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  • Last summer, NYC was a "magical" tourist-free place just for New Yorkers (due to the deadly disease spreading through the city). Are you upset that tourists are now coming back? "I liked to tell people that all the things that compel you to come as a visitor — the excitement, the attractions, the crowds, the noise, the sense of being at the center of it all — can make living here a maddening frustration. But that madness is inherent to the city. It’s part of what drew you here and what keeps you here. It’s what makes New York New York."
  • A crane collapsed onto a building in Astoria earlier today, but thankfully no injuries were reported.
  • The 79th Street Boat Basin is facing a years-long renovation, which means the community of "liveaboards"—the boaters who live there full-time—may be evicted for years, or possibly forever.
  • Public toilets are still hard to come by in the city, but they are out there if you know where to look.
  • A Boeing 737 cargo plane made an emergency landing this morning in the ocean near Honolulu after pilots reported "engine trouble."
  • American sprinting star Sha’Carri Richardson may miss the Olympics because she tested positive for marijuana, which makes me wonder: who possibly thinks marijuana is a performance-enhancing substance?
  • Robots are often making our jobs harder, not easier.
  • Stereogum celebrates the 20th anniversary of The White Stripes' masterpiece White Blood Cells and the 10th anniversary of Kendrick Lamar's first major project, Section.80.
  • After last week's glorious bounty of exciting new music releases, things are a bit quieter going into the holiday weekend. But I still recommend you check out GBV side project Cub Scout Bowling Pins' debut album Clang Clang Ho; they are to GBV what the Dukes of Stratosphear are to XTC. And if that comparison rings any bells for you, then you definitely need to check this album out.
  • Also released today: a re-imagined version of Tom Petty's She's The One soundtrack, now known as Angel Dream; and for the first time ever, you can stream the Seinfeld soundtrack.
  • And finally, this is how I'm gonna be spending the next couple of weeks... except I am the dog in this case. (See you all in August after my child is old enough to sit up on his own and get a dang job.)