Nick Turner
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Senior technology editor @business . Transit enthusiast. Opinions are my self-owns.
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This show is going to accidentally tear a hole in the space-time continuum and kill us all
‘HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: THE MUSICAL: THE SERIES’ Season 4 follows the main characters as they find out that cast of the original ‘High School Musical’ films are filming ‘HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 4’ at their school and they get to be extras.
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Today’s date (using U.S. style) is both a palindrome and an ambigram, which means it reads the same even if it’s flipped upside down.
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Blackpink set out to become the next Spice Girls and succeeded. They're the biggest musical group in the world right now (according to data compiled by Bloomberg) and if you don't know them, you probably will soon. via
@Lucas_Shaw
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The No. 1 pop star in the world right now (based on ticket sales, concert grosses, album sales, Spotify streams, Instagram interactions and YouTube views) is none other than Bad Bunny. 2/2
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Three tips if you want your 20s to be more spontaneous:
1. Have roommates, especially eccentric ones.
2. Live in a city and take transit to work. Every day is an adventure!
3. Controversial take, but maybe wait on having a dog till later. Dogs are great but tie you to a routine.
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Churros. They invented churros
JUST IN:
@DunkinDonuts
confirms it is testing cinnamon dusted Donut Fries ($2) in select locations in Boston area.
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Former NBA commissioner David Stern singes the NFL, saying that Kaepernick would still have a job if he played basketball instead of football. via
@novy_williams
@soshnick
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I regret to say I was unable to get this typo fixed before my wife received her Mother’s Day bouquet today 😬
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Picturing me in 2021 enjoying my Pfizer vaccination with a quarter-pound McPlant
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I love NYC and always will, but it’s hard not to look back at living there in the 2010s as some kind of golden age.
Pre-pandemic, crime at its lowest point in decades, perfect snowy winters, subway mostly ran on time, the cronut?? We had no idea how good we had it.
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whoa whoa whoa *t-shirts* that you don't have to tuck in? is there no limit to this disruption?
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Just a few notes on this monthly ranking:
1. It's just that, a *monthly* ranking: Artists that recently released music tend to do better.
2. There's no touring right now, so ticket sales data are N/A.
3. If your favorite band is releasing an album next month, watch this space.
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Jones Day's own lawyers aren't happy about the firm's involvement in a controversial election lawsuit. via
@yaffebellany
@ChrisOpfer
@samskolnik
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Based on data compiled by Bloomberg (tracking album sales, Spotify, YouTube and Instagram), the biggest pop star in the world right now is a fellow named Justin Bieber. via
@Lucas_Shaw
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4. It's worth reading the methodology below the actual ranking. It spells out how the data is gathered in considerable detail.
5. Love that people are passionate about music!
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LA transit appreciation thread 🧵
I rode Los Angeles public transit on a near-daily basis for four years, mostly to Century City but also to DTLA, WeHo, Pasadena, Santa Monica, Hollywood, Inglewood, Culver City, Westwood and South LA. (1/17)
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A major style issue this week: how to write the F-word when someone isn’t actually saying the F-word...
I did a survey of the journalistic landscape and found this:
AP: f’ing
Bloomberg: effing and f’ing
CNBC: effing
CNN: f-ing
NYT: f-ing
Reuters: effing
WaPo: f-ing and f---ing
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Best part of "Sully": when Sully tracks down bird that crashed plane and says "YOUR GOOSE IS COOKED" as he flicks a cigarette into jet fuel
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Burger King is wading into the Net Neutrality debate for some reason.
They did an experiment where customers could pay more to receive their Whoppers faster, and it "caused infuriation."
h/t
@SitkaWriter
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@rochellegarner
@Lucas_Shaw
They were 10th last month. Didn't do quite as well on album sales, Spotify or YouTube
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@jazz_inmypants
Everyone in Moana’s extremely isolated village speaks with a different accent.
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Our kid’s science teacher was asked if they could use calculators.
He says, “When I was your age, my teacher said I shouldn’t rely on a calculator because I wouldn’t always have it in my pocket.”
*pulls out phone*
“But that’s was wrong, so...sure, you can all use calculators.”
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I feel like this is the first time the phrase "grandfathered in" could be applied to someone with face tats
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Shel Silverstein has the correct response to every twitter thread
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When no one remembers how to spell Pauly Shore, the Gen X erasure is complete
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Twitter has locked down product changes to the site, keeping employees who may be miffed about the Elon Musk deal from “going rogue” via
@KurtWagner8
@EdLudlow
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There’s a vintage LA account I follow, and I love the old photos. But literally every person who follows it is like, “Can’t believe they replaced this oil-change place with an apartment building. Like we needed another of those. Ugh.” And I’m like, am I being pranked right now?
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Just realized the 4-year-old thinks this place is called "the Star Box"
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A letter to the editor in my hometown (Santa Cruz, CA) after they replaced a Taco Bell with a six-story apartment building
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Sony put out a somewhat reassuring statement, saying they’re continuing on the path laid out by Disney’s Kevin Feige; ie, they won’t kill Uncle Ben again?? via
@anoushasakoui
@chrispalmeri
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Netflix is in talks to buy the historic Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. The idea is to just use it for industry screenings and premieres, but a very symbolic move for the streaming giant. via
@anoushasakoui
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Watching the Loki show with the kids…
Me: “Who’s ready for a loki evening?”
*no one laughs*
Me: “Who’s ready for a—“
Wife: “We heard you.”
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I would happily read a catalog that was entirely copy-editing notes
I think the Boden catalogue might be having a nervous breakdown.
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The Baha Men released “Who Let the Dogs Out” 20 years ago this month (July 2000), and we’re still no closer to knowing the identity of the dog releaser
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Oh dear. It seems that hats without flat brims are now known as...
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“My husband is out on a Juul run right now. Gonna clear the shelves and hoard ’em like our incandescent bulbs!”
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Counterargument: spray everyone with alcohol every 15 minutes
Airlines are banning alcohol to prevent the spread of coronavirus
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Sometimes
@Twitter
’s non-chronological timeline works perfectly. I saw the first tweet and then scrolled down to see the second
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The CEO of canned water seller Liquid Death, which is now valued at $700 million (!), attributes the company’s success to making water look “fun and unhealthy like beer or an energy drink.” via
@Katie_Roof
@crystalttc
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One of my favorite things about UC Berkeley is everyone is obsessed with the falcons nesting in the tower.
When the chancellor sends an alumni bulletin, it’s not about, I dunno, the endowment or something…she’s like HERE’S WHAT’S UP WITH THE FALCONS GUYS
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The Egyptian isn't as famous as the Chinese Theatre (with its red carpet events and celebrity foot/handprints), but it was actually the first venue to host a proper Hollywood premiere: 1922's “Robin Hood” starring Douglas Fairbanks.
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“Anne with an E” on Netflix is a poignant coming-of-age series with a lot of heart. But I think its main purpose is revealing that Canadians are actually super-mean.
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That said, the flatbread in the video looks pretty dope. No notes!
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The legendary Le Cirque restaurant has closed for good.
Fancy till the end, the garbage truck collecting their old furniture is blocked off with a velvet rope
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@tombellino
@SamAugustDean
@KateCagle
They had green boba tea at my office today, so we're going strong here in Century City
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Three weeks after a painful round of layoffs, BuzzFeed is voting to unionize. via
@gerryfsmith
@JPaskin
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Page Six acknowledging that it's only Feb. 1 and we really don't have a great sense of what direction celebrity bikini pictures might take in 2022
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U.S. Open ticket prices plunge after a chance to see history is replaced by a chance to see a rando Italian lady.
http://t.co/ZfFOJKfxOs
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Our girls found “Anne with an E” on Netflix, watched every single episode, and then cried and cried when it ended. They had to be consoled.
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"The Rise of Skywalker" box-office estimates have come down a bit in recent days. It's looking like it won't top "Last Jedi" and certainly not "Force Awakens," but one can certainly hold out (new) hope. via
@chrispalmeri
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The last time the Warrors advanced to the Western Conference finals, this was Apple Computer's headquarters.
http://t.co/rqWymJlDVW
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Not sure how Costco manages to lower calories by adding pepperoni, but this seems like an underreported breakthrough
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(•_•)
<) )╯CNN is actually
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A New Jersey-based pizza chain is going to start selling pizza crusts by themselves...like this.
What would you think if you opened this box and saw this?
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California is about to overtake Germany as the fourth-largest economy in the world
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The fastest-growing US baby names, according to the just-released SSA numbers for 2022:
Girls
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2. Neriah
3. Arlet
4. Georgina
5. Amiri
Boys
1. Dutton
2. Kayce
3. Chosen
4. Khaza
5. Eithan
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I don’t know why they continued trying to make album covers after this one
🎶Barry White released his debut studio album ‘I’ve Got So Much to Give’ 50 years ago, March 27, 1973
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Looking through the latest Social Security baby-name data released today, Khaleesi is now a more popular girls' name than Gloria, Anne or Julie. (And yet, no one is using Khaleesi's real name, Daenerys.)
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Next up is a shoutout to the surprisingly high percentage of LA bus riders who thank the driver every time they get off. (4/17)
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dammit I’m mad
(I'm not actually mad; that's just an additional palindrome)
Be kind to anyone who tells you today's date is a palindrome. They're obviously going through something extremely difficult and trying to mask the pain by sharing a really mundane fact.
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Thanos is still very much a niche name, but it hit a new record last year.
Number of U.S. baby boys named Thanos
2000: <5
2001: <5
2002: <5
2003: <5
2004: 6
2005: <5
2006: <5
2007: 5
2008: <5
2009: 7
2010: <5
2011: <5
2012: 5
2013: <5
2014: 5
2015: 12
2016: 8
2017: 6
2018: 13
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The girls came home from school and said they had a substitute drama teacher that told them their performances should be so scary that “all the kindergarteners cry.”
And now I want to know everything about the substitute drama teacher’s life story that brought him to this point.
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Lastly…knowing that the biggest movie about public transit wasn’t set in New York or Chicago but right here in Los Angeles.
Ride with pride, Angelenos! (17/17)
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Walmart is offering prepared meals for the first time, and it's adding Blue Apron-style meal kits to stores. Probably not great news for fast-food chains via
@bizboyle
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The former Cabrini-Green housing project, immortalized in films such as “Hoop Dreams” and ”Candyman,” is now one of the fastest-gentrifying parts of America. via
@readep
@jonathanjlevin
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Apple is getting Peanuts content, including “original short-form STEM content that will be exclusive to Apple, featuring astronaut Snoopy.” (If this doesn't end with Schroeder producing tracks on GarageBand, there is no such thing as synergy.)
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Fifth Ave in front of Trump Tower: barriers, protesters, police with body armor and assault rifles. And some confused tourists with Gap bags
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I’m going to start using this tactic in my everyday life:
“Bill, that story sounds like Butternut Squash...if you get my meaning.”
via
@markgurman
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Fun fact: Kaepernick actually is good at basketball. Star player in high school.
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"Snoop tells Bloomberg" is a phrase we don't hear nearly enough
“Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays,” Snoop tells Bloomberg
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“A guide to major Bay Area faults”
Well, there’s the cost of housing and the bars shut down at 1:45am. Can’t find a good bagel...
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LA shamelessly using its bus system to promote sports teams. (14/17)
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Apple’s first phone to be “built from the ground up” for AI won’t have its signature AI features when it launches (and even when the AI features do arrive in October, they’ll be in the form of a beta test) via
@markgurman
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The film-reel ceiling at the Hollywood and Vine Metro station. (11/17)
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I don't think the European heat wave will affect American attitudes about global warming since we literally have no idea what 40°C means
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