Melissa N. Young

Also, murder is bad.

I'm just flummoxed by the schedule. It seems like more of an afternoon endeavor.

I hadn't realized that the United Healthcare CEO was murdered before 7 AM. I can't imagine wanting someone dead enough that I'd kill them between MoMA and the Plaza before breakfast the week after Thanksgiving.

Businessman Tells Jury He Bribed Senator Menendez With a Mercedes-Benz Jose Uribe said he had provided the car to Senator Robert Menendez’s girlfriend in exchange for gaining his “power and influence.”

“I knew that giving a car in return for influencing a United States senator to stop a criminal investigation was wrong,' Mr. Uribe said in court when he pleaded guilty, 'and I deeply regret my actions.” 😆

Businessman Tells Jury He Bribed Senator Menendez... www.nytimes.com/2024/06/07/n...

Funny, I was just driving a rental Audi for work, and I almost drove into a wall because putting the car in park is so weird.

"I don't need anything from a man. A man is not a plan. A man is a companion. And so there was tension...which is why I would give him his money back. I don't need anybody to foot my bills." 🙌

Roberta Kaplan says Trump threw papers across table at Mar-a-Lago deposition because his legal team ... Attorney Roberta Kaplan said former President Donald Trump threw papers across a table and stormed off during a deposition at Mar-a-Lago after learning that his legal team had agreed to provide her lu...

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Killing the site entirely within like two hours of announcing its closure is so fucking cruel to all the people who just want to save their clips to try and get new jobs. To, what, avoid paying another month's hosting fees or something? Fuck off.

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This is actually fascinating, if you look at the other posts of the accounts posting "I'm sorry, OpenAI won't let me do that" it's a whole ecosystem of chatbots just talking to each other about random stuff. No humans involved, just endless sludge

Trump team argues assassination of rivals is covered by presidential immunity Former President Trump’s legal team suggested Tuesday that even a president directing SEAL Team Six to kill a political opponent would be an action barred from prosecution given a former executive&�...

"Siri, what can Trump's lawyers say that would make even the ghost of Richard Nixon go, 'whoa there, hold your horses'?" thehill.com/regulation/c...

It was Riddle of Isidore Ducasse that customs *unwrapped*, wasn't it?

"It's not illegal to buy & sell abstract art in America." Unless, that is, it's 1926 & you're the US Customs official who classified Brancusi's Bird in Space as a utilitarian object (in the category "kitchen utensils & hospital supplies") & thus subject to import taxes www.moma.org/explore/insi...

You bend over backwards to do things for people, like illuminate manuscript and do they even say thank you? Of course they don't. 👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums

Illustration from the Psalter-Hours of Guiluys de Boisleaux, France, Arras circa 1245. Thanks @_medievalart for sharing

In a City Defined by History, Chinatown’s Champions Fear New Arena for 76ers Chinatowns in the United States and Canada have long been squeezed by development projects. Will a proposed arena in Philadelphia’s struggling downtown be the next?

In a City Defined by History, Chinatown’s Champions Fear New Arena for 76ers www.nytimes.com/2023/12/30/u...

The 2024 Rose Parade: How to watch on TV and streaming online Hundreds of thousands of people will line the streets of Pasadena and millions will watch around the globe as the 135th Rose Parade Presented by Honda ushers in the new year on Jan. 1, 2024. The th…

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It seems like the "eh, we don't need the Constitution" guy *isn't* who you'd name a bridge after. 🤷‍♀️ en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman...

TIL you have to have a prescription for a mammogram. That's ridiculous. I can walk into a CVS and say, "Hi, I'd like a pap smear." You should damn well be able to walk in somewhere and say, "I'd like a mammogram."

We need to overturn the healthcare system. This is insane.

NADLER STATEMENT ON OPPOSITION TO CYNICAL, OVERREACHING STEFANIK RESOLUTION

THIS: “The Stefanik Resolution exploits Jewish lives to score political points, but it does nothing whatsoever to combat antisemitism.”

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@yashar I get what Biden is saying about Israel and about what Israel means for Jews, but I always find this phrasing odd coming from an American elected official. a Melissa Weiss @melissaeweiss • 1h "Were there no Israel, there wouldn't be a Jew in the world that is safe," Biden says at the White House Hanukkah party as he reaffirms support for Israel against its war against Hamas.

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If his weight goes up and down 10 or 15 lbs every month, he *really* needs to see a doctor.

Yes! Whoever it was who asked WEB Du Bois to write out the pronunciation of his name, for the record, did a public service, as there can be no arguing about it after his death.

A good Victorian photographer would have packed all that space with items of Grecian symbolism and dead relations, both corporeal and phantasmagorical.

I left my book at Thanksgiving. I'll get it at Christmas, but the lack of that specific book is driving ne crazy.

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Unironic support, excellent messaging, someone call the DNC.

Once again I propose that we replace all instances of "defund the police" with "the fuck are we paying these guys for"

So I finally watched Happiest Season, and I agree with everyone who said she should've ended up with Aubrey Plaza. Also, how are we glossing over the dad sinking all their savings into the campaign?!

I think part of it is specifying that it's right now rather than something that did start, but I agree with you that the phrasing leaves something to be desired.