Things first began to feel off in March, but it wasn’t only because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Writer Rachel Handler saw a sudden decline in America’s supply of dry, store-bought bucatini in New York. “The missing bucatini felt different,” writes Handler. “It was specific. Frightening. Why bucatini? Why now? Why us?” Bucatini is like spaghetti, but thicker and with a hole in it. It’s great at absorbing sauces, and is beloved by pasta connoisseurs. Bon Appétit deemed it the “best long pasta,” and New York City pasta magnate Frank Prisinzano said, “Lol it’s spaghetti with a hole in it. Who doesn’t like that?” When Handler discovered the shortage wasn’t just in New York City, she felt an obligation to solve the mystery of the disappearing bucatini. And it turned out the mystery went far deeper than she could have imagined. Revisit Handler’s 2020 investigation into the bucatini supply chain, and the “Big Pasta” industry: nymag.visitlink.me/rO4NNe

Staff at Office of Council Member @galeabrewer at 563 Columbus Avenue NY NY caught a mouse. Alive. In a glass jar, we walked it next door to the Wild Bird Fund…for their use as appropriate. @wildbirdfund

5 Barn Owls on an Upper West Side water tower! 🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉What an incredible Manhattan moment! So grateful to witness such fabulous wildlife right here in our city. See my previous post for a close-up! #birdcpp, #NYCWildlife, #UrbanWildlife, #NYC

Jacob is correct here—we really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans! I personally think it is >10% within the next decade. I believe Anthropic is trying its best, but we do not yet have a plan to solve alignment for superintelligence and are not clearly on track to.

We ought to romanticize SF more if we ever want this city to be actually cool

First poster for ‘EBENEZER’, a new film based on ‘A Christmas Carol’ starring Johnny Depp. “Before he was Scrooge, he was Ebenezer”