every New Yorker is thinking the same thing

this matchup is making me wonder why japanese transliterates Argentina "a-ru-Zen-chin" but Algeria "a-ru-Je-ri-a"

Elon Musk is now a trillionaire. More specifically, his net worth is $1.2 trillion or $1200 billion. That number doesn’t even compute for most of us, so here is some helpful context: The USDA needs $18.8 billion to feed every child in the US school system breakfast and lunch each day. Elon could pay for that 64x and still have money leftover. The World Food Program needs $13 billion to feed the 110 million hungriest people on earth. Elon could pay for that 92x and still have money leftover. The National Alliance to End Homelessness needs $9.6 billion to provide housing for every unhoused person in the United States. Elon could pay for that 125x and still have money leftover. The average American teacher makes $74,495 per year. Elon could pay the annual salary of over 16 million teachers and still have money leftover. The problem is not that we don’t have enough money. The problem is that we have built a world where one person can accumulate more wealth than the GDP of 180 countries while children go hungry, families drown in medical debt, teachers are forced to buy school supplies for their students, and people sleep on the streets. This is a complete moral failure.

Krabzaam (1/3)

14th June 2017 - still no justice

NEW YORK FOREVER WE DID THIS TOGETHER THE CITY'S ALIVE KNICKS IN FIVE

wait why was squeaky recorder music from the japanese children's tv show Pythagoras Switch playing during the knicks starting lineup? 😂😂😂

A true innovator in photography. The realest one because he fundamentally distrusted photography as a medium. As a result he squeezed every bit of potential out of it to try to replicate our natural way of seeing. Distrust any artist who loves gear and lenses more than seeing.

in honor of David Hockney's death today, I'm sharing a few of his photo collages that I really love

I got thousands of rare Cultural Revolution-era photos from a historical archive here in China. I believe some of these have never been posted online, or only exist behind extremely expensive licenses. So here they are, for free. Open the thread for more.

And then some good news: Baltimore's incredible decline in homicides was driven by intervening early with those at risk of committing a violent crime. Although that idea wasn't new, dedicated execution made the difference. nber.org/papers/w35292

In the NBERs this week beyond that smartphone/fertility study, some bad news: Adding to the body of research about negative impacts of sports gambling, it is literally taking food out of peoples' mouths. nber.org/papers/w35305

Who's the man balancing insane objects on his head and cycling around NYC? We profiled Leh-Boy back in 2022. hellgatenyc.com/leh-boy-make…

Do you remember when you joined X? I don't, but I do remember when I joined Twitter!