Joe Meyers

BOTD: Thom Yorke

Self-Taught Thieves Keep Blowing Up ATMs—And Walking Away With Millions In an increasingly digital society, an underground assemblage of thieves in the Netherlands has kept alive the art of violently stealing large sums of cold, hard cash.

Boom! www.gq.com/story/self-t...

David Thauberger, Road’s End, 2015, Acrylic on canvas

Craft Breweries Struggle as Sales and Appetites Wane

Beer boom bust? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/b...

How to Keep a Commonplace Book: The Renaissance-Era Practice That’s Making a Comeback Use it to write down quotes, facts, jokes, and any other random snippets you accumulate.

An old form of journaling www.mentalfloss.com/literature/r...

BOTD: Carole Lombard

Paola Montemayor (Mexican, 1973), Ritual, 2024. Ink on canvas

This Chicago Neighborhood Was Just Named the Coolest in the U.S.—Here's How to Experience It, According to a Local Avondale ranked No. 5 on Time Out’s global list, celebrated for its eclectic bars, food, and music scene.

Windy City fave www.travelandleisure.com/avondale-chi...

BOTD: Karen Allen

The free @Tubi streaming service is currently showing an excellent documentary ‘Alan Pakula: Going for Truth’ about the director who gave us ‘All the President’s Men,’ ‘Sophie’s Choice’ ‘The Parallax View’ and ‘Klute,’ among other classics. Must viewing for fans.

Paradise Road, Jason Kowalski

Like everything else in our polarized society, we're going to have a huge divide between the people whose brains have been turned to pudding by tech, and those of us who still value humanity.

Alice Neel, Purvis, 1958, oil on canvas

If you’re looking for a juicy read with substance check out Marisa Meltzer’s recently published ‘It Girl,’ a beautiful, balanced portrait of the actress, singer and fashion icon Jane Birkin. It also includes a full account of the creation of the highly prized ‘Birkin bag.’

Emil Ferris Pays Homage to Horror Comics With ‘My Favorite Thing Is Monsters’ (Gift Article) In her two-volume classic, “My Favorite Thing Is Monsters,” Emil Ferris explores a girl’s journey to understand the world, and herself.

Monsters everywhere. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Giant Northern California corn maze lets visitors enjoy getting lost The owners of a giant Northern California corn maze once crowned the world’s largest want visitors to remember that there is fun in getting lost.

Let’s get lost. apnews.com/article/gian...

BOTD: Susan Sarandon

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BOTD: Gore Vidal

Halloween and Christmas have been combined in my neighborhood.

Trump administration threatens to send ICE to Super Bowl during Bad Bunny's Halftime Show Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump's former campaign manager and a current advisor for DHS, said the administration plans to send ICE to the Super Bowl during Bad Bunny's planned Halftime Show.

And so it goes. ew.com/trump-admini...

This London Houseboat Has a Wood-Burning Stove and Floors Salvaged From an Old Museum Tour designer Rachel Allen's cozy London barge, featured in the pages of Caitlin Flemming and Julie Goebel's new book, The Essentials.

This place looks cozy. www.domino.com/design-inspi...

BOTD: Lorraine Bracco

R.I.P. Jane Goodall

Mircea Suciu (Romanian, b. 1978), Deeper Than I Thought, 2008, oil on linen

How Teyana Taylor Battled the Competition in Two Industries—And Won Five years ago, she walked away from her record deal and bet on herself as an actress. Now she’s dropping a wild new visual album, Escape Room—and starring in Paul Thomas Anderson’s hotly anticipated ...

www.gq.com/story/teyana...

This Is the Happiest State in the US, According to a New Study Happiness is not just a state of mind.

Not Connecticut. www.cntraveler.com/story/happie...

BOTD: Walter Matthau

Loved it. Nice to see a movie that lives up to its hype.

Catching a cheapskate day matinee of the new PTA movie.