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☆ He Nearly Gave Up on Tennis to Sell Insurance. Then a Friend Called.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Matthew Futterman | More About Matthew Futterman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Even his text messages to her came at the same time each day, including his check-ins about their two golden doodles, Tucker and Moose. “There was no way I was going to mess that up.”The final matched Krajicek and Dodig against Sander Gillé and Joran Vliegen of Belgium. Krajicek and Dodig seized control at the start and never gave it up. She Facetimed him as soon as the ball landed so that when he looked at his phone, he would see she had called. He reminded her of all the times he had wistfully said he was going to get to the top.

Persons: Tucker, Moose, Krajicek, “, ” Kedzierski, Dodig, Sander Gillé, Kedzierski, wistfully Organizations: Wimbledon Locations: Paris, Belgium, Dallas, Europe

Jackson and Thomas, reflecting a deep divide in the United States, diverged on how race must be treated in the law. Thomas wrote a concurring opinion accompanying the ruling that said Jackson's "race-infused world view falls flat at each step." "Our country has never been colorblind," Jackson wrote in her dissenting opinion, which was joined by the two other liberal justices. Much of what Thomas wrote on Thursday was directed at Jackson. "Justice Thomas ignited too many straw men to list, or fully extinguish," Jackson wrote.

Persons: Ketanji Brown Jackson, Clarence Thomas, Jackson, Thomas, Jackson myopically, Ilya Somin, Jim Crow, Michael Dorf, Justice Jackson, John Roberts, Black, Joe Biden, Andrew Chung, Will Dunham Organizations: U.S, Supreme, Constitution, George Mason University, Black, Cornell Law, Harvard, UNC, Democratic, Thomson Locations: United States, U.S, Southern, New York

☆ I Had to Quit Therapy to Finally Be Ready for It
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Carina Del Valle Schorske | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Dr. S was not a boring person, and I didn’t think I was, either, so the boredom provoked our mutual suspicion. Dr. S knew better than to pressure me to stay, but she did not fulfill my fantasy of a reparative final session. I’d been afraid of disappointing Dr. S — and then I did. Leaving Dr. S made it possible to imagine going back — both humbled and emboldened by our mutual capacity to abide the separation. I was gone only for a little more than a year, and when I went back to Dr. S, we saw each other once a week.

☆ New York Is Full of Empty Offices After Covid. Make Way for the Playground City. - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Edward L. Glaeser | Carlo Ratti | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +20 min

We are witnessing the dawn of a new kind of urban area: the Playground City. The transformation toward the Playground City will not happen on its own. To draw people into the Playground City, we need to show, not tell. 6.Engage citizensGovernments should empower citizens to participate directly in making the Playground City. The Playground City sees people as both a means and an end, and it should involve them in the process of its creation.

[1/5] Terry Hutt, aged 87, a life long royals fan sits surrounded by royals memorabilia he has collected since he was a child, at his home in Weston-super-Mare, Britain, April 25, 2023. REUTERS/Molly DarlingtonLONDON, May 2 (Reuters) - Margaret Tyler's fascination with the British royal family began as a child, when she would cut out photos of the now-King Charles III and his sister, Princess Anne. The 79-year-old, just four years older than the British monarch, is among the royal super fans who cannot contain her excitement for his coronation this Saturday. I sort of followed them, Princess Anne as a toddler, really, Prince Charles a bit older. Tyler's obsession has filled her home in northwest London, with rooms named after members of the royal family and little space to move among piles of royal memorabilia including flags, photos and china.

☆ Deal hunters arrive at Bed Bath & Beyond store and can't find throwaway prices -- yet
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Parija Kavilanz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Bed Bath & Beyond has already shuttered 400 stores over the past year. If it’s able to find a buyer, Bed Bath & Beyond will halt store closings. Bed Bath & Beyond's 20% coupons will no longer be accepted beginning Wednesday. Scenes from outside the Bed Bath & Beyond store in Manhattan, New York on Tuesday, April 25, 2023. Bed Bath & Beyond did not immediately respond to request for comment on the timing and level of liquidation discounts.

☆ Read Your Way Through Kerala, India
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Abraham Verghese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Read Your Way Around the World is a series exploring the globe through books. If you arrive in Kerala from elsewhere in India, you’ll feel as though you’ve landed in a different country — “God’s own country,” as Keralites like to say. Not surprisingly, the Gulf has shaped Kerala’s culture and literature. The territory sits between the Indian Ocean and the Western Ghats, the mountain range that runs parallel to the coast. I think it’s responsible for the fluid facial movements that allow Malayalis to convey volumes without uttering a word.

Persons: you’ve Locations: Kerala, India, Sri Lanka, Goa, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Persia, Ghats

☆ Life Is So Expensive That Price Nostalgia Is Now a Thing
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Joe Pinsker | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

People used to talk wistfully about how movie tickets were $3 in the 1980s, or how a Big Mac cost a couple of bucks in the 1990s. Now they are nostalgic for the prices of just a few years ago. Russell Max Simon watched inflation play out in the cost of the avocados he likes to put on top of his breakfast. A 41-year-old marketing consultant in Rumney, N.H., Mr. Simon was dismayed to see their price climb from $1 each in early 2021 to $2.50 one year later.

☆ Life Is So Expensive, People Are Nostalgic for 2021
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Joe Pinsker | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ The death of Twitter won't be as messy as many expect. Here's what its demise could look like.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Today, we're talking about what the downfall of Twitter could look like — and it's probably not what you think. Reporting from my colleagues Matt Weinberger and Kali Hays suggests the site probably won't crash and burn in spectacular fashion. The death of Twitter won't be the dramatic explosion you might expect. A leaked email shows Twitter employees must send Elon Musk weekly updates of everything they've worked on. In other Musk news, the billionaire told Twitter employees that he's done with layoffs for now, and he tweeted Monday that the Twitter Blue relaunch is on hold.

☆ Elon Musk wistfully shared a meme on Twitter with an image of a Nazi soldier carrying messenger pigeons
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk shared a meme to Twitter on Monday that included a photo of a Nazi soldier. "How times have changed," the billionaire wrote above the edited photo which showed notification bubbles near a box of messenger pigeonsThe picture was taken of a German soldier in May 1940 in France, according to Getty Images. "How times have changed," the billionaire wrote in his tweet. "Back when birds were real," Musk later wrote in a follow-up tweet, before adding additional commentary with a head-exploding emoji. The photo that Musk shared was of a German soldier and his pigeons captured in May 1940 in France, according to Getty Images.

I no longer miss the “old” Kanye West, now known as Ye. I’m tired of hearing about the new Ye, and I wish we could stop talking about him altogether. Days before that, he appeared with far-right pundit Candace Owens flaunting “White Lives Matter” T-shirts during Paris Fashion Week. This includes to stopping asking for the “old Kanye” back. Chop up the soul Kanye, set on his goals Kanye.” At first, I sang the lyrics with hope that the “old Kanye” who once had such a hopeful swagger would return, that he would get past his ego and be born again as the creative powerhouse whose every move we followed with anticipation instead of dread.

☆ Furniture, decor prices rose 10.6% over the past year. How to decorate on a budget, according to interior designers
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Annie Nova | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Household furnishings and supplies were up 10.6% this summer compared with last, according to the consumer price index. Yet there are ways to creatively use your budget, said Athena Calderone, author of the design book "Live Beautiful." "While it can feel really stressful to decorate on a small budget, the good news is that constraints are far from confining," Calderone told me. If the goal is longevity, Owens also recommends buying your core furniture pieces in durable materials and neutral colors. You can also search for original art in your price range on websites such as Art Finder.

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