When the federal government first announced its plans to shut down the Plum Island Animal Research off the coast of Long Island and move it hundreds of miles inland to Manhattan…Kansas (Manhattan, Manhattan would be TRULY insane), many people wondered how smart of an idea that was. The Department of Homeland Security-controlled lab is notorious […]
Last month I wrote a somewhat sarcastic post called “Commissioner Bratton Is Off His Damn Rocker,” where I criticized Bratton’s statement about how “cop haters” who post videos of cops arresting to social media were making officers’ jobs needlessly difficult. I suggested that he take a vacation to clear his head. But after reading this […]
A Viennese baker made a 9/11 cake to protest Austria’s two ruling parties (!?). That’s not a question; that’s what the cake is supposed to do, but why? I fail to see the connection between 9/11 and Austria’s politics. “Sometimes, you have to present an exaggerated view of the situation if you really want to […]
On Wednesday, New York City’s top cop and most ardent broken windows proponent urged stiffer penalties for resisting arrest. After a hearing before state lawmakers in Lower Manhattan, Police Commissioner William Bratton told reporters that the charge should be raised from a misdemeanor to a felony. “I think a felony would be very helpful in […]
The street artist Insa is known for his Gif-iti, a technique in which he paints a mural over and over with slight changes and documents each piece to create an animation later. Normally if one stumbles upon a piece by Insa, the animation can be viewed through an augmented reality app, but his latest work required […]
For nearly two decades, the pixel-world building collective known as eBoy has been rendering cities in their unmistakable 8-bit style. After transforming New York (pictured above), Berlin, Paris, Tokyo, and London into what the graphics trio calls Pixoramas, they are hoping to tackle San Francisco next “A San Francisco Pixorama pixel poster has been on […]
A virtual private network, or VPN, is a method used by people all around the world to have a more secure and private connection on the internet. Businesses use them for internal communications and storage; journalists and dissidents use them to get around blocked sites in restrictive countries; and many people use them just to visit websites […]
After Death Grips announced its break up back in July, everyone did post-mortem think pieces, praising the bands anarchistic ways or condemning perceived publicity stunts. So it’s easy to forget the chaotic noise-rap outfit still has a new album coming out. The music video for Inanimate Sensation dropped today and it’s just as fucked up and […]
Nothing says outrage at the creeping surveillance state like an adorable terrier wearing human clothes with leaked NSA documents printed on them. Big Data Pawn Shop, an art project/clothing label wants you to be able to make a fashion STATEMENT with the documents that Edward Snowden risked his life to smuggle out of NSA headquarters. If […]
On an overcast 70-degree day in mid-October, about forty thrill-seeking bike messengers and cyclists sped off on an unsanctioned bike race known as the alleycat, zig-zagging through traffic, running through red lights, and evading NYPD to compete for a hefty first place prize of $1,000 courtesy of the Coca-Cola Company, one of many sponsors. None […]
