the creation of the United States of America.
This week's "5 Questions" is with Beacon's Olivia Hunter, who will run the London Marathon on April 26 to raise money for the Royal National Institute for Deaf People.
(It's probably the former, but imagine if he had a whole wing of the Vatican dedicated to POPE LEO jerseys of every single team in every single sport to give to visitors. Oh you're from Topeka? Here's your POPE LEO Royals jersey. Glastonbury, CT? Here's your vintage POPE LEO Hartford Whalers jersey)
From Spike to the Pope or from the Pope to Spike?!?
I mean……we’ve all just given up and accepted that our phones are listening to us 24/7 right
Stage managers. What you’re looking for is stage managers
Ok are we sure he’s not secretly still on the Mets because “loose bodies in the elbow” is one of those random injuries you never hear of until someone on the Mets gets it and is out for three months.
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is out of President Donald Trump's Cabinet, the administration announced Monday, after a series of alleged abuses of her position's power, including having an affair with a subordinate and drinking alcohol on the job. https://to.pbs.org/4cHjcgx
Ok, my subscription budget was maxed out so I cancelled my [REDACTED] subscription and finally subscribed to The Onion, sorry [REDACTED] I did appreciate your unique views on [CLASSIFIED] but you never made Alex Jones cry.
SCOOP with Elizabeth Williamson: The Onion has a new plan to take over Infowars. It has entered into an agreement to license the Infowars brand and plans to operate it as a comedy site. A Texas judge must approve the deal.
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Standing outside the courthouse waving a pennant that reads “DISCOVERY PROCESS”
America’s largest bank is expanding its data center in Orangeburg, NY, near the New Jersey border.
In exchange for $77 million in tax breaks from the state and county, the bank promises to create exactly one permanent job.
My story in @nysfocus.com: nysfocus.com/2026/04/20/d...
"The extent to which consumers realize any gain hinges on whether businesses share the proceeds, something that few have publicly committed to do."
Gift link:
Uhhhhh does “other forces” mean what I think it means because I don’t like where this is going
For our FIVE QUESTIONS column this week I spoke to Beacon's Olivia Hunter, who will run the London Marathon on April 26 to raise money for the Royal National Institute for Deaf People.
Mayor Mamdani has announced that he will not be attending the Met Gala because the Mets need him in the bullpen that night.
"Now, the terms of the deal have been made public, and Americans’ side of the bargain appears to be worthless."
As the planet gets hotter, cities around the world are experiencing rain storms with record-smashing intensity.
I spent the last few months visiting places -Copenhagen, Hoboken, & NYC- that have adopted a counterintuitive idea: the safest city is one that can take water in. In @newyorker.com
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Just, like, buy electric school buses man. Loan Harbinger the capital to tool up and give them an advance purchase commitment. Sell to schools at a price that undercuts diesel.
The whole federal electric school bus program is only $5B.
On a related note yesterday we were doing an Earth Day Cleanup in town and I gave my 14-year-old kid a black baseball cap to shield them from the sun and they refused to wear it because they, and I quote, "didn't want to look like Wayne from Wayne's World."
At least Alice Cooper respected the indigenous names of places and was familiar with the Midwest's rich history of electing socialist mayors.
The hardware store just north of Rhinebeck is selling Girl Scout cookies by the register which on one hand seems illegal and on the other hand SCORE!!!!!!!! GIRL SCOUT COOKIES!!!!!!!
"America has lost the information war to Iranian Lego enthusiasts" is simultaneously the dumbest and truest statement of the year.
Pretty white and pink blossoms amongst tiny green leaves.
Every year the crabapple tree blooms a few days earlier but I’m sure it’s fine.