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A Unified Theory of Why Money Makes No Sense Right Now

A theory as to why the rent is too damn high and a potato salad is ten thousand dollars and Uber is ten billion dollars and you’ll have to buy reservations for restaurants like concert tickets and tickets for Transformers 4 in IMAX are…


Pok Pok Trashed

Ryan Sutton’s one-star review. (“Sound Level: Around 80 decibels, often piercing. Date Place: If strollers turn you on.”)


The Bad Deal: Check Before You Buy an “Online Deal”!

Are you familiar with The Bad Deal? Its proprietor, Ryan Sutton, tracks the ever-expanding group coupon (or, in the parlance, a “GROUPON,” LOL) industry for things that are frankly fairly terrible. (For instance? $140 for 90 minutes of…


‘Village Voice’ Union Approves Contract!

This morning, after what seemed to be a long meeting and discussion, the membership of the Village Voice union unanimously approved a new contract that was hashed out last night. The outrageous demands by the union included continuing the staff healthcare. Our congratulations to everyone involved.


Instapaper FBI Server Theft is Theft

Earlier this week, the government came in hot and swooped into a data center and grabbed a bunch of servers — rather indiscriminately! This was part of Operation Trident Tribunal, which, wow. Operation Trident Tribunal will just come and take whatever it wants…