Thursday Notes: Jordan Neely, NBA Playoffs, Nike vs. Bots
Your Uristocrat Notes for Thursday, May 4th. Today's headlines:
- NYC Killing of Jordan Neely sparks outrage
- Sports Roundup: Celtics thump the 76ers, Joel Embiid returns and scores 15 points
- Nike SNKRs app receives nearly 12 billion bot entries a month
- Uristocrat Art Feature: Damien Davis
Anger Mounts in NYC Over Lack of Charges in the Subway Killing of Jordan Neely
Anger Mounts Over Lack of Charges in the Killing of Jordan Neely
The subway rider was strangled by a fellow straphanger while seemingly in the throes of a mental health crisis. Police and prosecutors have released little information.
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Sports Roundup: Negro Leagues Museum, Celtics win over the 76ers, Lionel Messi
Sports Roundup: Negro Leagues Museum, Celtics win over the 76ers, Lionel Messi
Your Uristocrat Sports roundup for Thursday, May 4th. Today’s headlines: * Celtics thump the 76ers, Joel Embiid returns and scores 15 points * What happened between Lionel Messi and Paris Saint-Germain Boston Celtics (1) vs. Philadelphia 76ers (1): Celtics ‘take more pride’ in Game 2, thump S…
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Nike SNKRS Receives Nearly 12 Billion Bot Entries A Month. Here’s How Nike Fights Back
In a recent presentation at the Nike S23NYC office, SNKRS GM/VP Lucy Rouse stated that for highly popular sneaker releases, such as the recent Travis Scott x Air Jordan 1 Low OG “Olive” and the recent Lost And Found AJ1 restock, nearly half of the entries are bots, and there are millions of entries for each of those releases. Furthermore, Nike confirms that it receives nearly 12 billion bot entries a month. Additionally, the Travis Scott x AJ1 “Reverse Mocha” received nearly 3.8 million entries alone, which means almost 1.9 million were bots.
Nike SNKRS Receives Nearly 12 Billion Bot Entries A Month. Here’s How Nike Fights Back - SneakerNews.com
Securing big-ticket sneaker releases is already a challenge in itself. Throw in unpredictable bugs, which many SNKRS users experienced during the Lost And Found 1 Shock Drop on April 20th, and it gets even more difficult. Now consider bots, and buying a pair of high-heat footwear seems like an impos…
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Howard U. picks African diaspora scholar as next president
Howard U. picks African diaspora scholar as next president - New York Amsterdam News
Ben Vinson III, currently the provost at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, will officially take over as president of Howard University from the retiring Wayne Frederick.
ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press
Uristocrat Art Feature: Damien Davis
Damien Davis
Damien Davis (b. 1984, Cowley, LA) is a Brooklyn-based artist who was raised in Phoenix, Arizona. His practice explores historical representations of Blackness by unpacking the visual language of various cultures, questioning how societies code/decode/recode representations of race through craft, de…
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The Aimé Leon Dore Porsche 356
The Aimé Leon Dore Porsche 356
Porsche and Aimé Leon Dore have collaborated for the third time to release a bespoke 1960 Porsche 356B. This project follows the Type 964 911 Carrera 4 restoration presented at the Jeffrey Deitch Gallery in 2020 and the previous collaboration on the 911 SC in 2021. The exterior has undergone
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GOLF WANG Unveils Eclectic SS23′ Collection
GOLF WANG Unveils Eclectic SS23′ Collection
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Music Updates
Amaarae “Co-Star” Video
Related Amaarae announces new album Fountain Baby, shares new song Amaarae announces new album Fountain Baby, shares new songListen to “Co-Star,” the new single from Amaarae’s upcoming album Fountain Baby.The FADERJordan Darville
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Brent Faiyaz “Rolling Stone” Video
Related Brent Faiyaz Unveils 2023 Tour Dates and Video, Strikes Partnership With UnitedMasters Brent Faiyaz Unveils 2023 Tour Dates and Video, Strikes Partnership With UnitedMastersFast-rising R&B star Brent Faiyaz has struck a wide-ranging partnership with Steve Stoute’s company UnitedMasters th…
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Sneaker Updates
Bodega x New Balance 610 Preview
Related Bodega & New Balance Have an Upcoming 610 In The Works Bodega x New Balance 610 | Nice KicksBodega and New Balance have any upcoming 610 in the works, along with a matching apparel capsule collection.Nice KicksRaymond Lopez
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size? adidas Mexicana For Cinco De Mayo
Related size? Preps Two Exclusive adidas Mexicana Pairs For Cinco De MayoOver the last few decades, the size? Exclusives program has developed dozens of compelling products. Ahead of May 5th, the British retailer has teamed up with the Three Stripes to reimagine the adidas Mexicana in two styles wo…
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