The Loonified Erin Brockovich

“Today I can finally say the sweetest nine or 10 words in the English language: Global Tetrahedron has completed its plan to control InfoWars.”

I cover downstate tax breaks a lot at Newsday. A data center getting a $77 million subsidy in exchange for just one permanent job? Unheard of.
Worth a read!!

I Almost Lost My Mind in the Bridal Algorithm As a #2026Bride, the constant, aggressive content started to make me feel like I was losing sight of what mattered. And I'm far from alone.

allow me to take you on a journey into the yawning maw of Weddingtok: www.404media.co/wedding-plan...

Many readers may be shocked to learn that an event largely consisting of Fireball consumption and "sexy elf" jumpsuits may not be the shining charitable enterprise it pledged to be, but warning signs did exist.

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After a morning visit to Brooklyn housing court no less…

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Viral PopUp Bagels chain plans to open 2 new Long Island stores The chain's expansion follows a growing trend of businesses using social media to boost business.

The internet bagels are coming for you Long Island. There is no escape.

www.newsday.com/business/pop...

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Tenants of bankrupt Crown Heights buildings want repairs and a chance to buy their units The bidding process is just months away.

Summit has bought more than 5,000 mostly rent stabilized apartments in the Pinnacle portfolio, over objections from the city and tenants — many of which wanted to buy their buildings.

I spoke to a few last year about their fight for repairs and ownership.

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This rocks

Wall Street bonuses reach a record high of $49.2 billion in 2025 Why the increase could lead to greater spending on the East End.

Wall Streeters got massive bonuses last year as firms raked in $65.1 billion… water is wet, and so on…
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Gender pay gap shrinks in NY, while widening nationally Women in New York were paid 91.4 cents for every dollar a man made in 2024, according to a report from the state Department of Labor.

Shot: Average Wall Street bonuses hit the highest number on record
Chaser: the gender wage grew nationally…but at least it shrunk in NY!

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The VIP cabins built for the ill-fated Brooklyn Mirage are for sale. Bring your own crane This could be your oasis.

Who’s going to buy me a decommissioned Brooklyn Mirage VIP pod? www.brickunderground.com/buy/brooklyn...

Google Search is now using AI to replace headlines Let us know if you see more.

this is completely insane: since when is it acceptable for a tech company to rewrite news outlets' headlines without their consent? especially at a time when audiences are sensitive to how stories are framed in headlines? (ie Israel/Palestine, the Trump admin, ICE)

www.theverge.com/tech/896490/...

NASA official explains how meteoroid exploded over skies of northern Ohio "Meteors can easily exceed 170,000 mph, so this was a slow meteor by meteor standards, but fast to us," Cooke said. "It hit the atmosphere at 40,000 mph, and just like anything when you're moving that...

A meteor exploded over Ohio, cementing the state’s enviable status as having the coolest and most mysterious space rocks

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Why These Reporters Are Suing New York's Prison System Journalists filed public records requests last year to find out how the agency handles allegations of sexual abuse. With prison officials stonewalling the requests, the reporters are going to court.

Some 1,600 people are suing NY prisons over sexual abuse they allege they suffered while in custody.

Reporters at @nysfocus.bsky.social sought records to find out how the prison agency handles sex abuse allegations, but they met a stone wall.

Now they're suing.

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glad to see you’re honoring Ireland today, unlike the suits

Dude when I saw that near-century date range my entire brain went ?!?!?!!

How a Fee To Fight Insurance Fraud Became a Cash Cow for Police Critics say the $10 annual fees state drivers pay to fight car insurance theft and fraud aren’t being used as intended.

NEW: Since New York tacked an extra fee onto auto insurance bills to help the state combat auto theft and insurance fraud, the fee has multiplied tenfold — from $1 to $10.

But a smaller and smaller proportion of those fees has gone specifically toward addressing fraud and theft.

It was more that Paul’s idea of asking questions was kind of just saying something unintelligible and asking Lina to “say more.” Still, Lina crushed it

An incredibly strange pairing: saw Paul Krugman interview veritable law god Lina Khan last night.

Rent Board Resignation Clears Path for Mamdani Rent Freeze Promise The new mayor is now able to appoint a majority to the Rent Guidelines Board, giving him the numbers for a signature campaign promise.

looks like Mamdani is gonna get his rent freeze this year after all. big news on the housing beat from @smaldo.bsky.social:

Northwell Health lays off 'under 4%' of IT staff The job cuts were made in an effort to reduce spending, a spokesperson for Northwell Health said Friday.

New from me: Northwell Health is laying off “under 4%” of its IT staff, a spox confirmed this morning…

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Activists at Stonewall put a Pride flag (back up!) at the park, after a Trump admin decision to remove it.
They tied it to the American flag.

Possible heckler in one of those freaky masks that makes them look like they have a funhouse mirror version of Zohran Mamdani’s face…

Also rallying at Stonewall now, City Council Speaker Julie Menin, Senator Erik Bottcher, and Representative Dan Goldman

Spotted at a rally at Stonewall today: Congressional candidate Jack Schlossberg, who’s running to replace Representative Jerry Nadler in New York’s 12th Congressional District—

Trump launched a website advertising low-cost prescription drugs, even though it often *cheaper* to use insurance/generics, and named it after himself. Welcome to TrumpRx—