Early Addition: Spike Lee pays for his Knicks tickets
May 30, 2025, 10 a.m.
Because the celebrities sitting courtside "for free" have to play by different rules, here are your early links: Cuomo running a red light, Juan Soto struggling, new Alex G and more.
Good Friday morning in New York, where a new COVID strain has landed.
Here's what else is happening:
- It's been a rainy May!
- Here's a video of Andrew Cuomo running a red light in Manhattan.
- Uber and DoorDash are throwing loads of money into City Council races in an attempt to stop candidates who are vocal supporters of paid sick leave for delivery workers.
- Spike Lee does not play the PR courtside shuffle game, he pays for his own Knicks tickets.
- Sumo wrestling is thriving in New York City.
- Juan Soto is not thriving.
- About 1.5 million years ago in what's now Kenya, humans and a human-like species with slightly different feet lived in relative harmony, according to researchers.
- This new Alex G song has some giddyup.
- And finally, beautiful voice:
Little bit dramatic..ππΎπ pic.twitter.com/Nf2IFx1HsI
β πoΜ΄gΜ΄ (@Yoda4ever) May 29, 2025