Tag: Boston
Boston police used mass facial surveillance technology on thousands of attendees at last year’s Boston Calling festival, Dig Boston reports this month. Employing existing security cameras, the program scanned people for recognizable characteristics, like “height, clothing, and skin color.” The documents uncovered by Dig, which have been online for nearly a year, show that the city’s partnership with IBM […]
Fung Wah and Lucky Star, OGs of the Chinatown bus game, may be returning to the playing field this fall after a months-long absence. The U.S. Department of Transportation ordered the Fung Wah off the road in February of this year after myriad safety violations, and Lucky Star lost its wheels for similar reasons in […]
Last night, the Illuminator van–formerly of Occupy Wall Street, then of Stamp Stampede, now back in the hands of Occupy offshoot the Illuminator Affinity Group–took to the Brooklyn Academy of Music to project a message of support to the city of Boston in the wake of the tragic marathon bombing. Messages included simple affirmations of […]
Bad/good news for all you Fung Wah Bus lovers/haters out there: the federal Department of Transportation released a report revealing exactly what compelled it to take the motor coach line off the road last month, and the prognosis is worse than you might have imagined. From the DOT: The company failed to inspect, repair and […]
Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation ordered Fung Wah Bus, the beloved/hated most notorious of the Boston-to-NYC Chinatown lines, to take each its 28 coaches off the road and out of commissioned until they can pass “thorough and detailed safety inspections by qualified inspectors.” Fung Wah’s temporary demise comes after a string of shutdowns of similar shady […]
The first time my eyes had the honor of viewing the name “Lil Poopy,” my mind immediately recalled MC Pee Pants, the minor character from Aqua Teen Hunger Force played by MC Chris. But MC Pee Pants is fake, an absurd joke created purely for the sake of laughs. Lil Poopy and his name, however, […]
