On Wednesday, dozens of activists gathered in front of Mayor Bloomberg’s posh townhouse on the Upper East Side—a neighborhood which only accounted for 34 of 50,383 low level pot arrests—to draw attention to the NYPD’s War on Weed and its many casualties. Read more »
Wrist goiters, bleeding thumbs, twisted shoulders, oh my! Project Game Arthritis is a pseudo-scientific, systematic study of gaming afflictions, from Xbox Hypertrophy to 3D Optical Disorder. These dramatizations are inspired by ’80s and ’90s anti-new-tech propaganda and modern day media hush-hush about possible dangers, diseases and deformations caused by too much virtual zombie killing. “What if” these were real? Read more »
According to Courtney Love, Quentin Tarantino once asked Kurt Cobain to play Eric Stoltz’s part in Pulp Fiction as Lance the Jesus-esque drug dealer, hence the special thank you note to Quentin in the back of In Utero. Read more »
Continuing our accidentally buxom morning, ex-spy Anna Chapman is still famous in Russia. She just Facebooked some “blood sucker” themed promo stills for the next episode of Mysteries of the World — a show she hosts on one of Russia’s biggest private federal tv channels. Read more »
Kim Kardashian’s legal team is swooping down on an R&B duo who used Kim’s copyrighted breasts, claiming: “We didn’t even know they were her boobies because obviously I don’t recognize her by her nipples.” (NSFW) Read more »
Looks like Invader is safely back in Paris with new work and possibly a subtle message for the LAPD. (Photo: Lionel/Flickr)
Jay-Z may not be Illuminati, but his driver can make speeding tickets magically disappear, along with other rich people, thanks to NYPD ticket fixers according to Daily News “sources.”
Prague’s on fire! First the DIY bike lane, now this car that artists Jan Martinec & Johana Strížková have turned into a public flower pot. In an act of “subversion against materialism,” they sawed apart a Fiat Bravo, filled it with earth and planted a tree in it. Read more »
When it comes to country’s first black president, even Fox Business wants in on the overt racism its parent network encourages and so contributor Eric Bolling was more than happy to oblige via Twitter. He characterized Obama’s overseas trip thusly: “Obama chugging 40′s in IRE (Ireland) while tornadoes ravage MO (Missouri).” Read more »
Watch as this cyclist riding through the Bloomsbury section of London aptly shows how not to squeeze through traffic. As noted by Bike Snob, not even the narrowest of cut down handlebars will allow someone on a bike to avoid physics.
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