{"id":29983,"date":"2026-06-04T11:43:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T16:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=29983"},"modified":"2026-06-04T11:43:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T16:43:01","slug":"thursday-update-387","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/04\/thursday-update-387\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I asked an AI agent to explain to me the Robert Smith vs. Morrissey public feud of the mid- and late-1980s. A year ago, I would&#8217;ve searched Quora for answers. I wonder if AI will lead to the death of Quora?<\/p>\n<p>Memphis Filling Station will hold its first-ever block party Saturday, June 13. Noon to 7 PM. Live music by Rice Drewery and Paul Crum. Vendor booths. At least 5 food trucks. And, of course, MFS beer.<\/p>\n<p>Weather permitting, Brass Door will show all of Team USA&#8217;s World Cup matches in the alley.<\/p>\n<p>SI.com looks at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/grizzlies\/onsi\/the-worst-possible-outcome-for-the-memphis-grizzlies-on-draft-night-01kt4m20279z?utm_source=bleacherreport&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">worst possible outcome<\/a> for the Grizzlies in the upcoming NBA draft. Please don&#8217;t trade the 3 pick!<\/p>\n<p>Next Monday will be <a href=\"https:\/\/memphis.librarycalendar.com\/event\/lego-dino-day-48530\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LEGO Dino Day<\/a> at the Cossitt Library. 4:00-5:30 PM.<\/p>\n<p>City Council members <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13memphis.com\/news\/memphis-city-council-backs-plan-to-revive-mud-island-amphitheater-with-ada-upgrades\/article_ab197f91-0222-4a6c-83ba-8e4ec875e9a7.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">want to make the Mud Island Amphitheater ADA compliant<\/a> so it can get back to hosting concerts.<\/p>\n<p>Today is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/24398ed9a3f479df96af41eee91f0079\/national-moonshine-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Moonshine Day<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/nationaltoday.com\/national-cheese-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Cheese Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Memphis Medical District seeks a <a href=\"https:\/\/choose901.com\/job\/memphis-medical-district-collaborative-memphis-80-workforce-operations-specialist-grant-funded-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">workforce operations specialist<\/a>. They also seek a <a href=\"https:\/\/choose901.com\/job\/memphis-medical-district-collaborative-memphis-80-senior-employer-talent-relations-specialist-grant-funded-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">senior employer &amp; talent relations specialist<\/a>. These positions are grant-funded.<\/p>\n<p>City Market is offering a free fresh watermelon juice with any salad or sandwich order.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight is 1970s Night at the Redbirds. First pitch vs. Louisville 7:05.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re stuck-up please don&#8217;t work in the bar\/restaurant industry.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be at Tony and London&#8217;s bar at Earnestine &amp; Hazel&#8217;s tonight\u00a0 from 5:00-close. Come hang out and have a Soul Burger. 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Noon &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/04\/thursday-update-387\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Thursday update&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29983"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29983"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29985,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29983\/revisions\/29985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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