I live across from a park with basketball courts, a skatepark, handball courts, and now pickleball courts and only the noise of pickleball makes me want to rage across the street and do violence (I would never, but the kerplink-kerplunk at 6 am...)
www.washingtonpost.com/science/inte...
www.washingtonpost.com/science/inte...
We set out to find the real reason pickleball noise is so annoying
The racket from some 70,000 pickleball courts across the United States has generated bitter fights. If we understand the sound, can we learn to ignore it?
www.washingtonpost.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I live across from a park with basketball courts, a skatepark, handball courts, and now pickleball courts and only the noise of pickleball makes me want to rage across the street and do violence (I would never, but the kerplink-kerplunk at 6 am...)
www.washingtonpost.com/science/inte...
www.washingtonpost.com/science/inte...
Two days after seeing Waiting for Godot on Broadway @aboutmattlaw.bsky.social saw Keanu Reeves getting out of his car and told him how much we enjoyed him in the play. I love NYC.
November 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Two days after seeing Waiting for Godot on Broadway @aboutmattlaw.bsky.social saw Keanu Reeves getting out of his car and told him how much we enjoyed him in the play. I love NYC.
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My first thought: Well, at least there's a doctor right there.
My second thought: Unfortunately, it's Dr. Oz.
My second thought: Unfortunately, it's Dr. Oz.
holy shit -- one of Trump's toadies just passed out and the White House event is brought to an abrupt end
November 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
My first thought: Well, at least there's a doctor right there.
My second thought: Unfortunately, it's Dr. Oz.
My second thought: Unfortunately, it's Dr. Oz.
Even with me at the poker tables in September???
LAS VEGAS STRIP SEPT. GAMBLING REV. FELL 5.48% Y/Y TO $687.8M
October 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Even with me at the poker tables in September???
A great steering wheel that doesn’t whiff out the window while I’m driving. That is a good idea! Write it down!
sherwood.news/tech/it-turn...
sherwood.news/tech/it-turn...
It turns out Tesla’s Cybercab might need to have a steering wheel and pedals after all
Tesla’s Cybercab was supposed to be a steering-wheel-less alternative to its affordable mass market car....
sherwood.news
October 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
A great steering wheel that doesn’t whiff out the window while I’m driving. That is a good idea! Write it down!
sherwood.news/tech/it-turn...
sherwood.news/tech/it-turn...
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Also someone needs to explain to, not just Rappoport (who is an idiot), but a lot of other people too, that the premise of democratic socialism is not that everyone is poor but that everyone can have nice things and afford an occasional date night out
i don't get it. omen sushi in nyc is cheaper than nobu in malibu, where you dined last year without your wife
October 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Also someone needs to explain to, not just Rappoport (who is an idiot), but a lot of other people too, that the premise of democratic socialism is not that everyone is poor but that everyone can have nice things and afford an occasional date night out
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We wanted to know what it was like to own a Cybertruck. So @zoeschiffer.bsky.social went to the desert got this absolutely amazing quotes (and Michelle Groskopf took the pictures!) www.wired.com/story/owning...
October 16, 2025 at 11:24 AM
We wanted to know what it was like to own a Cybertruck. So @zoeschiffer.bsky.social went to the desert got this absolutely amazing quotes (and Michelle Groskopf took the pictures!) www.wired.com/story/owning...
Seriously what is this supposed to say.
October 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Seriously what is this supposed to say.
Yes... hahaha YES.
October 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Yes... hahaha YES.
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enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
September 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
NYC mayoral history made fun is a true feat that was firmly pulled off yesterday with a 10/10 event that brought a huge number of people of all ages together. Kudos to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and the campaign.
The scavenger hunt is using NYC mayoral history to paint Mamdani as firmly within the mainstream of that history. On age. On DSA membership. On public transportation policy. It's such a smart way to launch the general election campaign.
OMG the Mamdani campaign is utterly brilliant. Chef's kiss. Art.
August 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
NYC mayoral history made fun is a true feat that was firmly pulled off yesterday with a 10/10 event that brought a huge number of people of all ages together. Kudos to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and the campaign.
This was a lot of fun and incredible to see so many people wanted to participate they ran out of cards
#zcanvengerhunt
#zcanvengerhunt
August 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This was a lot of fun and incredible to see so many people wanted to participate they ran out of cards
#zcanvengerhunt
#zcanvengerhunt
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if you're not from or have never been to new york i cannot stress enough how normal the subway is 99% of the time. kids take it to school. everyone is basically chill. you learn to be in proximity with harmless weirdos or minor irritations pretty quick. for all its issues it's an incredible thing
August 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
if you're not from or have never been to new york i cannot stress enough how normal the subway is 99% of the time. kids take it to school. everyone is basically chill. you learn to be in proximity with harmless weirdos or minor irritations pretty quick. for all its issues it's an incredible thing
I mean, I literally have nothing better to do tomorrow
August 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I mean, I literally have nothing better to do tomorrow
After this review, I’m in but I’d also love to have a HDTGM ep on this to enjoy @paulscheer.com
August 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
After this review, I’m in but I’d also love to have a HDTGM ep on this to enjoy @paulscheer.com
I’ve biked around the perimeter of Manhattan and being able to do it without detours and dodging cars would be dreamy.
NYC's new greenway master plan plots world of possibilities to get around city
The city's Greater Greenways report lays out a vision for paths that would encircle Manhattan and bridge huge dead zones in Brooklyn and Queens.
gothamist.com
August 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I’ve biked around the perimeter of Manhattan and being able to do it without detours and dodging cars would be dreamy.
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Two minutes of effort combining video of the president on the roof and Amy Poehler doing a freestyle rap battle on @cbbworld.bsky.social and it makes me laugh every time I watch it.
August 6, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Two minutes of effort combining video of the president on the roof and Amy Poehler doing a freestyle rap battle on @cbbworld.bsky.social and it makes me laugh every time I watch it.
If you want to feel a real sense of accomplishment, I suggest gettiing your mother to let you clean up her gmail account and mass deleting 11K+ promotional emails in two clicks.
August 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
If you want to feel a real sense of accomplishment, I suggest gettiing your mother to let you clean up her gmail account and mass deleting 11K+ promotional emails in two clicks.
Who could have forseen that a name that rolls off the tongue like dotdash meredith, which sounds like perhaps a site for fans of Dr. Meredith Grey, would be ripe for a rebrand?
www.axios.com/2025/07/31/p...
www.axios.com/2025/07/31/p...
Dotdash Meredith rebrands as People Inc.
Dotdash Meredith's rebrand into People Inc. capitalizes on brand equity in a way that its current name does not.
www.axios.com
July 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Who could have forseen that a name that rolls off the tongue like dotdash meredith, which sounds like perhaps a site for fans of Dr. Meredith Grey, would be ripe for a rebrand?
www.axios.com/2025/07/31/p...
www.axios.com/2025/07/31/p...
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I interviewed Slate Auto CEO Chris Barman this week. She told me why she thinks Slate can actually make a $25K electric truck and that I’d be able to wrap mine in hot pink for $500 sherwood.news/tech/slate-a...
Slate Auto CEO Chris Barman tells us how exactly it’s making a $25,000 EV
The automotive veteran explains why her company can deliver a cheap electric vehicle when others, like Tesla, have failed....
sherwood.news
July 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I interviewed Slate Auto CEO Chris Barman this week. She told me why she thinks Slate can actually make a $25K electric truck and that I’d be able to wrap mine in hot pink for $500 sherwood.news/tech/slate-a...
Thou shall not pass!
Venture capitalist Peter Thiel’s affection for Tolkien-inspired names is legendary.
https://sherwood.news/tech/behold-another-lord-of-the-rings-inspired-company-is-revealed/
https://sherwood.news/tech/behold-another-lord-of-the-rings-inspired-company-is-revealed/
Behold! Another “Lord of the Rings”-inspired company is revealed
Venture capitalist Peter Thiel’s affection for Tolkien-inspired names is legendary....
sherwood.news
July 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Thou shall not pass!
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the zoomers have rebranded vacation
July 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
the zoomers have rebranded vacation
Sad it’s not at my Red Hook pool, glad it’s back at all in NYC (makes me miss Astoria... but not too much) www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/27/e...
Early-Morning Lap Swims Back for First Time in Five Years
With public outdoor pools now open, the Parks Department announced the arrival and expansion of a wave of programs.
www.thecity.nyc
June 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Sad it’s not at my Red Hook pool, glad it’s back at all in NYC (makes me miss Astoria... but not too much) www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/27/e...
legit lmao at “bood food is bood mood” ENJOHY!
AI in the wild? This tray tissue I was given at a restaurant is full of errors and hallucinations…!
June 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
legit lmao at “bood food is bood mood” ENJOHY!
make it peanut brittle and I’m in
www.vulture.com/2018/01/the-...
www.vulture.com/2018/01/the-...
June 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
make it peanut brittle and I’m in
www.vulture.com/2018/01/the-...
www.vulture.com/2018/01/the-...