Month: February 2015
Following the public outcry for the death of Eric Garner, there were many efforts to raise money for the grieving family left behind. However, while Garner’s family has received some donations, they have not received any money for at least 19 crowd-funding projects, DNAinfo reports. Garner’s mother Gwen Carr and Erica Garner, his 24-year-old daughter, […]
Despite having a slimy reputation for its privacy issues, surge pricing and sexism, investors believe in Uber. The taxi app has just extended its latest round of investment funding by a billion dollars to a new maximum of $2.8 billion. The New York Times reports that the investor-urged raise came just weeks after their previous […]
ANIMAL’s feature Game Plan asks game developers to share a bit about their process and some working images from the creation of a recent game. This week, we spoke with Michael Frei and Mario von Rickenbach about Plug & Play, a short game based on a shorter film. When I asked Swiss artist Michael Frei […]
Earlier this week, City Hall laid out a number of measures to protect areas of the city prone to flooding in response to the shocking climate change report by the NYPCC. As Arch Daily reports, a project dubbed “The Dry Line” may be an important part of this resiliency plan. The Dry Line is a […]
After a few recent attacks involving machetes, a state senator wants to add the large blade to the list of knives banned in New York. If Tony Avella gets his way, New Yorkers caught with machetes could be put in jail for a year. It’s a penalty more severe penalty than the one in place, […]
Yogi, Lower East Side. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Ash Wednesday in the Broadway-Lafayette subway station. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Eight Newark students have taken over the Newark Public School system’s superintendent office, which they have been occupying since Tuesday evening. They will continue to demonstrate, they say, until their demands are met. The sit-in, organized by the Newark Student Union, takes cues from national movements like Occupy Wall Street and the Eric Garner protests. […]
A Brooklyn man has invented the perfect way to drink alcohol in public discreetly, and even help you look like a good, responsible parent while doing so. Well, as long as no one looks at you too closely (and knows you’re not the parent of an infant). Simon Philion has launched a Kickstarter for a […]
A report by a leading cannabis researcher says DNA testing has revealed that we’re all wrong and stupid. What we call sativa is actually indica; what we call indica is actually afghanica; and what we call ruderalis is actually sativa. McPartland’s paper argues that in the 1970s, botanist of psychoactive plants Richard Evans Schultes mistakenly […]
