These proposed layoffs are all clumsy and cruel and shortsighted. Katey has been a tireless and invaluable coworker. collaborator, and friend over our decade at the company together. Not sure what shape VF will take without her, but it is undoubtedly a worse one.

My favorite Reese Witherspoon performance is her patriotic role as an American Citizen in her 2013 arrest video

it's a great day to pick up a book. GREAT EXPECTATIONS is on sale wherever you get yours.

also, for New Yorkers, there are signed copies at The Strand on 12th and Bway, Greenlight on Fulton (almost sold out!), and both locations (Smith, Montague) of Books are Magic.

In the East Village, Veselka Restaurant plans to resume 24/7 service in the months ahead, starting with weekends, owner Jason Birchard tells Stacie Joy. Aiming for June 1 — or sooner. Before the pandemic, Veselka served customers 24/7 since 1990. 1/2

The Hollywood Reporter's Lovia Gyarkye Wins National Magazine Award for Journalists Under 30 hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-n…

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Buy successful publications, drive away their audiences and advertisers, destroy their brands, then try to 'extract as much value as possible' is actually a genius plan, sorry you're not enough of a Real Business Mind to understand. adweek.com/media/go-media…

I know a lot of people didn't love Pitchfork's embrace of pop music but it was one of the only places left doing real, sharp, thoughtful music criticism on these records that didn't feel absolutely infected by stan culture. This is a huge loss.

i am so heartbroken + pissed about pitchfork; Puja Patel is a truly fantastic editor and leader who'd helped the site grow even further into such a brilliant, funny, open-minded, and forward-thinking place. what a terrible and stupid loss for everyone.

See four adventurous works at these two theater festivals. Buckle up for “Open Mic Night” and “Search Party” at Under the Radar and two surprises at the Exponential Festival. nyti.ms/3HgdSkQ

about a year ago I was doing an analytics project and happened to save his tweets. reading them just now brought me a smile and a cry if anyone else's interested docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

NYPD overtime pay for extra officers in the subway went from $4 million in 2022 to $155 million this year, according to city records obtained by Gothamist. gothamist.com/news/nypd-over…

I was arrested today at a protest in LA that closed down the 110 freeway at rush hour to demand a ceasefire in Gaza and an end to U.S. complicity in Israel's crimes against Palestinians.

Brian Cox reads If I Must Die, by beloved Palestinian poet, teacher and martyr Refaat Alareer.

Refaat was killed on December 7th by an Israeli airstrike.

This was the last poem he published.

lived the taylor swift manhattan experience (going to extremely sceney italian restaurants with long waits) for a week …You Won’t Believe What Happened Next…. vulture.com/2023/10/what-h…

Everyone's alarms going off at the same time... finally some monoculture!

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