Category: News
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Team Internet, champion of Net Neutrality, is a loose coalition of internet enthusiasts who often seem to have nothing more in common than a basic level of common sense. It is a coalition that consists of a majority of the population as well as prominent voices ranging all the way from establishment figures like Barack […]
Von Wong, a photographer who likes to keep it real, recently published an explainer on how he shot a series of photos featuring models dressed as superheroes atop a skyscraper in San Francisco. He wanted the shoot to be as legit as possible, which meant no “green screen or cheap special effects.” There’s only one […]
On Wednesday, British street artist Banksy unveiled a whole new body of work — and video — created in Gaza to bring attention to the people who live there in the aftermath of the Israeli army’s most recent military campaign. Israel justifies the attacks as a necessary battle against Hamas, but Banksy likens the IDF […]
A new study by the American Kennel Club has found that the French Bulldog is NYC’s most popular pure bred dog. DNAinfo reports that the dog is most popular breed in the Financial District, Tribeca, Chelsea, Murray Hill and the East Village. The data is based on dogs registered with the Kennel Club. Last year’s […]
New research has found that even a small nuclear war could initiate a catastrophic nuclear winter, starving and killing up to one billion people. The ominous findings, by Rutgers University professor and climatologist Alan Robock, underscore why disarmament is a critical concern that requires immediate international attention. The risk of nuclear war is rising. Though […]
In NYC, landlords have all the power. The mysterious figures behind official-sounding organizations and LLCs that you send your rent check to can turn out to be little less than crooks, yet it’s so hard to find out information about them unless they’re among the 100 worst landlords in the city. A new website called […]
WNYC has done a true public service and determined the approximate locations of many of the city’s controversial speed cameras. The cameras issue tickets to drivers going more than 10 MPH over the speed limit. In 2014, they generated a revenue of over $23 million in fines. About half of the city’s 51 secret cameras, […]
The NYPD is going through all sorts of exciting changes these days. Cops are learning how to use iPhones, send e-mails and be nice. Now, one councilman wants to bring them into the 21st century and get rid of the typewriters they still use. The New York Daily News reports that Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Queens) […]
Marilyn, Union Square. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
At the stroke of midnight, something historic happened in the United States: weed became legal in the nation’s capital. The law officially went into effect on February 26th at 12:01AM, however, it’s not binding on federal lands where it’s still illegal, which as DCist notes, “accounts for 22 percent of the District.” During the midterm […]
