- People (Liam Neeson) are losing their shit over Bill de Blasio’s campaign to ban horsedrawn carriages. The anti-carriage people think that it’s inhumane to keep horses in the city; the pro-carriage people say that horse carriages are already under tons of scrutiny and don’t want the industry to die. De Blasio wants to replace the carriages with electric cars, but apparently this alternative had failed in San Francisco. [WNYC]
- The New York Times Editorial Board observes that Mayor Bill de Blasio has little to show for his first four months, but has made welcome promises to deal with the lagging Sandy recovery. Of the $1.45 billion in federal funds that has been allocated for post-Sandy rebuilding, only $380 million has been spent. There is much to do. [The New York Times]
- Downtown Brooklyn now has free wi-fi! [ANIMAL New York]
- PETA is angry at Michelle Obama for using real eggs in the Easter Egg Roll. [The Root]
- Chelsea Clinton announced she’s pregnant. USA Today weighed in saying, “It’s unclear how Chelsea’s pregnancy will affect Hillary Clinton, who is considering a race for president in 2016”, prompting rage around the web about the sexist undertones of the statement. It’s a weird comment probably stuck in as a means of attaching a small news story to a larger one. It’s horseracing and in 2016 Chelsea’s baby will be royality giving Hillary Clinton a grandma likeability boost. [USA Today via: The Li.st]
- Why do people check into Facebook. It’s no longer clear, says Jenna Wortham. [The New York Times]
- Glow-in-the-dark roads—such a good idea. [Ars Technica]
- Olafur Eliasson’s “Subtle Nows”: A bunch of light colored falling disks paired with poetry. Perfect for an acupuncture office. [Where-You-Are.com via: @Powhida]
- The Party Monster, a.k.a. Michael Alig, has been holed up in prison for 17 years, but according to this interview, he’s been able to Tweet from prison by dictating 140-character sayings over the phone to his book editor. Then she manually tweets them. [The Daily Beast]
- Another ridiculous op-ed from Taki’s Magazine, the aggressively bigoted society magazine created by the wealthy Greek journalist Taki Theodoracopulos. (We heard about him four months ago from this “cage match” throwdown that never happened with Charles Saatchi). “Modern feminism has become fascism and it’s making women miserable.” I hate this magazine. [Taki’s Magazine]
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read the author bios for Taki’s Mag.
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