When the Velvet Underground reunited in 1993 to tour Europe, guitarist Sterling Morrison stipulated in his contract that in his dressing room after every show there must be: 1) A 6-pack of local beer & 2) Robert Gibbons. RIP to a legend w/Chris Reese talkingbiznews.com/media-news/170…

Emily Flitter The Birdist Dan Baldassarre he’s twitterpated!

Haven't we all heard of people (mostly men! Sorry!) saying weird things to get out of paying alimony or otherwise agreeing proposed asset allocations in divorce? I just can't stop thinking about 'a worm ate part of my brain' in that context. It was to avoid giving his ex $$$

'Not getting arrested is an important component of the trade, and no one has cracked it yet.' **chef's kiss***

We are back outside delivering books to children on horseback w/ Fletcher Street Riding Club for Memorial Day Weekend.

Donate toward books: joyathon.bigcartel.com

Minutes before House hearing on allegations of bias at NPR, Reporters Without Borders condemns the exercise:

Scores of Arizona election workers gathered to train with deepfakes to prepare for 2024. Here’s how it went. “By the end of the second day, you’re like: Trust no one,” said one participant. w/ the great Yvonne Wingett Sanchez wapo.st/4dx60dr

The doctor believed that the abnormality seen on his scans “was caused by a worm that got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died,” Mr. Kennedy said in the deposition -⁦Susanne Craig⁩ nytimes.com/2024/05/08/us/…

IGOR, IGOR #NYR whatever happens he is the MVP for the Rangers tonight

Anyone know how to get a Canadian TV package that works on my TV here? I know they exist, because I visited a retirement community in Arizona that was 100% populated by Western Canadians and they had curling. I need to watch a good hockey broadcast. You’re killing me, ESPN

I just stress-ate a bowl of orange sherbet and that is all I have to say about this game right now. LGR #NYR

After Rebecca Ballhaus's stories reports on the FDIC's workplace culture last fall, the FDIC board commission an independent report. It doesn't call for Gruenberg to leave, but it does raise questions about whether he can effectively fix the culture nytimes.com/2024/05/07/bus…

These Boeing stories…man. ⁦Mark Walker⁩ ⁦Niraj Chokshi⁩ with the latest on the FAA’s investigation into whether the company skipped inspections on the Dreamliner’s wings (!!!) nytimes.com/2024/05/06/bus…

Binance employees met w/Nigerian lawmakers & were told as meeting was ending that a swift, secret payment could solve all their problems. They fled the country. One later returned thinking he’d be helping officials w/a bribe investigation. He was arrested nytimes.com/2024/05/07/tec…

Behind Nigeria’s Arrest of Binance Employee, Claims of a Bribe Request - by ⁦David Yaffe-Bellany⁩ & me nytimes.com/2024/05/07/tec…

When Buying a Home Is Treated as a National Security Threat — ⁦The New York Times⁩ goes deep on new laws restricting Chinese nationals from buying homes in certain states nytimes.com/2024/05/06/us/…

Rempe on the ice in the third! #NYR

Great job by #NYR penalty killers taking the wind out of the Hurricanes