1. Tuesday Culture Notes: NFL Shakeups, NYC Innovation, and Plant-Based Confusion
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    Tuesday Culture Notes: NFL Shakeups, NYC Innovation, and Plant-Based Confusion

    A floating pool on the East River could open by 2025 as New York pushes toward first-in-the-nation paid prenatal leave — while food marketers quietly hollow out 'plant-based.'

    ·3 min read
  2. Monday Notes for January 8th, 2024
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    Monday Notes for January 8th, 2024

    The Vision Pro gets its release date; Purple Rain is Broadway-bound; Katt Williams — fresh off a viral interview — gets credit for teaching Dave Chappelle how to be fearless.

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  3. Saturday Notes for January 6th, 2024

    Bernard Arnault's son Frédéric takes the reins at LVMH Watches — a generational power move inside one of fashion's most storied empires.

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  4. Friday Notes for January 5th, 2023
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    Friday Notes for January 5th, 2023

    The Basketball Africa League announces its first combine on the continent while Jokic banks a winner — plus the Travis Scott x Jordan 1 Low 'Canary' surfaces for women.

    ·2 min read
  5. Uristocrat Notes: Claudine Gay, Katt Williams, Best Black Books of 2023 and more
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    Uristocrat Notes: Claudine Gay, Katt Williams, Best Black Books of 2023 and more

    Gay publishes her side of the Harvard story as nationwide DEI pressure intensifies; Wembanyama's efficiency and Chet's self-awareness define the year's best rookie class.

    ·4 min read
  6. Tuesday Notes for January 2nd, 2024

    Tuesday Notes for January 2nd, 2024

    A new HBO doc traces Gordon Parks' path from sharecropper's son to LIFE magazine icon; Mickey Mouse's copyright expires, making Steamboat Willie the first public-domain Disney character.

    ·2 min read
  7. Happy New Year!

    Happy New Year!

    The new year opens with Yusef Salaam, formerly of the Central Park Five, taking his seat on the New York City Council — and Lamar Jackson looking every bit the NFL's next unanimous MVP.

    ·3 min read
  8. Thursday Notes
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    Thursday Notes

    The ECJ validates Real Madrid's Super League challenge; Jordan Brand's Year of 23 was defined by the 3 and the XI; New Balance teases a Lunar New Year 1906R collab.

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  9. Tuesday Notes
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    Tuesday Notes

    JoJo Wooden's elevation to Chargers GM makes history — the NFL now has more Black general managers than at any point in its existence; Farfetch avoids collapse with a last-minute Coupang deal.

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  10. Culture

    Monday Notes

    Adobe's $20B Figma deal dies in the EU; ten years after 'Her,' AI companionship is no longer science fiction; and Little Brother is quietly building something new in hip-hop.

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  11. Thursday Notes
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    Thursday Notes

    Google's AI overviews are killing news referral traffic before it starts; Meta's smart glasses test how far the public will go on surveillance; Beverly Hills Cop returns after 30 years.

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  12. Wednesday Notes

    Wednesday Notes

    Andre Braugher, the Emmy-winning anchor of 'Homicide' and 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine,' dies at 61 — the day COP28 makes history with its first-ever fossil fuel transition agreement.

    ·4 min read