Early Addition: Be A Hero & Don't Order An Espresso Martini In A Crowded Dive Bar

James Ramsay

Published Oct 8, 2021

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James Ramsay

Published Oct 8, 2021

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Pandemic supply chain issues have gotten to the point where we've run out of everything.
Andrew Yang told the Washington Post that if he'd won the Democratic mayoral primary, he still would've immediately left the Democratic Party and started his "Forward Party" anyway.
Bloomberg has a detailed piece on the young creative people who don't make a lot of money but have cash-rich parents who've been gaming a New York City real estate program to buy below-market-rate apartments in fancy neighborhoods and then pay just a sliver of the property taxes that would normally apply to the unit.
NPR's Aisha Harris reports that TV shows are still doing the Black Lady Therapist trope, but they're at least giving more nuance and screen time to Black Lady Therapist characters.
New York City bartenders are tired of people ordering espresso martinis, the "Aperol Spritz of 2021" that happens to be a lot more tedious to make when you're scrambling behind the bar at a packed karaoke establishment on a Friday night.
The New York Times has a heartwarming read about Freddie Freeman, the Atlanta Braves first baseman who yuks it up with every opposing team player who gets a base hit and thus has become the most-liked person on Earth.
Dawn The Bad Art Friend would like to set the record straight that she is a published writer.
Thank you to Pitchfork for compiling all the questionable music I played on my college radio show in 2009 with this list of 25 microgenres that (briefly) defined the last 25 years.
Speaking of questionable music, Justin Bieber released a new video for his song "Ghost" that stars himself and Diane Keaton as a grieving grandson/grandma duo.
And finally, a meerkat takes the dare:

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