Ghastly, error-ridden, AI-fueled 'books' now pop up anytime anyone remotely famous dies—including my dad. Obituary pirates are also stealing intellectual property from outlets like the @NYTimes & @WashingtonPost, and it's happening on @Amazon's platform: zogblog.substack.com/p/obituary-pir…

Bring out your trash bins, it's Opening Day & the New York Yankees are playing the @Astros. 😉

Remember: use bins to keep rats away and NYC clean; DONT USE THEM TO CHEAT AT BASEBALL.

Hey New York Mets, we'll see you tomorrow.

Allow me to present the #longread 'Hot In Here: Hip-Hop's Hidden Climate Battle,' the full director's cut of a piece I wrote for the good folks at @Grist last summer. It grew out of a project I began researching at my Columbia University Knight-Bagehot Fellowships fellowship. Enjoy: zogblog.substack.com/p/hot-in-here-…

My dream job was to work at Sports Illustrated. First magazine subscription I ever had. It was the go-to publication for thoughtful, long form journalism. Huge blow to the industry and it’s unfortunate this kind of journalism just isn’t considered valuable anymore.

My father, Dan Greenburg, was a great writer—and an even better father. He passed away earlier this month and has been wonderfully memorialized in obituaries by the @NYTimes and @WashingtonPost. I wanted to share my own tribute to him via Substack:
zogblog.substack.com/p/the-last-tim…

Women, sex and Jewish mothers were just some of the targets of Dan Greenburg’s popular satirical writing in books, essays, screenplays and more. He has died at 87. nyti.ms/41x2IBl

$700 Million: What the Dodgers just agreed to pay Shohei Ohtani.

$667 Million: Total Oakland A's Payroll, Last 10 Seasons

Word from one of the Ohtani finalists: “We certainly were not at 699”

Today is the LAST DAY to pre-order my new book The New Rules of Money because it comes out TOMORROW!! a.co/d/0yndfH7

The book is beautifully designed (if I may say so myself). Julia Carpenter and I share lots + how to YOLO responsibly and what kind of investor you are.

My colleague Evan Gershkovich has been in prison in Russia for eight months for being a journalist. Bring him home. #IStandWithEvan #FreeEvan

Join me at 3pm ET today, when I'll be doing a live video interview and reader Q&A with Grandwizzard Theodore—the Bronx-born DJ who invented the scratch—for my newsletter as part of my first 'Zogblog Book Club' effort. DM me if you'd like the link to participate!

Nike's biggest strength is its marketing. The brand aligns with aspirational athletes.

Folks — I’m bringing the motherf**kin’ pandas back.

iTunes was Apple’s gateway product. It converted people to become loyal Apple customers.

National startle reflex test succesful! #EmergencyAlertSystem

“If it wasn’t for the Bronx, the whole world would be boring—happy birthday to hip-hop,” Nasir Jones proclaimed last night at @BarclaysCenter. His tour with Wu Tang Clan is part of a blueprint for hip-hop's next half-century: zogblog.substack.com/p/nas-wu-tang-…

Hear Richard Branson discuss his new environmental initiative, the Planetary Guardians, on the latest episode of TIME’s Person of the Week podcast bit.ly/48pcB7g, and learn more from reading Richard Branson's #TIME100Voices article, “How the Planetary Guardians Can Help…

“Berner introduced me to the business side of the cannabis industry,' says @WizKhalifa, who received a six-foot-tall fully budded weed plant from @Berner415 when they first met. That was just part of Berner's billion-dollar blueprint. Read my full story: zogblog.com

Enjoy our full Trapital episode on Def Jam with Zack O’Malley Greenburg here: link.chtbl.com/NK5SCe_E