Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s uneasy truce with New York’s business elite was tested again Wednesday when he appointed antitrust crusader Lina Khan to a formal post in his administration. Khan will chair the city’s economic development board, which oversees the leasing and use of huge chunks of city property, including Hudson ...
Month: July 2026
How to just do thingsHow to just do things
by Cate Hall with Sasha Chapin. A couple of years ago, we highlighted Hall’s Substack on how to be “agentic,” the master of one’s own destiny. She now has a book out on the same subject — we’d like to think we were the agents of destiny there — on ...
‘Unbearably sexy in his rodenty way’: Benedict Cumberbatch’s 20 best films – ranked!‘Unbearably sexy in his rodenty way’: Benedict Cumberbatch’s 20 best films – ranked!
To mark the two-time Oscar nominee’s recent 50th birthday, we rate his finest screen roles – from hyper-British patricians and seething serpents, to ghastly Yanks, tragic codebreakers and sci-fi scoundrels Benedict Cumberbatch does his considerable best opposite the equally prestigious Olivia Colman in this souped-up marital-breakdown dramedy, essentially remade from ...
‘Why do I feel crappy?’: women are learning about their luteal phases – and Maha is weaponizing it‘Why do I feel crappy?’: women are learning about their luteal phases – and Maha is weaponizing it
People have found language for moodiest part of their menstrual cycles, and the right has seized on it Emily Rae Detrick, a health coach, wants women to be more in touch with their menstrual cycle in its entirety. This, she said on an October episode of Culture Apothecary with Alex ...
Like Trump, I went through a home-renovation obsession. The results are often disappointing | Jackie DelamatreLike Trump, I went through a home-renovation obsession. The results are often disappointing | Jackie Delamatre
We are now a nation of homogenized open concepts and curb appeal. It’s an approach that leads to anxiety and isolation Recently, Jonathan Swan – one of the authors of a new tell-all about Donald Trump’s second term – told the hosts of The View that if you had a ...
Patreon Lays Off 20 Percent of Its WorkforcePatreon Lays Off 20 Percent of Its Workforce
Patreon laid off 93 employees, totaling 20 percent of its workforce on Thursday morning, according to an email to creators and staff from CEO Jack Conte. In a message sent to everyone on the platform signed up as a creator, and posted to the site, with the subject line “A ...
The Rise of Anti-Flock Influencers Who Make Things Up for CloutThe Rise of Anti-Flock Influencers Who Make Things Up for Clout
A little over a month ago, the former American Idol contestant, country musician, and Instagram influencer Noah Orion appears to have learned about the surveillance company Flock. “Cities are now covering Flock cameras with trash bags,” Orion narrated over an Instagram post aggregating a 404 Media report. “It’s also pretty ...
Leaked Document Shows the Surveillance Tech at ICE’s FingertipsLeaked Document Shows the Surveillance Tech at ICE’s Fingertips
A leaked document shows the spread of surveillance and investigative capabilities that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials have access to agency wide, from location data harvested from smartphones, to facial recognition apps that can reveal someone’s identity, to tools that let the agency stay anonymous online and approach people ...
Orcas Explode Fish Into Confetti, Possibly for Fun, In ‘Astounding’ New VideoOrcas Explode Fish Into Confetti, Possibly for Fun, In ‘Astounding’ New Video
🌘 Subscribe to 404 Media to get The Abstract, our newsletter about the most exciting and mind-boggling science news and studies of the week. Scientists have discovered a previously unknown behavior in orcas that involves one member of a pod holding up a massive dead sunfish while another charges and ...
US-Saudi nuclear deal relies on it recognising Israel, says Trump – Middle East crisis liveUS-Saudi nuclear deal relies on it recognising Israel, says Trump – Middle East crisis live
US president posts about deal on Truth Social, saying it is subject to Saudi Arabia joining the Abraham Accords Houthis claim strikes on two Saudi tankers as US attacks on Iran widen Earlier in the US day, before Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said it had stopped three oil tankers from passing ...