“West of Manhattan” is the New Yorkiest possible way to refer to New Jersey

Uh, we just had a tiny earthquake in NYC, right?

I keep thinking about the moment in Maestro, otherwise careful about being a period piece, where it's the '60s and Bradley Cooper as Bernstein pulls dog kibble from his car's trunk...and it's Taste of the Wild, introduced in 2007

In response to Mayor Eric Adams’s budget cuts, libraries are cutting Sunday service 📚

SBF's trial ending (badly for him) but the fallout has just begun, writes Stephanie Clifford fastcompany.com/90977987/sam-b…

To walk and bike in Prospect Park, a glittering jewel enjoyed by tens of thousands, is to watch heavy motor scooters and souped up electric bikes buzzing riders and walkers alike. Why is this acceptable? Prospect Park NYC Parks :

In less than five hours of deliberation, the jury came back with a verdict in the Sam Bankman-Fried trial: guilty on all seven counts of fraud and conspiracy. f-st.co/jmQfW3I

Sam Bankman-Fried convicted of all seven counts after less than five hours of deliberations. He was quite still as the forewoman said “Guilty” seven times; as he left the courtroom, he turned and gave his parents a nod and a sad smile.

Is he 'Samuel Bankman-Fried,' fraudster and 'celebrity chaser' and liar? Or 'Sam,' an 'awkward high-school-math nerd' who meant well? FTX/SBF trial closing arguments: fastcompany.com/90976602/sbf-t…

And to the brilliant Abbie Fielding-Smith for her thoughtful editing on a sensitive subject. The Economist The Economist’s 1843 magazine

In his final testimony, Sam Bankman-Fried offered terse replies and did not come off as particularly accessible or sensible. Read Stephanie Clifford's latest from the courtroom. f-st.co/4Syv4TM

I thought SBF was good on direct questioning today. Doubt he’ll hold under cross, but here are his explanations – which I think will hold water w the jury for time being - point by point. fastcompany.com/90974479/sam-b…

Um, SBF has lawyers who likely charge in the thousands per hour per lawyer, a spokesman, image consultants, just brought a $720/hr expert witness to the stand, and we’re buying the line that his shirts are discount Macy’s due to the FTX bankruptcy? Come on.

“While other witnesses from FTX and Alameda have explained pretty complicated concepts clearly, Sam Bankman-Fried seemed to be parrying, rephrasing, answering questions that weren’t asked, and avoiding answering the questions that were.”

I counted 5 “I apologize”s from SBF before I stopped counting. But he stayed composed on the stand, despite giving very confusing answers: fastcompany.com/90973588/sam-b…

Tomorrow, Sam Bankman-Fried is expected to take the stand in his federal trial. fastcompany.com/90972713/sam-b…

Breaking: Sam Bankman-Fried WILL testify in his fraud trial, per his lawyers on a phone conference right now Fast Company

Can Sun was the grown-up in the room at FTX - Yale Law, Princeton Ph.D., general counsel. He had no idea FTX customer funds were used by Alameda/SBF. '“Everything was unequivocally that FTX protects customer assets 100 percent,” he testified.
@fastcompany fastcompany.com/90969918/ftx-l…

Wondering if SBF's lawyers have moved on from getting him acquitted at trial to lining up issues for an appeal. After three weeks of pretty devastating testimony, the defense is struggling: fastcompany.com/90969918/ftx-l…

Here's SBF's list of who he got to meet at a dinner hosted by ex-Hollywood agent Michael Kives (whose company FTX sent $200M to for Kives' connections). All my @fastcompany coverage at fastcompany.com/section/sbf-tr…