Alberto Riva
@albertonewyork.bsky.social
Milanese by birth, New Yorker by adoption, cosmopolitan by inclination, journalist by profession. Into airplanes & mountains. Sr Money Editor, @cnn.com Underscored
Those rumbles you're hearing in the sky above New York are jet fighters, but it's nothing to worry about. They're patrolling as the do every year for the UN General Assembly. You can't see them on flight tracker apps, but you can see the tanker keeping them fueled and its call sign
September 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Those rumbles you're hearing in the sky above New York are jet fighters, but it's nothing to worry about. They're patrolling as the do every year for the UN General Assembly. You can't see them on flight tracker apps, but you can see the tanker keeping them fueled and its call sign
The Google AI gets the CALENDAR wrong. The calendar. This isn't some deep, contested fact. It's what day of the week it is. (Time zone issues? No. I googled this at 1.30pm ET.)
August 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The Google AI gets the CALENDAR wrong. The calendar. This isn't some deep, contested fact. It's what day of the week it is. (Time zone issues? No. I googled this at 1.30pm ET.)
This one hurts. There have been many pilots who could write well, from Saint-Exupéry on. But Langewiesche was the best of them.
June 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
This one hurts. There have been many pilots who could write well, from Saint-Exupéry on. But Langewiesche was the best of them.
For the love of Deus, ABC News, you've only had weeks to learn the one sentence in Latin that matters now
May 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
For the love of Deus, ABC News, you've only had weeks to learn the one sentence in Latin that matters now
I have no idea what the context is for this but wow, yes!
"Call me Ishmael. Or don’t. I’ve had like six usernames over the years. Anyway, this whole mess started because I thought shipping meant relationships, not whales. Now I’m on a boat with a captain who’s basically doing a slow-burn enemies-to-lovers thing with revenge. It’s fine. We’re fine."
May 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I have no idea what the context is for this but wow, yes!
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Excellent work by new NYT headline writer Werner Herzog
March 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Excellent work by new NYT headline writer Werner Herzog
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The sudden geopolitical relevance of Milan street signs.
March 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The sudden geopolitical relevance of Milan street signs.
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The secret political turning point, clear only in retrospect, was when we shifted from turning on the TV or opening a paper and hearing the news, to turning on your computer or phone and being delivered whatever version of the news someone like you would find most engaging.
February 13, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The secret political turning point, clear only in retrospect, was when we shifted from turning on the TV or opening a paper and hearing the news, to turning on your computer or phone and being delivered whatever version of the news someone like you would find most engaging.
I've been loyal to Delta for years because of the Medallion benefits. And now I'm happier than ever to fly them because of this.
www.huffpost.com/entry/delta-...
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Delta Airlines Doubles Down On Commitment To DEI Initiatives
The airline's announcement comes as many companies are rolling back diversity programs in the wake of the Trump administration's anti-DEI stance.
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February 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I've been loyal to Delta for years because of the Medallion benefits. And now I'm happier than ever to fly them because of this.
www.huffpost.com/entry/delta-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/delta-...