For a techie, life without Stack Overflow would be unthinkable. It's the best tech Q-and-A site out there by far. Given google results containing Stack Overflow and anything else, *always* click on the Stack Overflow answer. https://www.businessinsider.com/stack-overflow-crisis-future-of-online-data-ai-world-2023-7

Puzzling choice by the editors here (NYT). "Rived," which is rarely used, is the wrong word in this case. Should be "riven," which is the past participle of "rive." #Copyediting

...Everyone seems to use this same terminology, btw. Not just big brands like Bounty but also the small hippy brands.

A few years ago paper-towel makers starting selling half sizes, which was a great move for the environment—half a sheet is plenty (if you must use paper towels). But why do they all market them with the weird name "select-a-size"? Does calling them "half-size" put customers off?

NYC friends: If you have nothing better to do tonight (there is nothing better to do) come see Girls on Grass at Main Drag in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Also on the bill: Sarah Borges and Eric "Roscoe" Ambel. https://maindragmusic.com/products/8-05-23-sarah-borges-eric-ambel-with-girls-on-grass

At the music festival in Woonsocket, R.I.: Looks like there's going to be some kind of prize drawing here tonight, and I'm totally going to win.

I'm embarrassed to be an American for lots of reasons, and the fact that that MF is still not in jail is one of them.