Lauren Kirchner

Queens men meet — Queens Daily Eagle The first man from Queens to be elected president and the first Queens resident to be elected mayor of New York City met for the first time in the Oval Office on Friday.

The Queens Daily Eagle remains undefeated.

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The next Hot Coffee lawsuit is coming from inside the car

Mystery track defect wearing out NYC subway car wheels has MTA shuffling trains A mysterious track defect somewhere along a major New York City subway line is wearing out the wheels on subway cars, causing a shortage of trains on the lettered lines, the Daily News has learned.

DAILY NEWS GETS ACTION:

MTA board just approved a $7.4 million contract for new subway wheels after NYCT says it knows what caused the Daily News' mystery wheel-wear scoop from January: Trains were going too fast around curves.

The $7.4M will get New Yorkers 3,000 new wheels from Standard Steel.

Really interesting insights in this thread, by the founder of @bellingcat.com

‘It’s Not Too Late’: New Cornell Study Maps the Environmental Cost of AI and How Policy Could Limit the Damage - Inside Climate News Researchers warn that U.S. data centers could devour vast amounts of energy and water unless stronger guardrails shape the industry’s growth.

By 2030, data centers powering the AI industry could consume as much water as 10 million Americans and produce as much carbon dioxide as 10 million cars insideclimatenews.org/news/1011202...

Joel Keehn - Hudson Valley One Joel Keehn, a New Paltz resident and Director of Special Projects at Consumer Reports, died Saturday, November 16th, as the result of a fall while hiking near his beloved Minnewaska State Park. He was 64 years old. Joel loved his family, and the many he considered family. He had the strength to stay open to

It's been a year since we lost editor extraordinaire and extraordinary friend Joel Keehn. I'm thinking a lot about him on this sunny, breezy, blue-skied day. hudsonvalleyone.com/obituaries/j...

How a small community fought for justice after finding forever chemicals in drinking water So-called forever chemicals are both harmful to our health and are everywhere. Studies have found them in women's breast milk and even in rain falling in Tibet. A new book tells the story of how these...

This is good @pbsnews.org @mariahblake.bsky.social www.pbs.org/newshour/sho... #PFAS

Rini skin care for toddlers debuts to online backlash Rini, a new skin care brand designed specifically for kids, has debuted with a chorus of criticism. Founded by actress Shay Mitchell, Esther Song, and Matte Babel, Rini is “designed to insp...

New line of "Skin Care for Toddlers" Debuts to Online Backlash lololol www.personalcareinsights.com/news/rini-ki...

The Strange Case of Kachingle v. The NYT In which the Times orders the micropayment site to cease and desist

Some of us on here are old enough to remember "Kachingle" lol www.cjr.org/the_news_fro...

AI-Powered Toys Caught Telling 5-Year-Olds How to Find Knives and Start Fires With Matches AI-powered toys are flying off the shelves -- but they're engaging in horrifically inappropriate conversations with children.

futurism.com/artificial-i...

Authors -- you are entitled to a payment for the books of yours that Anthropic stole for its AI. It's about $1,500 per book. I just filed - you should too!
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com?_gl=1*1ersia....

Trouble in Toyland 2025: A.I. bots and toxics present hidden dangers Tests show A.I. toys can have disturbing conversations. Other concerns include unsafe or counterfeit toys bought online.

Disturbed by stories about adults' lives being turned upside down by ChatGPT? WELLLL wait til you see PIRG's report on AI toys for children, like "Kumma," a GPT4o-powered *teddy bear* that talked at detailed length about sexual kinks & role-playing... pirg.org/edfund/resou...

Yes and @coyotemedia.org :)

uhhh what www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

A trash-and-recycling can at the bank, which from the top suggests it may have separate sections for metal/plastic/glass, paper, and trash, but which does not actually, given that everything you put into it falls into one plastic bag.

This smiley face trash-and-recycling can at the bank, which drops everything into one singular plastic bag inside, is a metaphor for *something* but I'm not sure what

Talent Marketplace — Fired But Fighting Welcome to the Talent Marketplace. You can help support federal workers during this difficult time. Furloughed and fired feds are available for services like dog-walking, tutoring, graphic design, mea...

"Fired But Fighting" has created a searchable database of fired/furloughed federal workers available for side-hustle hire: graphic design, dog-walking, babysitting, etc: firedbutfighting.org/talent-marke...

Statement from The NewsGuild of New York and Condé United on illegal firing of four union leaders who demanded answers about this week’s layoffs at Teen Vogue, other brands Late Wednesday night, Condé Nast’s VP of Labor Relations notified the Guild that the Company was immediately terminating four Condé United leaders for engaging in the protected concerted activity of gathering in their 1 World Trade Center office to demand answers on this week’s abrupt layoffs at multiple brands including WIRED and the consolidation at Teen Vogue. These egregious terminations are a flagrant breach of the Just Cause terms of our contract and an unprecedented violation of their federally protected rights as union members to participate in a collective action. Through these illegal terminations, Condé Nast management is attempting to intimidate and silence our members' advocacy for the courageous cultural and political journalism of Teen Vogue, as well as diverting attention away from the obvious lack of corporate leadership at the company. Condé United members illegally fired are: Alma Avalle: Writer, digital producer at Bon Appetit; NewsGuild of New York first vice president, trans activist, and union leader Jake Lahut: Wired senior reporter covering the Trump White House Jasper Lo: Senior fact checker at The New Yorker and US Army veteran: outgoing first vice chair of The New Yorker Union Ben Dewey: Videographer at Condé Nast Entertainment, former vice chair of the CNE unit “Management’s attempt at union-busting, using intimidation and grossly illegal tactics to try to suppress protected union activity, will not stand,” said Susan DeCarava, president of The NewsGuild of New York. “The NewsGuild of New York has zero tolerance for bad bosses who harass, target and disrespect our fellow Guild members. We represent nearly 6,000 media workers across the tri-state area and we stand firmly in solidarity, ready to fight for the rights of our members illegally fired from their jobs at …

Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.

Recyclers Ban Fluorinated Containers Due to PFAS EPA Being Sued for Its Failure to Stop This Forever Chemical Contamination

Interesting news on the Plastics/PFAS beat - Recyclers Ban Fluorinated Containers peer.org/recyclers-ba...

Donate to Keep Jenny on the Greens Alive, organized by Andre Fuller Dear Jenny on the Greens Family, I’m writing this with a heavy heart and deep gratitud… Andre Fuller needs your support for Keep Jenny on the Greens Alive

Juice fans of Crown Heights! Andre is such a wonderful dude and a good friend to all - let's not let him get forced out of the neighborhood! I just donated: gofund.me/132cc6100

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interesting

this you? 🤓

nerd alert

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Totally agree - I have no idea if these claims are true but very interesting

We live in NYC, my family is in VA, and my husband's family is in NJ, so you just KNOW the Fam text chains are going to be LIT tonight

I have no idea!

This post cites no sources and also has no byline, soooo

Oh disclaimer I have *no* idea if this is possible or accurate