April 2024
Hello all: Happy belated Easter, Passover, Eid al-Fitr, or just congratulations for eating all of the seasonal chocolates. As ever, there is a lot going on in the world, it can be hard to keep up, so read on. In the meantime, we could all use more wine, so U.S. first-time buyers can enjoy $25 off of an Avaline organic wine Intro Set. Cheers!
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Travel & World News
Wonderful NASA images of the recent Solar Eclipse
Travel+Leisure: It List 2024: The 100 Best New Hotels of the Year
CNT: Psychedelic Travel Experiences Are More Popular Than Ever
The rich are getting second passports citing risk of instability
Resharing my blog posts on Rising American Expats + Digital Nomad Visas
Japan is giving the U.S. 250 new cherry trees for DC
United Arab Emirates struggles to recover after heaviest recorded rainfall
Mexico severs diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police storm its embassy
World’s biggest election kicks off as India votes
Sudan marks 1 year of civil war as humanitarian crisis worsens
Ukraine warns of WW3 ahead of long-stalled Congress aid vote
World Central Kitchen aid workers killed in Gaza by Israeli airstrike amid famine
Pod Save the World episode explores recent Iran - Israel tensions, follow the live BBC blog on the conflict, retaliation strikes, global protests, and more
Culture Club
Coachella had a great first weekend, now starting its second, watch it on Youtube
Taylor Swift’s new album ‘‘The tortured poets department” is officially out now + the WSJ on her fantastic publicist Tree Paine working overtime
Billie Eilish announces a new album + her brother/producer Finneas pod interview
High Praise for Beyonce’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ album, with appearances from legends
TIME 100 most influential people 2024
Women’s NCAA basketball sees largest playoff viewership + stylish WNBA Draft
Ryan Gosling’s triumphant return hosting Saturday Night Live
Conan O’Brien launches travel show + wild ‘Hot Ones’ appearance
Zendaya in Vogue’s May issue + Rihanna in Interview Magazine
NYC city has a rare earthquake and social media was hilarious
Baltimore Bridge Collapse investigation continues
Thieves steal $30 million in one of LA’s biggest heists
Celebrating Gloria Steinem turning 90 + Victoria Beckham turning 50
Julia Louis-Dreyfus on her podcast conversations with older women
Vox deep dives on Andrew Huberman’s Mechanisms of Control
Federal agents raid Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, has multiple sexual assault allegations
New documentaries on Steve Martin (Apple) and The Beach Boys (Disney)
Alex Garland’s new film ‘Civil War’ sparks debate + trailer for Gabriel García Márquez’s “One Hundred Years of Solitude”
Real-life ‘Rosie the Riveters’ receive nations top civilian honor
WSJ on Tradwives, SAHGs, and the dream of feminine leisure
Teen Girls Confront epidemic of Deepfake Nudes + AOC fights against AI Porn
Arizona’s horrifically turns back the clock to 1864 laws
O.J. Simpson dies, leaving a legacy of murder and domestic violence
RIP Roberto Cavalli, Eleanor Coppola, Dickey Betts, TikToker Kyle Marisa Roth
Business & Tech
Meta’s new AI assistant is rolling out on across all its social platforms
Forbes in hot water after running brands paid ads on Copycat Site
How Vice’s execs burned down its newsroom
First law protecting consumers' brainwaves signed by Colorado governor
Loewe created another fun campaign, starring Dan Levy and Aubrey Plaza
AI Spokesmodel is a real person, sort of + NYT pod on AI’s Original Sin + turns out English majors are ideal for building Generative AI
Tesla lays off 14,000 employees and it couldn’t have gone worse
Tax deadline: IRS says Tax evasion by wealthiest Americans tops $150 billion/year
Trump becomes first president to stand trial in criminal case underway, his Truth Social tanks (this makes 88 criminal charges in four cases - two federal, two state)
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