Here’s a New York Times story on Tent City (free registration required or login using the name “metafilter”, password “metafilter”), a shantytown near the undeveloped dock area by Cherry Street. I’ve seen it, and it looks like it’s been getting larger over the past few months. Along with the increasing number of panhandlers on the streets — Queen Street is getting up to two or three per block — it’s a bad economic sign.
Here’s a collection of interesting memes, pictures, an cartoons floating around the internet that I…
Tap to see the source. This is yesterday’s daily New Yorker cartoon, created by Brendan…
C’mon, let it not be Asians this time. Last time was pretty bad. Here’s the…
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