Brooklyn Beta vs. Afro-Futurism — Human Parts — Medium
Is ‘authenticity’ another word for exclusion? The tech and design industries, like Portlandia, are worryingly minority-f… Brooklyn Beta vs. Afro-Futurism — Human Parts — Medium.
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Uber Has Been Partially Suspended In New York City – Business Insider
Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTravis Kalanick, chief executive officer of Uber Technologies Inc., in London in October. New York City has temporarily banned some of Uber’s bases there, but it shouldn’t affect service, the company says. Five of the six bases run by the taxi service were suspended by the city’s taxi and limousine tribunal…
Smirking Thug Who Attacked Lady Subway Worker Was An NYPD Cop, Surprise! | Wonkette
It has not been a banner year for our armed public servants from the City of New York. When we last left them, they were executing a two-pronged strategy to protest Mayor Bill de Blasio’s alleged anti-cop rhetoric, first hijacking the funeral of two murdered cops, then refusing to do their jobs. What did the horrible…
Where Young College Graduates Are Choosing to Live – NYTimes.com
When young college graduates decide where to move, they are not just looking at the usual suspects, like New York, Washington and San Francisco. Other cities are increasing their share of these valuable residents at an even higher rate and have reached a high overall percentage, led by Denver, San Diego, Nashville, Salt Lake City…
Kirby Delauter, Kirby Delauter, Kirby Delauter – The Frederick News-Post : Politics And Government
Knowing Councilman Kirby Delauter as we do, we weren’t surprised that he threatened The Frederick News-Post with a lawsuit because we had, he says — and we’re not making this up — been putting Kirby Delauter’s name in the paper without Kirby Delauter’s authorization. Attorneys would be called, Kirby Delauter said. In fact, we spent…
Police Now Citing ‘Feelings’ as Reason for Slowdown | Rolling Stone
By Matt Taibbi | January 6, 2015The apparent work stoppage by the New York Police Department is now officially a really confusing story.The latest weekly stats show that whatever they NYPD is up to is still going on in a big way, with parking violations down 92 percent compared to the same week last year,…
Forget rats, pigeons & bedbugs: Bunnies are New York’s hottest new vermin! | Dangerous Minds
The wildlife of NYC is much maligned, and yet every honest-to-God New Yorker knows these scrappy, hard-bitten creatures are an integral part of experiencing the city. Maybe you saw a rat as big as Corgi attack a Corgi the size of a slightly smaller Corgi!? Perhaps you encountered a roach trying to sell you a…
This post shamelessly uses Frederick County (Md.) Council Member Kirby Delauter’s name without authorization – The Washington Post
Kirby Delauter, a Frederick County (Maryland) Council Member threatens a local journalist (Bethany Rodgers) for … using his name without permission in a newspaper article. No, really: Uh, Council Member: In our country, newspapers are actually allowed to write about elected officials (and others) without their permission. It’s an avantgarde experiment, to be sure, but…
Long-awaited hardware/kitchenware store opens
Jan. 5, By Christian Murray Long Island City residents have been calling for a neighborhood hardware store for years. Now they have one and it is located at 47-17 5th Street. Kitchen Plus More, which sells everything from screw drivers to pots & pans, opened on Christmas Eve with its owner promising quality products at…
We Always Blame the Victim | Dame Magazine
Two stories dominating my social-media feeds of late have begun to run together in my mind: the nationwide protests against police brutality toward Black citizens, and the unfolding story of an alleged rape at University of Virginia, which may or may not have happened as reported in a recent Rolling Stone article. Both reveal our…