Wednesday Notes for April 16th, 2025
The April 16th, 2025 edition of Uristocrat Notes featuring NBA Playoff Matchups,
Culture
NBA Legends Team Up with Stackwell to Launch Visionary Ventures Program for LA Small Businesses
NBA Legends Team Up with Stackwell to Launch Visionary Ventures Program for LA Small Businesses
NBA icons Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Paul are backing a new small business support program in Los Angeles.
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Lisson Gallery Now Represents Dalton Paula, Painter of Portraits of Overlooked Black Brazilian Historical Figures
Lisson Gallery Now Represents Dalton Paula, Painter of Portraits of Overlooked Black Brazilian Historical Figures
Lisson Gallery now represents artist Dalton Paula, who will have his first solo show with the gallery in September 2025 in New York.
Maximilíano Durón
New Brooklyn Art Fair Aims to Rewire the Market for Global Majority Artists
New Brooklyn Art Fair Aims to Rewire the Market for Global Majority Artists
Conductor, a new Brooklyn art fair launching in 2026, will spotlight Global Majority artists and galleries at Powerhouse Arts in Gowanus.
Daniel Cassady
Met Gala 2025 Guide: Hosts, Theme, How to Watch and More
Sports
2025 SoFi NBA Play-In Tournament: Your guide to Wednesday's matchups
2025 SoFi NBA Play-In Tournament: Your guide to Wednesday’s matchups
Breaking down players to watch, key matchups and predictions for the two 9 vs. 10 matchups in the SoFi Play-In Tournament.
Shaun Powell
Sneakers
Why This Ultra-Rare New Balance Sneaker Only Drops Once Every Five Years
Why This Ultra-Rare New Balance Sneaker Only Drops Once Every Five Years
Back in the 1990s, the New Balance 1300JP helped invent retro sneaker culture as we know it today.
Tres Dean
Technology
OpenAI May Be Building Its Own Social Media Like Feed to Rival X and Meta
OpenAI May Be Building Its Own Social Media Like Feed to Rival X and Meta
Key Takeaways: * OpenAI is reportedly developing a social media like feed into ChatGPT, similar to X (formerly Twitter). * An early prototype includes a social feed focused on ChatGPT’s image generation features. * Sora, ChatGPTs video and image generation service has a gallery of images and videos which may serve as
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Figma ignores the fear, files paperwork for an IPO
Figma ignores the fear, files paperwork for an IPO | TechCrunch
Design software startup Figma announced Tuesday it has filed its confidential paperwork for an IPO. We won’t know more until that paperwork becomes
Julie Bort
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