One of my news sources that is delivered with sass is
The Daily Skimm. It arrives via email everyday.
Check it out below.
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| Skimm for September 10th |
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| QUOTE OF THE DAY |
“In real estate, location defines value and parking is no exception” – A NYC real-estate exec. A new luxury building has spaces going for $1 million. Parking spaces. Honk. |
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| THE FRUIT |
THE STORY
Yesterday, Apple invited a bunch of people over for a show-and-tell. There was lots of clapping.
WHAT DO iWANT FOR CHRISTMAS?
A watch and a phone. But you can only have the phone since the watch doesn’t come out until next year. There are two choices: the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus. One’s a little tiny; the other’s a little full-figured. As for the watch, it’s like a Fitbit, a wallet, and a Tamagotchi all in one. With your choice of colors. If that didn’t make you realize how broke you’re about to be, Apple’s also got a new way for you to spend money — Apple Pay will let you store credit cards and pay for things on your phone and watch. iScared.
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Investors got really excited during the event, but after the sugar-high wore off they forgot about it and went on with their lives. Meanwhile, the Fruit’s new offerings show the company might be driving off into the luxury lane for good.
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| THE NFL |
THE STORY
After indefinitely suspending Ray Rice this week, the NFL is getting a lot of questions.
THE WHAT
Earlier this week, video surfaced of star NFL running back Ray Rice punching his then-fiancee (now-wife) Janay Palmer in an elevator, apparently knocking her unconscious. Rice got cut from the Baltimore Ravens, and was indefinitely suspended from the NFL. Months ago, a shorter video was released showed Rice dragging Palmer from the elevator. In July, the NFL suspended him for two games, which basically everyone agreed was on the wrong side of lenient. Janay defended her husband yesterday, saying the media is making her family “relive a moment in our lives that we regret every day.”
TERRIBLE STORY…BUT WHAT ARE WE STILL DEBATING?
What the NFL knew and when. The NFL says it never saw the full video until everybody else did this week. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said the league assumed there was video of what happened in the elevator, but was “never granted [the] opportunity” to see it. Networking is hard. An official said the video wasn’t released to the NFL because it was “grand jury material.” But some reporters are calling BS, pointing to league sources who seemed to know details of the full video back in July. See the problem?
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Ray Rice’s NFL career may be over – or maybe not if you ask Goodell — but the NFL is going to be dealing with questions about how it handled all this for a long time. Many would prefer discussing ways to prevent domestic violence. |
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WHAT PEOPLE ARE WATCHING…
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ISIS. Today, Sec. of State John Kerry arrived in Iraq to talk to the country’s leaders about the fight against the Islamic militant group. He’s starting a tour of the Mideast to rally support. Back in Washington yesterday, President Obama met with Congressional leaders to remind them they can stand with him or without him to take action against ISIS. Or they can just watch him work. He’ll address the nation tonight about the US’s new strategy to fight the group, which could reportedly include airstrikes in Syria. Meanwhile, yesterday, the US government got a bad grade from the family rep of Steven Sotloff – the US journalist who was beheaded by ISIS in a video released last week — for how it handled the situation. The Sotloff family says the White House wasn’t in regular communication with them like it said it was. Sotloff’s family also claims the journalist was sold to ISIS by another rebel group for up to $50,000 and the US could have done more to try to save him. |
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WHAT TO SAY WHEN YOUR FRIEND STEALS YOUR MILLION DOLLAR IDEA…
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Um, I invented Post-Its. Yesterday, Snapchat settled a lawsuit with ousted co-founder Reggie Brown for a confidential amount. The guys behind Snapchat also admitted for the first time that Brown came up with the idea for the app. Idea, shmidea. Brown was later pushed out and not given equity. So he sued. This all comes after Snapchat was recently valued at $10 billion.
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WHAT TO SAY WHEN THE NEXT EPISODE OF “HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER” WON’T LOAD…
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Barney blocked. Today, Netflix and a bunch of other big-name websites like Etsy, Kickstarter, and WordPress are protesting to support net neutrality. The sites will be showing a picture of the ‘spinning wheel of death’ loading symbol — not to make sure you’re still breathing, but as a friendly reminder that this could be the future. Refresher: net neutrality is the idea that all content on the Internet should be treated equally, and preference shouldn’t be given to sites willing to pay for faster connections. That’s not what happens now. There’s currently no regulation over how Internet providers treat traffic from different websites. The FCC’s been listening to comments on some new rules for monitoring pay-to-play. They’re going to stop listening to everyone’s opinions next week. |
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WHAT TO SAY WHEN SOMEONE ASKS ABOUT YOUR COLLEGE’S RANKING…
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Who are you, my mother? Yesterday, US News & World Report released its annual “Best Colleges” list. For something new and different, Princeton, Harvard, and Yale are the top three universities and Williams is the top for liberal arts colleges. If your friends are posting about their ranking, time to make new friends. |
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WHAT TO SAY WHEN THERE’S A KNOT IN YOUR HAIR…
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First, let me take a selfie. Meet the Selfie Brush. Finally, something that lets you duckface and untangle. ‘No judgment’ sold separately. |
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THING TO KNOW
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Flak vs. Flack
Flak: what you get when someone gives you a hard time. Also apparently means antiaircraft fire and something resembling body armor.
Flack: What Ari has on “Entourage.” A publicist or right-hand person who pumps up an employer’s rep.
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SKIMM GIFT
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Machu Picchu looks good on you. Click here to win a trip to Peru. Inca Trail included. It’s kind of a big deal. |
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Thanks to these Skimm’rs for knowing what’s up and telling everyone else:
Tess Ramirez, Bridget Morse-Karzen, Sandie Nunez, Angela Ri, Gayle Powell, Alexandra Jones, Alexis Teixeira, Keri Strucher, Menaka Sachdev, Julia Liguori, Christina Richardson, Brittany Gellerman, Alexis Whitley, Megan Hurlbert, Mimi Thomas, Marissa Simon, Elyce Murillo, Kathryn Oatway, Julie Stecker, Danni Topalsky, Jena Fritts, Carly Swartz, Halle Morgan, Chloe Miller
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SKIMM LIFE
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SKIMM BIRTHDAYS
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Skimm’bassador Abby Isaacs (Syracuse, NY); Skimm’bassador Stephanie Silverman (Cary, NC); Skimm’bassador Lucy Hoffman (New York, NY); Skimm’bassador Katrina Dorsey (Greenwich, CT); English Taylor (Chicago, IL); Lindsey Toomey (Hanover, NH); Jenny Meyer (New York, NY); Orçun Açan (Antalya, Turkey); Jocelyn Gailliot (New York, NY); Karen Williams (Jamaica, NY); Angela Bookmyer (Houston, TX); Felicia Wright (Laguna Beach, CA); Stephanie Rapp (New York, NY); ChanelleNeal (Washington, DC); Cian Barron (Clinton, NY); Dave Crowe (Portland, OR); Enjoli Duval (New York, NY); Kathe Caire (Nashville, TN); Meryl Hayes (Newton, MA); Patrick Johnson (Brooklyn, NY); Carrie Kelley (Bermuda); Allie Baker (Orlando, FL)
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