I wrote about everything happening too much in 2026 and the rise of ‘monitoring the situation. How total bombardment is partly a surrender to the internet and its logic and algorithms—a kind of attentional death
Ottolenghi, philosopher for these times: “Start where you are — not where you wish you were, not where someone else is. Use what you have — not what you’d ideally have, but what’s actually in front of you. Do what you can — not what’s perfect, not what’s impossible, just what’s possible right now.”
“Users may still want to be cautious about sharing their medical data with an AI. As experts have pointed out, AI companies can change their data privacy policies at any time.”
“Law enforcement agencies that want an individual’s health records could go to Microsoft instead of multiple providers, said Mario Trujillo, a data privacy lawyer for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights nonprofit.”
"We're actually finding that people are reporting higher incidences of metabolic disease or depression and anxiety. We're not getting healthier as a society, we're actually getting sicker, and the healthcare cost is going up on top of it.”
“One-third of Americans — an estimated 82 million people — say they are making sacrifices, including skipping meals or driving less, to pay for care, according to a new survey released on Thursday”…but sure, bring on heftier premiums. 😶
“The Angelika’s signature became the way its seats shook from the rumbling subway, which was often audible over the sound of the movies. While some viewers felt it was ‘kind of like being in a bomb shelter, minus the charm,’ others said it ‘made the experience more raw and urban.’”
“After an aneurysm, your former life, free from the threat of death, of brain damage, of another aneurysm, is gone and buried.
But you just might find new life in everyday experiences others take for granted, like walking, talking, laughing—or reading about romance.”
A beautiful essay by novelist & former WSJ editor Christopher Farley on his wife Sharon, a former TV colleague of mine: “Romances often encourage readers to make brave choices and maybe that’s why they seemed to help my wife in her recovery.”
A gaggle of geese ruffle the water near sunset in Central Park.
Excellent birds. Flying birds. Central Park near sunset.
“This is a paean to a lost meritocratic New York…
It was a town where serendipity was possible. One was not required to account for every activity, every minute. Botox was years from the scene. We got the news from the newsstand, not in a 24-hour forced information drip. It was an analog life.”
“In the history of great romances, life in New York City before smartphones and the World Wide Web must count as one of the most coveted.
This, of course, is not the love story the title alludes to.”
Woodland crocus. Central Park.
Finally. Woodland crocus. Central Park.
I am so tired right now. I note - I dreamt I lost an hour of sleep due to some weird government conspiracy.
A bright florist window on a rainy New York night.
70 next week and near 7PM sunsets. We’ve nearly weathered a New York winter.
😔 🐦
😔 just checked and you have a cool hummingbird family photo from the last few days. Also, rebooted my iPhone which may or may not have helped.
And now they’re restored 🙄 😒
This is not good.
Actually..all my photo posts since joining Bluesky have disappeared 😶
Either Bluesky photo posts from the last 24 hours are disappearing, or my coffee fueled vision hasn’t kicked in this am…
NYC innovation at its finest: Babka bread pudding. “Babka rarely lasts long enough to reach that stage in most New York kitchens.”
“In a global race to develop cheaper and potentially better alternatives to the world’s 10 most expensive medicines, China has pulled ahead.”
“An Endpoints News analysis of clinical trial databases shows that China accounts for 48 of the 77 programs targeting this group of ultra-expensive gene therapies. China’s total is more than double the number in the US and seven times as many as Europe.”
“It’s like you have the rules to a game and you’ve won the game. Now, all of a sudden, the F.D.A. would change the rules.” -Megan Selser, mother of Ben, a toddler with Hunter syndrome.
Two cats gossip as a third cat with a Dalí-esque whisker my stache strolls by
Well, Hello Dalí! #MyNewYorkerCaption
New: As David Ellison prepares to take control of CNN, legendary CBS News producer Mary Walsh, who is exiting, sent a goodbye note to colleagues.
In the note, Walsh writes, "We’ve been told to aim our reporting at a particular part of the political spectrum. Honestly, I don’t know how to do that."
Cover of The Lancet:
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“We’re normalizing hardship, and we’re normalizing catastrophe,” said Katherine Hempstead, a senior policy adviser for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
“Dr. Oz’s new proposal would allow one kind of health plan to raise the annual deductible to more than $15K for an individual and $31K for a family; those are much higher than current Obamacare plans. The individual deductible would be eight times the average for someone with job-based insurance.” 😶
