Mike Nock

‘Turn the volume up’: Mamdani invokes Trump in fiery speech laying out plan of action As New York City’s mayor-elect reiterated his policies, the president posted ‘And so it begins!’ on his social media

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Turn the volume up!

Singles’ Day is a $150B holiday in China. Here’s why I think ‘11/11’ will catch on in the US Singles are reshaping culture and commerce in Asia. A professor of marketing explains why the US could be next.

Brilliant!
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Meet Your News Friend, the New Host of The Morning

Great news. NYT The Morning is important, and Sam Sifton is absolutely the right guy for the job. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/w...

Feel like, as a society, we might consider moving Halloween to the last Friday in October (observed.) Vibes truly immaculate tonight.

Also, maybe we come up with, like, two more holidays, say in the early and late spring, that involve walking around the neighborhood and talking to your neighbors?

Should Californians vote to redistrict and fight Texas’s fire with fire? | Moira Donegan A state referendum could give Democrats five more congressional seats. It faces two key critiques

Still on the fence about California Prop 50? Here’s a thoughtful, brief analysis. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

YouTube video by Rich Bowlin Stop Forgetting Things! How to Stay Organized with Apple Reminders

I’ve gone from owning the first Mac/iPhone/iPad, using Apple products for 41 years, a legit power user . . . to hanging on every word in Rich Bowlin’s outstanding YouTube series for my fellow geezers and me. Here’s Rich in action: youtu.be/HJ_eOnVM1Lo?...

A 14-word replacement for most op-eds, substacks, etc about this moment.

The GOP could stop ALL of this, right now—if a handful of Sens or Reps could step outside the cult.

It would take four in the Senate, four (maybe five) in the House, to change history.

Until then, they're all to blame.

Here's the Ronald Reagan ad from Canada that Trump calls "fake."

Opinion | How Democrats Became the Party of the Well-to-Do

Excellent, though I prefer the HL I saw at 6AM:
"The Gentrification of the Democratic Party is Unsustainable." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o...

“Finally, it is important for our students, and as many of our fellow citizens as we can engage, to better grasp how the evident decline in trust in the arena of public health came to pass.” bsky.app/profile/dick...

A slight variation from my Hotel Lobby Coffee iPad Series . . . the view from our little porch at the wonderful marquiscapemay.com. Definitely not our last October visit to @capemaynj.bsky.social

This guy really knows what he is doing.

Best natural campaigner in a long time.

65 Essential Children’s Books Illustrated titles that teach kids to love literature

Ahhh . . . memories. Thank you @theatlantic.com. h/t @kottke.org.
www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

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Couldn’t have said it better myself . . .

High Agency in 30 Minutes - George Mack High agency might be the most important idea of the 21st century. This essay is what I wish I read at 18, rather than writing at 30. Join me in the high agency rabbit hole.

For my kids . . . www.highagency.com

Saul Zabar, Smoked Fish Czar of Upper West Side, Dies at 97

Another wonderful Clyde Haberman obit, this one full of life and business wisdom. RIP Saul Zabar. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/d...

Done.

YouTube video by Holderness Family Music No really, what do you want to eat? 🙃 #marriedlife

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Your Cleveland Guardians are going to the MLB Postseason

On Pennsylvania Ave., Michael Milken’s Curious Temple to the American Dream

Naming a museum of capitalism after Mike Milken is like naming a museum of literature after Clifford Irving, or an art museum after Elmyr de Hory
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/27/b...

1982: unknown evil madman puts cyanide in Tylenol to kill and panic people, causing maker’s stock to drop 29%

2025: evil super-celebrity makes mad claims about Tylenol—“we found an answer to autism, won't let it happen anymore”—causing panic and maker’s stock to drop 20%

Exclusive | The Guardian’s New Pitch to Americans—It’s Not Just About Trump British publisher aims to get more people visiting its website as AI summaries threaten search traffic.

Smart. And well-timed. www.wsj.com/articles/the...

Do you remember? Why 'September' Sustains It begins, "Do you remember?" — and we supply the memories. Dan Charnas tells the origin story of the Earth, Wind & Fire hit that still unites generations on the dance floor.

"I learned my greatest lesson ever in songwriting from him, which was never let the lyric get in the way of the groove."
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Anyone else having trouble generating enthusiasm for Mass attendance this morning?

NYT: "Mr. Iger, @Disney’s chief executive, and Dana Walden, his head of television, were also hearing from skittish advertisers and employees who had begun to receive threatening messages . . .
So they made the call."

So did we. Goodbye DisneyPlus @ $24/mo. #BoycottCensorship