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Francis Scialabba
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IN THIS ISSUE
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Icebreakers with Kim Chi
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NYC's Big Election
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A Dad Paradise
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Good morning. After
weeks of sentimental intros, let's kick off this Father's Day edition
with a few of my favorite dad jokes. If you're not groaning loud enough
for your neighbors to hear, I didn't do my job.
- I was wondering why this frisbee kept looking bigger and bigger. Then it hit me.
- Why can't you trust atoms? They make up everything.
- Three conspiracy theorists walk into a bar. That can't just be a coincidence.
- Does anyone need an ark? I Noah guy.
- If you ever want to talk about why our air conditioning bill is so high, my door is always open.
Happy Father's Day!
—Neal Freyman
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Stock Watch: Movie Dads
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Icebreakers with...Drag Queen Kim Chi
Courtesy of Kim Chi/Tanner Abel
Kim Chi is a
self-described "7-foot tall, live-action anime character and
high-fashion model." The drag star and beauty influencer was born in the
US, raised in South Korea, and currently spends her time in Chicago
with the perfect roommate, her french bulldog. After finishing in the top three on season eight of RuPaul's Drag Race, Kim Chi launched her cosmetic company, KimChi Chic Beauty, with entrepreneur and NYX founder Toni Ko in 2019.
We asked Kim Chi a few Icebreakers.
What's the most important thing you learned when launching your beauty brand?
To have fun and to create products you know you're gonna have fun with! I think people really vibe with that!
Who would your dream celebrity collaboration be with?
LOONA!!! Haha I love them so much!
Who creates some of your favorite content online?
My friend Jonathan Kung creates thoughtful content about food and cooking; Timothy Hung is an amazing makeup artist.
What skills could modern business people gain from becoming drag queens?
Merchandising, visual merchandising, negotiating for rates, and most importantly, learning how to weed out scammers.
What topic do you wish was a college major but isn't?
The history of zombies in pop culture.
What is your favorite compliment you've ever received?
"You always show up on time!"
What question do you wish people would ask you?
"Have you had your iced coffee today? Would you like some?"
This interview has been lightly edited and condensed for clarity.
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Make It Work: Vax Talk in the Office
Each week, Morning Brew's Head of People Ops Kate Noel answers reader-submitted questions about work in 2021.
For
personal reasons, I don't want to get vaccinated. How do I respond to
colleagues asking if I've been vaccinated yet? It seems there's a lot of
uncomfortable social pressure around this topic. Thanks, Chris.
I have noticed
that the privacy coworkers used to exercise around personal health
information has relaxed over the past year. My own stance on Covid
vaccinations aside, I don’t think it’s a proper workplace conversation
to have unless in a formal capacity from your employer. And even then it
can get a little tricky, which is why we leave that kind of stuff to
the professionals who are trained in workplace sensitivity (just in case
you’re confused about who that is, boo, that’s me and my friends in
human resources).
Next time one of
your coworkers asks you if you’re vaccinated, just say you’re not
comfortable sharing personal health decisions or anything else about
your medical background. I do have to add that I hope you’ve done your
research and made an educated decision on your stance on vaccinations,
which have proven to be safe and effective against Covid and are the
reason the US is nearly out of this mess. Either way, be thoughtful and
follow the proper CDC guidelines for people who are unvaccinated.
Summer’s finally here, let’s have fun…responsibly.
Something bothering you at work? Ask Kate here.
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The Election in Wall Street's Backyard
Andrew Lichtenstein/Getty Images
If you've so far
managed to escape the Twitter buzz around the NYC mayoral race, your
blissful ride has come to an end. Ahead of the big Democratic primary
this Tuesday, here's a primer on the race to succeed Bill de Blasio and
lead the country's most populous city.
Who is running?
The better question is who isn't running? With 13 candidates
on the ballot for the Democratic primary, it's the biggest field in the
city's history. Some notable candidates include Brooklyn Borough
President Eric Adams, former sanitation commissioner Kathryn Garcia,
tech entrepreneur and former presidential candidate Andrew Yang, and
former Citigroup exec Ray McGuire.
Who is Wall Street backing?
The city's powerful financiers have mostly thrown their weight behind Yang, McGuire, and Adams. Adams has recently received a $1.5 million boost from
NY Mets owner and hedge fund manager Steve Cohen. Other Adams boosters
include hedge fund manager Dan Loeb, Citadel CEO Ken Griffin, and
legendary investors Stanley Druckenmiller and Paul Tudor Jones.
Big business may
prefer Adams, a former NYPD captain, for his focus on public safety.
Last October, more than 150 business leaders sent a letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio saying that degrading quality of life could hinder the city's economic recovery.
How will the election work?
For the first time, the primary will utilize a format called "ranked-choice voting," which is as if the Joker came along and sprinkled even more chaos onto an already unpredictable race.
Ranked-choice voting
means that instead of checking one name off on a ballot, NYC voters
will be able to put down up to five, ranked by their preference. For
another real-world example, the best picture winner at the Oscars is
selected by a version of ranked-choice voting. This method means being
enough people's No. 2 choice could be a recipe for victory.
Who is going to win?
The latest polls show Adams in the lead
followed by Garcia, who would be the first woman ever elected mayor of
NYC. Although the Republican primary is also happening on Tuesday, in
bright-blue NYC the Democratic winner is basically a shoo-in to win the
general election in November.
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What does that mean? It means you and a Co-Owner can build credit, manage your account, and share payment responsibilities together. Apple Card Family also offers accounts for Participants, ages 13 and over, so they can cover daily purchases without transferring money.
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Terms apply.
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Open House
Welcome to Open
House, the only newsletter section that asks the tough questions like,
"Why did someone put such a tiny sink in such a wide piece of granite?"
We'll give you a few facts about a listing and you try to guess how much
it costs.
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Today's house
is a special treat for Chatham, NJ, dads. While most of us equate
"house built in 1906" to "house is full of ghosts," dads see an
opportunity to rattle off random historical facts. This old home sits on
¾ of an acre and has some great amenities:
- 3 beds, 4 baths
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Secret Garden-esque greenery and a little private pond
- Multi-level patio (we did say this was a dad paradise)
How much for the historic home?
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Just Click It
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Evolution of the dad. (Knowable)
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What is a flying car? (NYT)
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How Airbnb failed its own anti-discrimination team—and let racial disparities slip through the cracks. (Emerging Tech Brew)
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The lies we tell ourselves about going to bed early. (The Atlantic)
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Why Gen Z loves to drag Lin-Manuel Miranda. (BuzzFeed News)
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Xbox's big bets are finally paying off. (Polygon)
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I saw millions compromise their Facebook accounts to fuel fake engagement. (Rest of World)
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"The Netflix of Wellness": Inside the Hollywoodization of Peloton. (THR)
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What the rich don't want to admit about the poor. (NYT)
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The Brew's lifestyle newsletter got a swanky redesign. (Sidekick)
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Meme Battle
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Tens of millions of Americans (more than
50 million at last count) have experienced something like this
scenario, and maybe you’re one of them…
You go to see the doctor because you
have a stiff, painful joint that just won’t quit—and he says the exact
words you don’t want to hear.
He tells you that your poor joint is now BONE ON BONE.
Here’s what that means…
In a healthy joint—a knee, elbow, hip,
shoulder or any other spot where two bones meet—the ends of the bones
are covered by cartilage. This smooth, white “connective tissue”—a kind
of cross between soft muscle and hard bone—literally cushions every
joint, making effortless movement possible.
But time isn’t kind to our joints. As
the years pass, cartilage can erode. Cell by cell, it just wears away.
Until there’s so little left that the two bones constantly bump into
each other. Ouch! Nagging pain replaces pain-free living. Stiffness
replaces flexibility.
And those achy joints often have a
strange soundtrack—the creepy “bone music” doctors call crepitus. These
grating, grinding, crunchy, creaky sounds are produced when--you guessed
it--one bone rubs against another.
Now, maybe you’re feeling pretty hopeless about this “bone on bone” situation.
If there’s no cartilage left, what
chance do you have of relieving pain and stiffness? Not to mention being
able to do the things you love, like going for a pain-free walk or
happily playing with your rambunctious grandchildren.
Short of a joint replacement, it seems like a joint that’s “bone on bone” is a lost cause.
Well, as a board-certified naturopathic
physician who uses non-drug remedies to control and reverse my patients’
chronic health problems, I’m here to tell you… THAT’S NOT TRUE!
I’m here to tell you that even in cases of bone on bone joint pain, there’s hope for relief.
NEAR-INSTANT RELIEF!
I’m talking 30 seconds! You can’t get much more “instant” than that.
In fact, this one-step approach
is SO simple and SO powerful that the doctor who created it is called
“The Joint Whisperer”—because the therapy he’s describing literally
“talks” to your bones so that they behave.
Or you can think of the therapy as
an-all natural “cushion” that quietly slips into the space between your
joints, providing a way to stop bone rubbing on bone.
This unique therapy
can restore range of motion. Reduce scarring. Relieve muscle tension
and pain. And—most importantly—it douses the chronic inflammation that
is THE main cause of vanishing cartilage.
And since chronic inflammation is the
culprit behind so many health problems, this “bone on bone” therapy
affects other organs too.
It can…
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