23 April 2025
good morning. it’s my Friday.
BOO
46% of Americans live in locations with air quality so poor it fails the standards outlined by the American Lung Association. research puts down the backslide down to the effects of wildfire smoke and climate change.
close your eyes and imagine the scent of Greenpoint. what is that.. notes of dog piss ? a whiff of some tattooed passerby’s Santal 33 ? the stale herbal soap at Upstate Stock ? whatever you said, I have a sneaking suspicion jasmine, tree moss, and fresh cardamom were not in there.
YESS
the Instagram video editing app finally launched yesterday so I spent part of my evening fiddling with it. it is extremely user-friendly, even more than TikTok IMHO.
Denver’s new Populus hotel looks like the kind of place where your pronunciation of “hojicha” would be corrected. the kind of place where the waiter presents you with a dish and that he then pours some sort of berry reduction onto in front of you from a clay teapot. it is, however, allegedly “carbon positive” which may not be true, but at least they’re climate conscious. someone has to do something for our air.
MONEY
pan-European stock indices closed higher yesterday, fueled in part by ECB President Christine Lagarde’s statements about disinflationary measures in the Eurozone nearing completion.
the Dow is heading straight for its worst April since the Great Depression. according to the Treasury secretary, who said the trade war is “not sustainable,” deal talks with China will turn to an impasse. want some good US market news ? Trump said he has no intention of firing Powell.
Tesla profits plummeted 71% in the first quarter which the company acknowledges has to do with its CEO’s political.. work ? efforts ? involvement.
MIAM
VinePair shared an inside look into the making of Lullaby’s genius and fun Girl Cola cocktail.
SCREENS
Mourad Winter’s film L’amour c’est surcoté is out today. it is said to capture the humor and language of singlehood and romance as a young person in France.
the official poster for the 78th Cannes Film Festival has been revealed. it’s the embrace from Un homme et une femme and actually, there are two posters ! two angles of the hug.
both posters.
have a good day. ⊹˚. ♡
