Early Addition: The least helpful Celsius you'll ever chug
July 31, 2025, 10 a.m.
Because a vodka and seltzer isn't going to get you through first period, here are your early links: Gentrified "Sesame Street," swindled street vendors, rich Millennials moving back to Buffalo and more.
Good Thursday morning in New York City, where it could flood later.
Here's what else is happening:
- Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani yesterday visited the family of NYPD Officer Didarul Islam, who was killed in Monday's Midtown office shooting.
- Officer Islam, who was remembered by others in his tight-knit "Little Bangladesh" community as a generous neighbor and devout Muslim, once encountered Mamdani at Eid prayers, according to Mamdani's recounting of his conversation with Islam's family.
- Over a dozen immigrant street vendors say they've been swindled out of thousands of dollars by a guy who's promised to help them get permits.
- They've gentrified the set of "Sesame Street."
- Somewhere, a sleepy teenager is about to not get that boost from their Celsius that's mistakenly filled with vodka and soda.
- Joan Anderson, a woman who sort of had her idea for the hula hoop stolen by a Wham-O executive, has died at the age of 101.
- A New Mexico judge has dismissed Alec Baldwin's lawsuit against Santa Fe officials for "malicious prosecution" in the "Rust" shooting case.
- Meet the people from Buffalo who left home, got rich, and are now moving back and buying incredible old houses.
- And finally, rich cat:
When you're lazy but you get the job done. pic.twitter.com/CmjT2KvusY
— cats with jobs 🛠(@CatWorkers) July 17, 2025