Month: October 2014
NYC’s popular bike share program, which the people love and the tabloids hate, is expanding. On Tuesday, Citi Bike announced that it will add 6,000 bikes to its fleet and “over 375 new stations” by 2017, most of which are slated for Uptown, Brooklyn and Queens. Jay Walder, the MTA chairman who suddenly resigned in […]
According to sources, the FBI has raided the home of a man who may be Edward Snowden’s successor for leaking NSA documents. Reportedly, the FBI raided the home of the suspect, who is identified as an employee of a government contractor that works with the NSA. A separate source said, “Investigators are continuing to pursue it, […]
No one. Because there is never not a good time to click on anything about the iconic 1984 film Ghostbusters. The Eclectic Method guys are really, really good and their latest remix is of the best movie in the history of the world. (Photo: Wikipedia) […]
Patrick Lynch, head of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, condemned officers who helped Eric Garner’s mother change a headlight yesterday. After Gwen Carr received a traffic ticket over the expired light in question, an NYPD officer showed up to her house to fix it. Carr is the mother of the man whom the NYPD used a homicidal and […]
A Nigerian-based artist and illustrator created an eight-page “info comic” on Ebola that is next level. Collyde Prime posted the series on his Facebook page for Awon Da comics on September 12, and also on the portfolio-sharing website Behanced.net. On his instagram account, Prime said that he created the dark humor and caricature-based comic because […]
Had the four recently minted cops stationed at the Jamaica Avenue subway stop known that a man wielding a hatchet was about to lunge upon them, they would likely not have posed for a photo last Thursday. But no one could have predicted the nightmarish events that left two officers seriously injured, one bystander wounded […]
After several high-profile traffic-related deaths in the city, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed a new bill on Monday that lowered the city’s speed limit to 25 MPH. The bill is part of de Blasio’s “vision zero” plan, which aims to eradicate traffic deaths within the next decade. The mayor signed the bill on the Lower […]
Humans seem to have a thing against bugs, spiders, centipedes, insects. Some people may argue we should eat them, but in the meantime, the only bug I want to see near my food is a bee on the side of a honey jar. And that’s where we exactly where we begin: HALLUCINOGENIC OR MAD HONEY […]
Creepytings, the young, Instagram-happy street artist, came to the world’s attention last week for painting some of America’s most beloved national parks, and now she’s reportedly cooperating with the authorities who are investigating the case. Redditors have been credited with helping to track down the young woman, whose real name is reportedly Casey Nocket. According […]
The shark — that’s Wall Street. The bird — that’s Twitter. Even after the bird served the shark a big meal, the shark still wants more and more from the bird. Unfortunately for the bird, it can’t attract enough new species per month to feed the shark, and by the end of the trading day […]
