We weren’t quite sure what to make of it yesterday when FEMEN activists and professional havoc-makers went “missing” after a topless, theatrical stunt aimed at Belorussia’s dictator-ish leader. Now, FEMEN’s Inna Shevchenko claims they were kidnapped, humiliated, threatened and assaulted by the Minsk Police. Read more »
Ever wonder how those animal art prodigies do it? Well, the little ones are dipped in paint and made to scurry around canvases, leaving pricey expressionist paw smears. According to this news item, the bigger beasts “create the art while being examined in the veterinary hospital under sedation.” Read more »
A forty-nine year old man from the Bronx will serve one year in prison and will be grounded with “computer restrictions” upon release for uploading a workprint copy of X-Men Origins: Wolverine to MegaUpload. It’s an “extremely serious” offense, you guys: He stole “the intellectual property of this nation.” Read more »
When several employees at the New York Times received “holiday goodies” in packages that looked like they had been tampered with, the paper did some investigating and found out they had… by rodents. A post office employee who worked at the facility where the parcels were sorted admitted they have a rat problem, especially during the holidays. Nasty! (Photo: Richard Perry/New York Times)
A fire leaves its strangely aesthetic mark on a building in Bushwick. (Photo: Bruce LaBounty/Flickr)
Keeping up with the Occupy Wall Street protest movement is a daunting task for news outlets big and small, so from here on in, we’ll be doing a daily roundup of the latest goings-on. (Photo: Jim Kiernan/flickr) Read more »
A few months back, the Village Voice ran a cover story about what a low priority it was for the NYPD to investigate cyclists maimed or killed in motor vehicle accidents, with reporter Camille Dodero laying out a pretty convincing argument. Read more »
After crafting Sarah Palin’s likeness out of naughty flesh bits grafted out of porno magazines, artist Jonathan Yeo is back with a new series. It’s also surgical, but literally this time. These portraits of stretched faces under narcosis and various under-construction breasts were painted from photographs of real plastic surgery patients. Some source photos were given to him by surgeons. Some were snapped by Yeo when he sat in on one. Read more »
There’s nothing more infuriating than having to pay money to take money out of your own bank, but that could all soon change with Free ATMs NYC. These non-bank ATMs won’t be required to pay a fee, but they will have to watch a 15-20 second commercial which can’t be any worse than viewing the transaction processing graphics. Read more »
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