ok hear me out........it took moving to Marfa and cultivating a friend group of mostly artists and poets for me to recognize this, but if you're a cynical journalist type you need these people and they need you, sorry! step away from the media party and go to a 'sound show'

The thing you need to know about me is that I'd be way less concerned with the propriety of consecrating a waffle than with gathering and consuming any crumbs.

Making Connecticut proud there, boss.

Dear PR people: calling your client a 'thought leader' actually makes me want to talk to them less.

2 weeks ago, we reported on a deadly strike in Gaza. The harrowing image of children's bodies splayed around a foosball table impossible to forget.
A CNN analysis of evidence recovered and documented at the scene of the strike now points to the likely cause: a precision-guided…

Keep the Metro-North but require special passes.

Counterpoint: End 95 and the Merrit in Norwalk and cut New Haven off from the greater NYC rental market.

BREAKING: Bridge will be torn down following I-95 crash, fire that will keep interstate closed for days. trib.al/AnBsqK7

Pour one out for a goddamn legend variety.com/2024/tv/global…

Daily Beast reporters aren't thrilled with new boss Joanna Coles's story ideas, including:

-An investigation of Trump's “stress farts or sleep farts.”
-“Is Protesting the New Sex for Gen Z?”
-Are the campus protests astroturfed?

nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Truffles, the famous optician's cat who helps children feel less nervous during visits/eye exams.

The same year Prince — an artist famous primarily for his complete rejection of androgyny — released Purple Rain.

(Also the year I was born. It was a very good year.)

The bird is the word. USCP capture an errant bird near the House chamber. Note that there “Byrd Rule” does not apply in the House. Only the Senate.

The Pulitzer Board gives a shoutout to student journalists.

The perfect post

Bipawtisan

All hail this DC guy on Reddit who says he used FB ads to convince his apt building owner to turn off the boilers early

today's mess in Norwalk

BREAKING: Videos from Wednesday night show officers tackling two of the four protesters at the intersection of Rose and Alexander Walk. Two of the four people arrested are Yale students.

yaledailynews.com/blog/2024/05/0…