Month: January 2015
Two AirBnb rallies are about to begin on the steps of City Hall. The New York Times reports that at 9:15 AM and 9:45 AM, there will be showdowns between critics and supporters of the start-up that has enabled thousands of New Yorkers to rent apartments like hotel rooms. The rallies come ahead of City […]
Danny, Soho. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
For his newly opened “All American” exhibit, Egyptian artist Ganzeer plays with pop-cultural motifs, including this depiction of Martin Luther King as Captain America. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
As the nation observes Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and considers what progress America has made (and what it has not) in combating racism and social inequality, it is hard to think of a time when the eponymous civil rights pioneer was a divisive leader among even liberals and blacks. But in 1967, just a […]
The satisfying crunch of crushing some crap has never been more enjoyable. Dmitry Morozov, working under his ::vtol:: alias, was commissioned to make an installation for Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow recently and what he devised allowed visitors to come in, enjoy a little destruction and come away with a keepsake of creation. The basics of […]
High-profile figures gathered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Monday to pay tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. and one speaker made headlines by throwing his support behind NYC’s beleaguered Mayor Bill de Blasio. Eric Adams is the Brooklyn Borough President as well as a former NYPD cop and his introduction of Mayor de Blasio included […]
It seems like every day another cause of cancer is discovered, so it may come as a surprise that a new report is estimating that almost no one will be dying from the insidious disease by the year 2050. According to a study by University College London,”it is realistic to expect that by 2050 nearly all […]
Nate “Igor” Smith is a NYC-based photographer who mostly conducts photo shoots with porn stars and other Suicide Girls-type models. He posts lots of those results on website Driven By Boredom, which has been warehousing his images and adventures for over a decade, like this entry from 2002 via the WayBackMachine. “Yeah, I am on […]
If the idea of Artificial Intelligence becoming autonomous and learning to kill is scary to you, try being afraid when when the A.I. looks like Nintendo’s beloved Super Mario. Researchers at Germany’s University of Tuebingen have been working on an A.I. program that responds to voice commands, has an approximation of emotional states, learns from experience and […]
A recent proposal to ban the use of drones in New York City has some model airplane enthusiasts worried that their hobby will soon be labeled a crime. The legislation, put forth by City Councilman Daniel Garodnick recently, is one of three proposals to tackle the use of drones by civilians. If Garodnick’s plan is passed, it […]
