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xyz Stuart Appelbaum, an influential union leader in New York City, was in Tunisia last month, advising the fledgling labor movement there, when he received a flurry of phone calls and e-mails alerting him to the rumblings of something back home. Protesters united under a provocative name, Occupy Wall Street, were gathering in a [...]
What do the Wall Street occupiers want? As near as we can figure, Accountability and transparency from the leaders of financial system, in and out of government; A fair tax system; A reasonably generous safety net, includingg unemployment and disability insurance; Universal access to health care. This doesn’t, in our view, make them extremists. But [...]
Opening on January 9 at the SideShow Gallery in Williamsburgh, From the announcement of It’s A Wonderful Tenth: “It’s a Wonderful Life” is “It’s a Wonderful 10th.” this year, as Rich Timperio, drag racer become art impresario, celebrates the tenth anniversary of his New Year’s Extravaganza at Sideshow Gallery, the spiritual nexus of the New [...]
The Disaster Accountability Project needs your votes – which in this case means just following the link below and then adding a comment (any comment will do – and if you’re so inclined, you can use the mark #poplog so we can see how many Popular Logistics readers participated).Here’s the rest of the information you [...]
Subway station safety in question after collapse — amNY.com
The Rock Hackshaw campaign needs volunteers immediately to help with mass mailings. They need to get about 64,000 pieces into the mail by Thursday evening so that they can be received by voters before election day. They’re also going to need volunteers on Election Day for get-out-the-vote (GOTV) operations. In other words – they’re going [...]
The implied fourth “R” of the triplet Reduce, Reuse, Recycle is Repair. That which can be repaired can be be reused; if it’s broken, all that’s left is recycle – something we haven’t quite mastered yet. Two establishments on Church Avenue have repaired things for me in recent weeks, all ahead of schedule, at low [...]
Via Inhabitat: the NYPD has purchased 40 Nissan Hybrids – 22 to be used unmarked, 18 as marked blue-and-white “RMPs” (internal terminology for “Radio Motor Patrol [vehicles]). If it takes – it’ll be significant – but we don’t have the numbers at hand. Cross-posted on Popular Logistics.
The Sun Table – which has no moving parts, adjustable stainless-steel legs – and whose wooden frame is made of teak – comes with an inverter and internal battery. Four hours of direct sunlight, according to Sudia, will yield enough energy to use a laptop for for hours via the battery. (Use the laptop at/on [...]
Aziz – widely known as the cur of coeur on Kermit Place, seen here cavorting with yet another one of his love interests. Want to find him? Follow the trail of broken hearts. This is the “before” image – our attorney advise us that we can’t show the rest of the images in the series. [...]
Which was always one of our favorite letters; and then we met Lisa Z., about whom we expect to making announcements soon. Even though we’re much older than her, since we’re sort of socially behind our age group, and she’s mature without being boring (unlike some of us who can manage IMmature and boring), we [...]
The Energy Blog reports that a private vendor is working with Con Edison to make the grid more secure. We’re intrigued – but concerned that the grid will remain heavily centralized – and not in a position to accept many small, decentralized production nodes – e.g., the solar panel that you’re thinking about putting on [...]
Alexis Madrigal of ABCNews reports that Google – and its nonprofit branch, Google.org, will start tracking disease outbreaks. A new website, HealthMap, addresses that challenge by siphoning up text from Google News, the World Health Organization and online discussion groups, then filtering it and boiling it down into mapped data that researchers — and the [...]
In a country so harsh about other matters of personal autonomy (sex, in particular) I found it surprising that Iran would have a progressive syringe exchange policy and and a fairly gentle drug regime. From Nazila Fathi’s June 27th piece in the Times, "Iran Fights Scourge of Addiction in Plain View, Stressing Treatment:" More than [...]
We saw Elizabeth Streb’s Slam Show XI last night at the Streb Laboratory for Action Mechanics – it’s each year’s repertory (repertoire?) improves on the last – old pieces get better, and one fantastic, “TRAP,” choreogaphed by Kevin Lindsay, and several new pieces, including “AIR,” – each one beter than the last. We particularly liked [...]
Jen Chung at Gothamist and Al Baker of the Times have good coverage of the new, much-increased Department of Homeland Security grant to provide security for New York City subways, including the 16 underwater tunnels that link the boroughs to each other, and to the mainland (the Bronx, of course, is actually on the mainland). [...]
On the Chinese Calendar, it’s the Year of the Rat. But for our neighbor Scott Whittle, it’s the Year of the Bird. And he has a plan: 2008 is my Big Year in birding, and I’m using it as an opportunity to raise money! Donate a fixed amount for every bird I see this year, [...]
In a special election to fill an empty seat, Republicans have lost a special election – in a district in which they have a nearly 2-to-1 advantage. From Danny Hakim‘s piece on the Times website this morning: The victory meant that a single Senate seat now stands between the Democratic Party and full control of [...]
This was on the City Skip Blog: City Skip is the name of a blog – and while it seems to be the nom de plume of one person, it’s also the name of a group of some sort. The sort of conspiracy in which people get to attached to old things just because they’re [...]
Via the Bridge and Tunnel Club: Fact is, DEP seems to be hoarding its olfactory facts: From The Daily News of December 3rd, Matthew Lysiak reports in “DEP dumps pine deodorizer to cover smell from Brooklyn pipe project” that For more than a year, residents of one Brooklyn neighborhood have been complaining about a stomach-churning [...]
From Deputy Dog, drainage systems just got interesting: A house’s exterior drainage system in dresden, germany. Link to drainage systems just got interesting on Deputy Dog.
John Strausbaugh (Wikipedia entry here) has a great article, “(Weekend Explorer) On the Trail of Brooklyn’s Underground Railroad,” … [L]ong before Brooklyn was veined with subway lines, it was a hub of the Underground Railroad: the network of sympathizers and safe houses throughout the North that helped as many as 100,000 slaves flee the South [...]
a neighbor, with suddenly changed circumstances and three children, is in need of the following: Television Small dining table Day bed Twin bed Chests of drawers Desk Bookcases Nightstands/end tables Rugs If anyone has any of these things and desire to be rid of them – let me know via jon at catonavenue dot com [...]
and that building’s blog is at: www.CatonStratford.com