It’s Wednesday afternoon in New York City, where you can get good flour tortillas, too.
Here’s what else is happening:
- Several conservative Democrats in the state Assembly want to expand the definition of “domestic terrorism” to include blocking a bridge, tunnel or transportation facility, ostensibly in response to recent pro-Palestinian protests in the city.
- Bryan Johnson, a tech mogul-turned-anti-aging evangelist, held a meetup in New York over the weekend with a surprising number of attendees there to ask some version of, what’s the point of living? (His answer: So you don’t die.)
- Marcella Tillett, the head of Mayor Eric Adams’ Fund to Advance New York City — a nonprofit group that raises money from Wall Street and other wealthy donors and gives it to Adams-friendly causes — has stepped down after only 16 months on the job.
- Students at NYU, Rutgers and 23 other colleges are urging administrators to cancel contracts with Starbucks over the coffee giant’s efforts to stop stores from unionizing.
- Turns out drinking beer before liquor doesn’t mean you’ll get sicker — and drinking liquor before beer doesn’t mean you’re in the clear. The only way to avoid a hangover is to not drink alcohol.
- Here’s a good tip for pet or childproofing your living room: Get a rug with a color and pattern where you wouldn’t notice if a meatball fell on it.
- Behold, the world’s tiniest frog.
- And finally, we’re closed:
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