A 1971 portrait of the artist Stanley Whitney painted by Barkley Hendricks is poised to break a record for the artists when it is offered at auction in May. The painting, titled “Stanley,” picture its titular subject in street clothes standing against a gold background and smoking a cigarette. It will be offered during a…
Etsy has announced that the recent payment delays experienced by a portion of the platform’s active sellers following the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) have been resolved. The delays happened because Etsy had been using SVB to issue payments to some sellers, and the bank’s subsequent collapse on March 10 meant those payments…
A private-sector bank rescue mission Eleven U.S. banks came together yesterday to inject $30 billion into First Republic Bank, a smaller peer on the brink of collapse after the implosion of Silicon Valley Bank last week. The arrangement, in which each will deposit at least $1 billion into First Republic, is meant as a show…
According to a new study, drinking more than 2 alcoholic drinks each day in middle-age increases a person’s risk of stroke more than typical risk factors such as high blood pressure and diabetes. Researchers used data gathered between 1967 and 2010 from 11,644 individuals from the Swedish Twin Registry to compare the effects of heavy…
Longtime Wonkette readers are familiar with Trump MAGA idiot Jason Miller and his sphincter-shaped mouth. Sometimes it was about his sexytime trials and tribulations on the campaign trail for Trump. Or when he started his low-rent Twitter knockoff Gettr, which immediately became flooded with porns and spams. Or just other times he was being a…