Ciao ragazzi, quella che voglio raccontarvi è una follia. Una follia che mi ha portato ad essere al Madison Square Garden ad assistere ad una delle partite più incredibili della storia: gara 4 tra Knicks e Spurs. Mi chiamo Fabio, sono di Bologna, e martedì sera ero a spasso con la mia ragazza. Sono da sempre un tifoso Knicks, e più passeggiavamo col nostro cane “Brooklyn” (siamo grandi amanti di New York), più aumentava la mia curiosità di controllare l’andamento dei prezzi folli del Madison… Mi sono detto “Se riesco a trovarli in resell sotto i 4000 dollari, lo compro”. Faccio una premessa: ho purtroppo avuto a che fare con un delicato problema di salute nella mia vita. Questo mi ha dato la possibilità di vedere il presente il futuro in modo diverso. Passano le ore e trovo un biglietto a 3900 dollari. Ho chiuso gli occhi, e l’ho comprato. Non dico nulla alla mia ragazza. Andiamo a casa e accendo il computer. Trovo un volo da Roma. Prima di dormire trovo il coraggio di dirglielo. “Ho la sveglia tra quattro ore, vado a New York a vedere gara 4…”. Gelo. Poi mi abbraccia e mi dice “Goditela”. Ed eccomi qui, testimone della più grande rimonta nella storia delle Finals, di un clima pazzesco, di una città che esplode di passione per il basket, di una due giorni che non dimenticherò mai. Ho avuto un grave problema cardiaco 5 anni fa. Ho comprato la canotta di Hart, perché il suo nome mi ricorda quel cuore che è stato croce e delizia nella mia vita. Salterò le vacanze, dovrò fare delle rinunce, ma sono felice di aver fatto questa follia. (Fabio Augeri) @SkySportBasket @nyknicks @joshhart

USA. A Mexican restaurant. We had not yet ordered anything, and the food was already arriving. Chips. Salsa. Unrequested. Free. I stopped the waiter. "We have not earned these." "They just come with the table, man." They come with the TABLE. In my land, hospitality is a debt. Every gift creates an obligation, weighed carefully, returned in the proper season with interest of feeling. Here, the gift arrives before you have even proven you can pay for dinner. This is not an appetizer. This is a declaration: we trust you. Eat. I ate with the gravity the moment deserved. And then — I must report this calmly — the basket emptied, and a new one appeared. "Did we…?" "Refill," the waiter said. "It's bottomless." Bottomless. They have wells of salsa. The supply lines of this nation are beyond anything my ancestors imagined. My friend warned me. "Don't fill up on chips, dude." Too late. I had accepted three baskets. Honor demanded each one be finished — an unfinished gift is an insult. By the time my actual food arrived, I was a ruined man. I was not hungry. I was not comfortable. I had been defeated by a courtesy. Generosity that arrives before the request cannot be repaid. It can only be survived. I know the rule now. I have made my peace with the basket. One basket. Two at the most. Who am I deceiving. There is no number of baskets I would refuse. The trust of a nation is in that salsa, and I intend to honor all of it.

185 Ukrainian defenders are returning home today from Russian captivity! The youngest is 27 years old, and the oldest is 62. Some of them have been held in Russian captivity since 2022. Welcome home, heroes! 🇺🇦

У Національній опері України відбулося перше публічне виконання фрагментів опери «Матері Херсона» – документального твору про матерів, які заради повернення дітей, що їх викрала Росія, долають понад 4 тисячі кілометрів через кордони, страх, погрози та невідомість. Важливо, що саме українська аудиторія почула цю історію першою. Уже восени її повноцінна світова прем’єра відбудеться у Варшаві, а згодом – на сцені Метрополітен-опери в Нью-Йорку. Вдячна драматургу Джорджу Бранту, композитору Максиму Коломійцю, диригентці Кері-Лінн Вілсон, генеральному директору Метрополітен-опери Пітеру Гелбу та всій команді проєкту. Завдяки вам світ почує правду про один із найболючіших злочинів цієї війни – викрадення українських дітей – і про силу матерів, які не припиняють боротися за своїх синів і доньок.

Ладно. Вы тут не скучайте без меня. А главное - не бездельничайте, жаба сама себя с нефтяной трубы не скинет.

How very very sad. Marjane was a true artist and advocate for Iranian women and freedom. She disrupted literature with her wildly successful autobiographical graphic novel, Persepolis. AFP reports she died of sadness a year after losing her husband, the love of her life. RIP

Bloomberg News exclusive: Vladimir Putin has been told by senior Russian officials that the war in Ukraine is becoming unaffordable, the most serious sign of internal division in Moscow since the full-scale invasion began bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Sued by Patel and after news broke that the FBI is investigating her piece, she just drops this. Love it

What it is like to be alone in a crowd of 150,000 people for just a moment reflecting on winning the @kentuckyderby. Love this quiet moment for @joseortizjockey amidst the winner's circle mayhem. By fellow #boricua @cmanchegophoto

This is why I will be a lifelong subscriber to @wsj Thank you @maureen_orth for this succinct lede. “Michael Jackson’s celebrity is so blinding, his music so compelling, that it cloaks him with an almost impenetrable shield from the truth: He was a stone cold pedophile.

okay I guess I have to talk about Péter Magyar here. Let me just start with saying, in a very unladylike way, that you guys seem to have zero clue what happened in Hungary in the last two years, you completely miss the point, and you're a disappointing bunch. Let's go.

RT @rebmasel: Carroll, now a bright spot on our Moon, because four people, who traveled farther from Earth than any human in the 4.5-billio…

WSJ had a quote from Artemis II’s commander, a widower who admits to “worry about his daughters. ‘I could have a very comfortable life for them. But I’m also a human, and I see the spirit in their eyes that is burning in my soul too. And so we’ve just got to never stop going.’”

😃🇺🇦 McDonald’s reopened in Mykolaiv after 4 years of war closure.

Just in: CNN Senior International Correspondent @fpleitgenCNN and his team have just crossed the border into Iran. CNN is the first US network into the country since the start of the war. His report 👇

Ayatollah Khamenei was more willing to die than to compromise. Days after his killing, no one in the regime currently has the legitimacy, authority, or the will to reverse a 47-year culture of resistance. At the moment the regime appears more prepared to break than to bend.

Mahsa Amini. Nika Shakarami. Sarina Esmailzadeh. Hadis Najafi... All the girls and women who started the Iranian revolution. All the girls and women who have been slain for freedom and basic rights. Their bravery and sacrifice brought us here. This is for them. FREE IRAN.

Great Khamenei obituary by @ksadjadpour

This is truly powerful.

Nurse Alex Pretti, who was killed days ago by an ICE agent at a rally in Minnesota, helped disabled veterans get back on their feet. And there is nothing more that needs to be added about the spirit of this man.