Wednesday lunchtime links
Working for Amazon can be hazardous to your health [BBC] New York almost has the most Superfund sites in the…
$20 donation gets you $30 off a Discover Outdoors trip
We got a heads-up that Discover Outdoors, one of New York's outdoorsy guided tour companies, is offering a special deal.…
Bicycle Roots huge sale will keep you warm for winter cycling
Riding a bike in the winter can seem, to the outside observer, the province of an insane person. And maybe…
Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival landing here
Who doesn't love Dick? Come hither, dystopian science fiction loving friends! The Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival is…
25 gifts under $25, No. 2: My Brooklyn, your Brooklyn
Christmas gifts aren't supposed to be about learning, or so goes the conventional wisdom pushed by the entertainment-industrial complex. But…
Revealed: Atlantic Yards’ (expensive) affordable and market rents
Despite the fact that every day, the promise of not just affordable housing, but housing in general, going up near…
Get a winter camping prep lesson next Thursday at Hatchet Outdoor Supply Co.
The temperatures might be dropping, but that doesn't mean it's time for you to pack away your camping dreams, far…
Interactive ‘New Yorker’ food map shows you where to go be fancy
Sometimes, like around the holidays, you might find yourself needing to impress a special someone, the special someone's parents, a…
Single $965/month Crown Heights 2-bedroom is city’s cruelest housing lottery
The whole lottery system for affordable housing is already kind of crushing and bleak and generally makes you want to…
Tuesday lunchtime linkage
Oh god Mets, what are you doing [SB Nation] Marty Markowtiz loves him some proclamations [The Brooklyn Paper] Ikea Brooklyn…