The best route to Jumel Terrace is by way of a small staircase located on St. Nicholas Avenue just north of 160th Street, on the east…
What YEAR are we in? What the hell kind of council flat, biccie-dipping, trench-mouth, kippered herring shit is this? Why is the United Kingdom still falling allover themselves to look at a real-life bona fide Banksy piece like it’s some big…
There are two types of people in this world, those who cower in the door frames of their homes when the aliens come and those who reach under the floorboard for their trusty Heckler & Koch, grab their Go bags (kept by the front door expressly for this purpose), put on action pants and…
Why do people like to kill other people so much in America? (Which, much like Cardiff, is the stabbingest and shootingest place in the better parts of the world, except, unlike Cardiff, America is actually in one…
Behold Delores, one of the many female bears at a zoo in Leipzig suffering from a baffling and sudden loss of…
The latest number of al-Qaeda’s Echo of Battle magazine is out. How does this one compare with September’s popular “Girls of the Big Ashra” issue? Apparently, “the magazine devotes a fair amount of space to arguing internal politics within the…
There are many reasons to appreciate Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who is now, with just 51% of yesterday’s…
How boring and human is it to think that the female crab spider would change colors to ward off predators and cajole plasma-swollen bugs into webs? Pshaw. Who drinks blood anymore? Vampires are out! Centaurs are in! Fashion spiders are innest of all! Stop…
by Seth Colter Walls
One of the more oft-observed problems with political reporting is your lesser analyst’s impulse to over-interpret a couple of data points. Yes, you know what I’m talking about. AP, do your…
I’m not sure what to say about the New Jersey race, where Chris Christie defeated incumbent Governor Jon Corzine by about 49–44, with independent candidate Chris Daggett pulling down a disappointing 5% of the vote. The Star-Ledger’s Paul Mulshine has an interesting column…
Scientists have observed that female fiddler crabs will provide sex to neighboring males in exchange for protection from other crabs. The discovery is yet another example of females giving it up for goods and services in the animal kingdom: “Red-winged blackbirds do so…
David Chang fans-and who isn’t, really?-will enjoy the first episode of “Munchies,” a new video series from the folks at Vice where famous chefs hit the town to drink and snack. Go now.
Good morning indeed. And don’t worry, #thingsdarkiessay is not meant to be racist! Because it’s South African, and you know how that works. Maine, on the other hand…
