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had so much fun interviewing a bunch of people for this issue! check it out! especially if ur nosy 🤠
The last time we surveyed New Yorkers about their paychecks, the math was easy. Well, easier. In 2005, a blogger at Gawker made $30,000 and the CEO at Lehman Brothers more than $35 million. Back then, there was no “gig economy,” at least not as we know it today, and coffee shops from Bed-Stuy to the Upper East Side weren’t lousy with model–pickleballer–nanny–actor–producer–DJ–creative directors.
Some 20 years later, amid a radically different economic environment in which the nature of work feels as if it’s about to change forever, we set out to conduct a similar experiment. We reached into our network of sources, blind-messaged LinkedIn profiles, put out a casting call on Instagram, even stopped strangers in Union Square.
What we discovered, just before a jobs report earlier this month confirmed a dwindling labor market, is that salaries across most industries have not kept up with inflation in a city that has become exorbitantly expensive. Of course, there are plenty of people, especially at the very top, doing all right on their salary plus bonus and stock options.
The aim of our latest investigation wasn’t simply an excuse to be nosy. The hope was to capture this moment and provide some sideways service to those wondering what else there might be to do. It’s not too late to try to become a tugboat engineer, is it?
60 New Yorkers share what they do and how much they make for our latest cover story: nymag.visitlink.me/8UWFXW
the new jpmorgan chase building should not be playing ghost animations. we are not las vegas and that is behavior that should be confined to times square
just remembered i once went on nancy grace’s podcast to talk about the panera lemonade that was killing people 😭
just got a scam call where the guy said “you said this is benjamin but you sound like a woman” well yes
It’s kinda giving Ann Selzer to me I’m sorry
Scoop: Senate Republicans fear Mississippi is in play axios.com/2026/10/21/mississ…
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“I never imagined I would be international news,” he told me, a little bashfully. “I hate some of those pictures of me. But the world thought it was hot as shit.”
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a true open the schools moment
Angelina Jolie left a handwritten thank you note for hotel staff while filming ‘Maria’ in Greece, and the internet is struggling to figure out what it says.
The note has resurfaced and racked up millions of views, with people trying to decipher every word.
[H/T: lolita]
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The images appear to be AI-upscaled or altered versions of the original note shared by the hotel. The note reads: "Thank you for a restful stay at your beautiful resort. The “Maria” cast had a lovely time here. With love, Angelina Jolie."
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My first for the Wall Street Journal about how architects are reacting to the news that the Kennedy Center may be demolished. Link below:
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