Couldn't stop thinking about the shoes so I wrote about thinking about the shoes. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
FLUTE VAULT
A night at the movies is the latest group outing to turn into a private, luxury experience. New York's Metro Private Cinema offers first-run and classic films, plus drinks and multicourse meals. Is less audience more? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
New: The number of days where extreme heat makes it too dangerously hot to walk the dog, sweep the porch and engage in other ordinary pursuits has doubled since 1950. Older people experience a month a year when heat prevents them from routine activities. Free link.
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Plus: Prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket are showing a darkly modern pathway for users to bet on war and other morbid outcomes
From California to Texas, electric utilities are struggling to manage mounting fire risk in a warming climate. They are spending more than ever before on lawsuits and settlements, as well as on preventative measures, such as undergrounding lines. 1/5
The number of US nationals applying for British citizenship hit an all-time high in the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term in the White House www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
US courts are foiling efforts by the Trump administration to keep under wraps information about the Department of Government Efficiency and the role that Elon Musk played in it during his whirlwind stint with the White House last year
A cartoon by David Borchart, from 2015. #NewYorkerCartoons
The folks at @gothamist.com capture it perfectly: "It's Monday in New York City, where we're doing this again."
A handy Bloomberg chart on Trump's options on replacing the tariffs just struck down: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
They're the absolute amateurs taking movies from good to great this Oscar season, just in time for the first-ever Best Casting award. (free link)
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You're talking to a longtime Finnophile over here
The getaway now comes with a body count: Murder mystery weekends are selling out everywhere. (free link, w/ great video from the Six Bells Inn in Upstate NY)
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RIP Doug Moe. A great coach, a warm person and so funny. He should and will be remembered for plenty more, but this story has always felt the most like him
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“Green Eggs & Ham” as read by the Rev. Jesse Jackson on Saturday Night Live.
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For our next trick, we explain why professional magicians are having a major moment.
I wrote about the cowardly lions of corporate America under Trump and their decades-long push to shape the country’s political life and democracy, no matter their protestations to the contrary now. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
For our next trick, we explain why professional magicians are having a major moment.
Modern daters tend to think they have a “type.” But research shows that who we actually click with IRL doesn't have much to do with what makes us swipe right.
The other night on Jeopardy, two players were tied going into final. The woman in third made a small wager and her answer was, "I hope they both bet everything." They both did, all three got it wrong, and she won. As if that wasn't already hilarious enough, turns out it was all a master plan!
So far, only 20 players have received a perfect score on the latest edition of Pointed.
Do you think you can join the 190-point club? Prove it and play now:
Expert advice on spending, investing and gifting — plus tax implications you need to consider
The US now has more than 600,000 EVs that can feed power to houses during an emergency.
We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was
For those looking for freelance work in the wake of WaPo layoffs: I'm an editor at large overseeing Ideas & Culture at Bloomberg, including our Books coverage. Find me at skillingswo2@bloomberg.net
Plots of empty space above London buildings are being listed for hundreds of thousands of pounds each, as developers eye potential to build on top of existing rooftops.
But adding storeys is fiendishly complicated — especially in the UK capital. Read more: bloom.bg/3MdpY4b
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Six top executives, including those at Chase and Nasdaq, break down why they were able to stick with certain promises to themselves (gift link) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
