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Ep. 399 of The Sunday #NYTReadalong, "The Ten-Minute Challenge." Andrew Sondern, @nytimes Deputy Dir. News Design, joins me and @neilparekh. Produced by @Digimentors in partnership with @scroll_in. Sponsors: @MuckRack & @GraphicHisCo. #Design #Artwork x.com/i/broadcasts/1pKkOOqal…

Simplesmente o prefeito de Nova York citando CORINTHIANS, SÓCRATES e DEMOCRACIA CORINTHIANA no discurso de hoje sobre a Copa do Mundo

Instead of discussing how Elon Musk is now the world's first trillionaire, we should talk about how he killed hundreds of thousands of people through his dismantling of food and medical aid to poor countries currentaffairs.org/news/how-…

A significant, significant development: "New York City's Chinese population has surpassed the Dominican population in size, making it the largest immigrant group in the five boroughs for the first time." gothamist.com/news/chinese-i…

This documentary is the single most inspiring thing I’ve seen in years. @DemocracyNow gets no media industry buzz, but considering the odds & money stacked against it & its enormous reach, it is the greatest media success story of this era — and it’s not particularly close.

Most of the obituaries and tributes to David Hockney will, I imagine, focus primarily on his extraordinary craft and brilliance as an artist. Perhaps they might also mention his brilliance as a communicator (he was such a fine writer and speaker). But there was something else rather unique about him too. He was also strikingly honest about the tricks/techniques artists use and used to paint. His book Secret Knowledge is a rather wonderful detective work into how renaissance and Dutch golden age painters used glass and mirrors to help them master perspective. It's a pretty compelling case (see this video clip from a BBC doc he made alongside the book👇) though I'm sure some art historians will raise their eyebrows. Many will be aghast at the notion that greats like Vermeer might have been using lenses and camera obscuras to help them draw and paint. As if it were in some way "cheating". But Hockney was so self-evidently brilliant he was one of the few people who could document this without anyone gainsaying his own talent. There are very few artists, living or dead, who have this degree of self-confidence. Not just to know their craft, but to be bracingly honest about how it works. One other who comes to mind is Paul Simon: not just an extraordinary musician but is also an extraordinary communicator about the tricks and techniques of how to write and perform music. For many great artists, the temptation is to cloak their crafts in mystery, like a member of the magic circle. Hockney wasn't having any of it. So yes, he was a legend in all the obvious ways. But also in a few other less obvious ways as well. RIP.

Elon Musk held up a chainsaw, fed USAID into the wood chipper, and at least 600,00 people have already died as a result - two-thirds of them children. History's first trillionaire.

Here @SKhaqanAbbasi makes a very important point

We'd say that's a strong use of Prompted Playlists 🏀

Announcing: "My Pre-diabetic Life", by @sree open.substack.com/pub/sreene…

“Let’s take care of each other.” Revealing his Alzheimer’s diagnosis, @billritter7 didn’t focus on himself. He spoke about being Jewish & working alongside a Muslim producer. That’s why he’s a legend. Even in a hard moment, he widened the lens. Reminded us of our shared humanity.

Andrew Sondern, Deputy Director of News Design for @nytimes will join me and @sree for a special 90-minute edition of The Sunday #NYTReadalong. 📅 Sun., June 14 🕣 8:30am ET 📍Watch on @Sree's FB, TW, LI, YT, our @digimentors website and my IG (@neilparekh). Links and more: digimentors.group/post/ep-39… Ep. 399 will focus on a special section in this Sunday's paper, "The Ten-Minute Challenge." It's an exercises in looking at a single piece of art for 10 minutes. We'll of course also review this print edition of the Sunday New York Times. This is our 10th year producing the show. Produced by @Digimentors in collaboration with @scroll_in. Sponsored by @muckrack (@gregory) and @GraphicHisCo (@WalterDGreason @Dieselfunk). If you miss the live show, you can watch the replay on the same links.

Passengers on domestic American Airlines @AmericanAir flights will be able to stream live FIFA World Cup matches for free while connected to in-flight Wi-Fi thanks to a new partnership with Fox One. thedesk.net/2026/06/american… $FOX $AAL

This profile in the @nytimes captures the evolution of @PoornaJags as actor, human and superwoman. So rare for a woman over 50 to lean into the lessons we've learned -- and weaponize them. Thrilled for her success and that of Deli Boys on @hulu (and glad this profile came a day after she attended an @epicenter_nyc breakfast!) nytimes.com/2026/06/11/style…

It’s official: the rooftop of the David Dinkins Municipal Building is now open — and free for all New Yorkers and visitors alike.  Come one, come all!

At last, the fool’s bargain that the media struck with AI may be over thenerve.news/p/branko-brkic…

The New York Legislature approved a bill to require news organizations to disclose when artificial intelligence is used to create content. Supporters say the first-of-its-kind measure will help maintain & restore trust in the age of AI slop @StateAffairsUS pro.stateaffairs.com/dc/disr…

Proud to stand today with UAW and public defenders as they continue their fight for fair wages and benefits. Nelson Mandela said that “a nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones." Public defenders live up to those words everyday.

Antoni Gaudí looking on the completed and blessed Tower of Jesus Christ in approval. Well done, Barcelona!

YouTube removing Anand Patwardhan ’s Father, Son and Holy War as “too violent” gets it exactly backward. The film exposes violence by religious nationalism and political power. Censoring that witness does not protect the public, it protects silence buff.ly/7L7ktcq