Wow! Is that allowed? Cannot imagine an American president removing a predecessor's portrait, not matter how much he hated him.

Great Cities There are precedents (of sorts) en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_…

Sprezzatura—a curious Italian word 🇮🇹 long forgotten by the centuries Originated where you’d never guess Now resurfaced in the realms of social language and fashion Let’s uncover its story together in a surprisingly cool thread 🧵

The Lion Gate at Mycenae, Greece, occupies a unique place in history. It is the only surviving monumental work of Mycenaean sculpture and holds the distinction of being the largest extant sculpture from the prehistoric era in the Aegean. Notably, it is the only Bronze Age relic

Only Murders: "With its floor-through dwellings, celebrity penthouse, secret passageways, & camaraderie between residents both longtime and new, the Arconia is a world within itself." #OMITB belnordlandmarkconservancy.org/the-arconia-wh…

This is fun! #OMITB

Oh those kids!

Probably not. McQueen is peak cool.

Shocking piece on tow-truck warfare but it's misleading to say that Toronto's 306 shootings from Jan to Aug "were far below" the 594 in nyc, which has 8.8 million people to Toronto's 2.8 million. New York's rate of shootings is far below Toronto's. wsj.com/world/americas… via

Ultimate manspreading on ⁦MTA⁩ 1 train—left leg squeezing young pregnant woman on his left, right leg blocking empty seat, elderly woman standing in front of him

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's 1978 Harvard commencement address

Worth pondering

"The best Major League ballplayer I ever saw was Willie Mays. Ruth beat you with the bat. Ted Williams beat you with the bat. Joe DiMaggio beat you with the bat, his glove & his arm. But Willie Mays could beat you with the bat, with power, his glove, his arm & with his running.

"The big thing about Clemente is there is no one pitch that he can not hit. He may strike out on a ball low & away and the next time at bat, hit the same pitch out of the park. He’s really something. He hits some other people pretty good too. He used to be really able to hit

Good question "when Hulu announced that Only Murders in the Building (OMITB) would be moving to LA how could you have Only Murders in the Building without the Building?" Glad that's been settled! Only Murders in the Building 🕵️‍♀️🕵️‍♂️🕵️‍♂️

So chilling (good word!) One of the most terrifying films ever.

Is that perfection, or what?

Fabulous athleticism.

More details, please!

Just wild! Linda Sun’s competing allegiances are the focus of a federal indictment that alleges she acted on orders from Beijing to influence New York state policy on China wsj.com/world/china/ho… via The Wall Street Journal