These baby names have been No. 1 in the U.S. for SIX straight years
Here's the best things I found on the internet this week!
What’s happenin’ newsletter-ers,
I’m floating on cloud nine after my OKC Thunder won Game 7 of their playoff series and now sit as the overwhelming favorites to win the NBA championship this season, which would be the first professional sports title in the history of my home state. Not getting my hopes up just yet, but all the fingers and toes are crossed.
Elsewhere, I’m just hanging on for dear life headed into the long Memorial Day weekend. Can’t come soon enough. Hope your all’s weeks zoom by.
In the meantime, I’ve got my “conversation starters” for you, a round-up of the best, most interesting and most entertaining articles, videos and other content that the internet served up in the past few days. I hope you take some time to read, watch, enjoy, and then share it with a friend!
What’s the coolest story or thing you found on the internet this week? Reply to this email and shoot me a link. Would love to hear from you!
According to one student in this sweeping New York Mag story about the proliferation of AI on college campuses, one student at Columbia says he used ChatGPT to complete 80% of every assignment he ever worked on. When asked why he bothered going to an Ivy League school only to have a robot do all the learning, he said, “It’s the best place to meet your co-founder and your wife.” Obviously, this is our Long Read of the Week.
Over at NYU, one professor found a way to AI-proof his assignment prompts. Students complained that he was interfering with their “learning styles.” This viral post on X says it all.
Not sure if you all are watching season two of Nathan Fielder’s “The Rehearsal” on HBO Max—heaven knows his cringe comedy isn’t for everyone—but this time around he’s using his brand of absurdist semi-fiction to explore a very serious topic in aviation safety. One aviation journalist was skeptical that a comedy show could save lives, until he asked experts, who said Fielder is spot on.
This is wild. For the SIXTH year in a row, the most popular baby names in the United States are Olivia for girls and Liam for boys, according to the Social Security Administration. And in each of those years, Emma and Noah took second place. Come on parents, get a little more creative!!
Headlines (in this case subheads) That Require No Context: Kathryn McGowan just could not decide which of her friends she wished to accompany her down the aisle — so she picked all 95 of them.
If you’re like me and make yourself salads almost every day for lunch, yet have always wondered why restaurant salads are so much better than at-home salads, the tips in this American Test Kitchen video are about to take your lunches to the next level.
As long as we’re talking cooking, The Atlantic asks a question years in the making — is the dominance of boneless, skinless chicken breasts finally coming to an end? (As someone whose family has an entire cooking competition centered around that particular meat, the answer for us is going to be a resounding no.)
A new class of United flight ticket will include complimentary soft pajamas, caviar service and noise-canceling headphones as part of a superpremium trend among airlines to cater to the biggest spending customers. And yet I still have to choose between cookies and pretzels back in 44B…
Thanks for reading and sharing! We’re talking about the new Tim Robinson comedy Friendship on Friday heading into Memorial Day weekend, can’t wait!