An Eric Adams aide tries to win the friendship of a journalist. A company promises to filter microplastics out of your blood. Private equity is dipping its toes in public utilities. The White House is teaming up with PragerU to tell your kids that slavery wasn’t that bad. 

100/10,000 burpees video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InvXAEZxcHo

https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/winnie-greco-eric-adams-aide-attempted-cash-katie-honan-reporter/ 

https://jacobin.com/2025/08/private-equity-minnesota-power-takeover

https://www.thecut.com/article/yael-cohen-microplastics-interview.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=nym&utm_source=bluesky

https://www.vox.com/today-explained-podcast/422812/prageru-education-pbs-npr-cpb-defunding

^^https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8BJykaV/  

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8BdY3Hv/ 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-human-brain-may-contain-as-much-as-a-spoons-worth-of-microplastics-new-research-suggests-180985995/