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Monday Notes: Philadelphia Public Art, J Hus & Naira Marley,

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Jul 17, 2023 — 4 min read

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How Allbirds Lost Its Way

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Through Meditation and Therapy, Black Men Are Taking Care of Their Mental Health

Putting the Rich World of Philadelphia’s Public Art Online

At the heart of Conrad Benner’s work is a love for a city that he believes is particularly suited to a thriving street arts community.

SOUND by Aimé Leon Dore

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Song of the Day: J Hus featuring Naira Marley "Militerian"

Opinion Men are lost. Here’s a map out of the wilderness.

They struggled to relate to women. They didn’t have enough friends. They lacked long-term goals. Some guys — including ones I once knew — just quietly disappeared, subsumed into video games and porn or sucked into the alt-right and the web of misogynistic communities known as the “manosphere.”

Read the full article at the Washington Post

NBA (CEO) fact of the day

“there are now more NBA players with $30 million annual salaries than CEOs of S&P 500 companies who are guaranteed that much.”

Awesome.

“there are now more NBA players with $30 million annual salaries than CEOs of S&P 500 companies who are guaranteed that much.”https://t.co/MzJaC6nJU6
— Morgan Housel (@morganhousel) July 15, 2023

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Alumni 2023 Spring/Summer Lookbook Part One featuring Chad Douglas

Tyrod Taylor and Dex Robinson launch DIALLO

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