She’s been accused for years of running a catch and release program for criminals. “After looters caused mayhem on the Magnificent Mile early Monday, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and police Superintendent David Brown pointed fingers at a now-familiar target: Cook […]
This is the story of one guy’s day during Chicago’s most recent looting spree. He throws a brick through the Burberry store window, throws another brick at a cop (on video), gets arrested and heads to bond court where he’s […]
“The 40 rap elder statespeople we’ve selected and ranked — whittled down from a pool of 100 candidates — represent every corner of the culture, from the forever-respected lyrical technicians to those currently running up streaming numbers.” | learn more
The world’s favorite banana until the 1960s, the Gros Michel, was quite different from our bananas today. It lost its dominance due to a fungus. That blew my mind. Now our Cavendish banana is under a similar threat. | learn more
“Here’s a question: how many times do you have to riffle a deck of cards before it is completely shuffled?” | learn more
“This wave of hype is centered around “yield farming,” wherein investors chase massive profits by supplying liquidity to various interlocking on-chain financial protocols.” | learn more
Another recent essay by Paul Graham. “I’m going to call it orthodox privilege: The more conventional-minded someone is, the more it seems to them that it’s safe for everyone to express their opinions.” | learn more
I’ve thought for the past few months about what I’d do if I were about to start college: defer! One in five students starting at Harvard are making the same choice. What will happen at schools with less prestige? | learn more
Discussion of the link between education, finance and muni bonds. “I fear that the changes in store for higher education are going to look a lot like the painful changes we’ve seen in retail, travel, news, and entertainment.” | learn more
“Microschools, also known as pandemic pods due to their rise in popularity as a result of COVID-19, are small groups of families or friends, usually no more than 10, who meet in person to be taught daily by a single […]