Vandal depicts Obama’s inevitable cruelness with accompanying Che quote. |flickr/$Public$|
Chances are you can’t afford this DUMBO loft or the Shepard Fairey artwork in it. |TWBE|
According to some Russian analyst 2010 will mark the end of the United States as we know it and there’s even a detailed map. |WSJ|
Behold the sock monkey version of Sarasvati, the Hindu goddess of the arts. |Neatorama|
Hooray. Even more important than the new year is the new president. Celebrate January 20th early with this cheaply priced “Yo Momma For Obama” print. |Obama Art Report|
Sensing the will of the people (and their daughters’ academic school year) the Obama’s moved into town early. |NYDN|
Scientists uncover evidence that Neanderthals died off from competition with Cro-Magnons not the weather. |Science Daily|
This bus driver’s New Year’s resolution better include not leaving any “special needs” students in the vehicle overnight in the freezing cold. |NYP|
With the whole world feeling the effects of the economy and likely drinking more to numb the pain, National Geographic timed this handy interactive feature that provides international “hangover concoctions” is timed perfectly. |NG|
New School University students occupied their campus to protest against President Bob Kerrey who they think is unfit to lead. |Gothamist|
Good news: despite all the people and pollution, the life expectancy for New Yorkers is 79 years. |Newsday|
New York is the first state to ban insect foggers. |Heartland|
Mysterious wallpaper replaces subway billboards at an ACE train station in Lower Manhattan and none of the usual suspects are taking responsibility. |PublicAdCampaign|
A group of bike clowns rode through Williamsburg, specifically to Kent Avenue, to explain to the the lower minded surrounding populations that bike lanes are a good thing. |Curbed|
Imagine this: a universal rating system for websites based on how well they report the truth. |NewScientist|
You’re telling me that Barack Obama is Person of the Year for 2008 and Time couldn’t even send a photographer? |Time|
Anyone can be an artist and we mean anyone. |Gothamist|
An exclusive line of t-shirts for Urban Outfitters that feature Sid and Nancy, are you fucking kidding me? |RetroToGo|
“Observations made by NASA instruments onboard an Air Force satellite have shown that the boundary between the Earth’s upper atmosphere and space has moved to extraordinarily low altitudes.” |ScienceDaily|
Dear Governor Paterson, tax the drugs and leave the soda alone. |City Room|
Evil Japanese scientists have discovered how to get into your mind and steal your thoughts. |Pink Tentacle|
Up your chances of not getting mangled by while riding your bike at night with this backpack created by a Brooklyn designer. |Core77|
If you haven’t signed up for the MTA’s new text alert service, here’s what typical delays look like. |BitchCakesCommutes|
This has to be the most creative and relevant uses for empty spray paint cans ever. |Tieritdm via Overspraymag|
Kaws recycled the design for his Dissected Companion toy and made it into a pillow. |TheArtCollectors|
Vintage fixed gear heads will appreciate everything about these Campagnolo Record track components except for the price. |eBay via FixedGearBlog|
The “Human Beatbox” Doug E. Fresh is going broke. |Gawker|
Are drivers just incredibly stupid or is the Grand Street bike lane really a problem? |Gothamist|
Old school subway graffiti: “Early 70′s action. JAMAR over HONDO, with STAY HIGH 149 getting up.” |flickr/BH-THE BOYS|
It’s good thing that sugar doesn’t cost as much as coke or heroin, junkies would be robbing people to get their sweet tooth on if this new study from Princeton is correct. |NYDN|
Speaking of junkies, Snuffleupagus still cops on Sesame Street. |Gothamist|
More druggy news: kids increasingly prefer prescription drugs over crowd favorites like weed and alcohol which means that pharmaceutical CEOs are the new kingpins. |WSJ|
A super secure secret area in a high security skyscraper is no longer a secret. |Curbed|
After loyally serving humanity, 1950s sexy symbol Bettie Page died in Los Angeles yesterday, here’s some sexy photos of the sultry pin-up. |Time|
The must have wall clock for vandals by fellow graffiti writer JAES ONE. |Flud Watches via WhatYouWrite|
Upscale strip club Scores is shutting down in Manhattan, but will quickly be replaced by an equally cheesy one. |Fox|
Amputating a cover girl’s leg with Photoshop isn’t the best look. |PSD|
Everything comes limited edition in the art world, beach towels by the likes of Raymond Pettibon, Karen Kilimnik, Julian Schnabel and Ed Ruscha included. |GoldenFiddle|
We’re hoping that Sapporo’s “space beer” that uses barley “from plants grown inside the International Space Station” is more than a marketing gimmick. |BLDGBlog|
Can’t they just call this shit “street art”? Somehow “garment graffiti” just doesn’t sound right. |WeAreTheMarket|
This is by far, the best or at least most creative, nativity scene. |Retro To Go|
Imagine if you could close out ads on the street as easily as you can online, now you can, symbolically at least. |UrbanPrankster|
Here’s some scientific advice: next time you got a complex decision to make don’t think about it. |ScienceDaily|
Artist and “provocateur extraordinaire” Donny Miller used the LA Auto Show as a staging ground for his ‘Big 3′ bake sale. He raised a total of $4 which he divided up and sent to the CEOs of automakers begging for federal money. |The Art Collectors|
In quasi-related news, a street artist asks for his cut of the federal bailout.
|flickr/Blue Jake|
Some maniac representing the Building Owners and Managers Association of Greater New York argued against new bike friendly initiatives proposed by the city council because they failed address to “terrorist activity.” |City Room|
Now that the parodies have run their course and Obama has been elected, Shepard Fairey has to come up with a new color scheme and design style for the President-elect. |Obama Art Report|
The governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich—who called Obama a motherfucker—was arrested this morning by the FBI for trying to profit off the appointment of Obama’s soon to be vacant senate seat. |Politico|
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