New York Post on Instagram: "TikTok influencer Emilie Kiser has filed a lawsuit to keep details of her 3-year-old son’s drowning death private. Kiser, 26, filed the suit against multiple Maricopa County public offices on Tuesday as Arizona police continue to investigate the death of her son, Trigg Kiser, who died on May 18 days after he was found unresponsive in a swimming pool. Full story at the link in our bio. 📸: Instagram / emiliekiser"

2,884 likes, 382 comments - nypost on May 29, 2025: "TikTok influencer Emilie Kiser has filed a lawsuit to keep details of her 3-year-old son’s drowning death private. Kiser, 26, filed the suit against multiple Maricopa County public offices on Tuesday as Arizona police continue to investigate the death of her son, Trigg Kiser, who died on May 18 days after he was found unresponsive in a swimming pool. Full story at the link in our bio. 📸: Instagram / emiliekiser".

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Well, this is going to make a lot of people in West Asheville quite unhappy.

The long-dragged out I26 revamping now comes with a flyover of Patton Ave. Which no one has heard about, although apparently part of the "new" design for a year.

Per the #AVLWatchdog :

https://avlwatchdog.org/enormous-and-controversial-i-26-bridge-over-patton-avenue-nixed-years-ago-is-quietly-revived-in-connector-plan/?mc_cid=596b85cb95&mc_eid=ba205a6cec

#Asheville #NC #NCDOT #BigBucks

Enormous — and controversial — I-26 bridge over Patton Avenue, nixed years ago, is quietly revived in Connector plan

As it inches toward its billion-dollar I-26 Connector project, the North Carolina Department of Transportation has trumpeted its efforts to keep costs down, including $125 million in cuts it announced this week. But until now, it has not acknowledged a key measure in the tightening of the project’s budget: the revival of a controversial plan […]

Asheville Watchdog
Opinion | I Was a Health Insurance Executive. What I Saw Made Me Quit.

Shareholders, not patient outcomes, tend to drive decisions at health insurance companies.

The New York Times

WHOA. Peter Tomarken, the original host of the CBS game show "Press Your Luck" in the 80s, hosts a 1hr 30min documentary about Press Your Luck episodes 188A & 188B.

The ones where an unemployed ice cream truck driver rigged the game & won $110K in 1984 in a get-rich-quick scheme.

The documentary did 9x the typical viewership on GSN when it premiered. Here's the whole doc.

Big Bucks - The Press Your Luck Scandal
https://youtube.com/watch?v=tjpIEyY9kio&si=yd4HUeZdl6HqSK4M

#pressyourluck #bigbucks #documentary #scandal #cbs

Big Bucks - The Press Your Luck Scandal

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40 years ago today, Press Your Luck (1983-1986) contestant Michael Larsen beat the show so dramatically, he was accused by CBS of cheating. It turns out he just figured out the game pattern. #80s #80sTV #BigBucks #NoWhammies https://ultimateclassicrock.com/michael-larson-press-your-luck/
35 Years Ago: Michael Larson Breaks 'Press Your Luck'

An ice cream truck driver from Ohio figured out how to avoid the Whammy and burned a major network game show for more than $100,000.

Ultimate Classic Rock
40 years ago today, Press Your Luck (1983-1986) premiered. #80s #80sTV #BigBucks #NoWhammies
Matt Walsh Is Getting Paid for His Transphobia on YouTube Again: Report

After he was demonitized in April, the transphobic and bigoted far-right media personality is bringing in big bucks on the video platform again, according to a new report from Media Matters.

Advocate.com
41 Photos of ‘Drag Isn’t Dangerous’ Fundraiser That Raised Some Big Bucks for LGBTQ+ Rights

Organizers say the event, which continues to bring in money, raised more than $560,000.

Advocate.com
Post, the latest Twitter alternative, is betting big on micropayments for news. “The ‘social platform for real people, real news, and civil conversations,’ was founded by former Waze CEO Noam Bardin. It counts Kara Swisher as an advisor and venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz as 1 of its two investors. The other investor is Scott Galloway, an NYU professor, cocohost of the Pivot podcast with Swisher.” https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/11/post-the-latest-twitter-alternative-is-betting-big-on-micropayments-for-news/ #BigBucks in #socialmedia #BigTech #VentureCapital = #SaysitAll
Post, the latest Twitter alternative, is betting big on micropayments for news

"What I believe consumers want is to be able to get multiple sources of news in their feed."

Nieman Lab