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Tuesday lunchtime linkage

The city's teachers-in-training can't pass a literacy test [New York Post] Police shot a man who attacked a yeshiva student…

iProphecy fulfilled: Williamsburg to get an Apple Store

The Williamsburg Apple Store is a concept that's haunted gentrified Williamsburg like a spectre, with every bar, business and venue…

Free stoner sex ed classes here to teach potheads to find love

Ever try to flirt with someone but weren't sure if you were coming off like a creep because you probably…

Monday lunchtime linkage

Mike Francesa: Still here [Capital] Inside the weird world of bedbug support forums [DailyDot] Construction starting on Gravesend waste transfer…

DUMBO devolves: Galapagos Art Space closing, moving to Detroit

In all the handwringing over one Williamsburg performance space closure after another, it was east to forget about another expensive…

Sunday Reads

On Sonewalls: "Why did those cops attack you?" [Vice] On Starting Anew: "Simply put, the world had changed." [Aeon] On…

The Week in Broketown, 12/1 – 12/5

Like us in website form? Then you’ll love us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest - Eric Garner protests dominated Time Square and encouraged support from all…

Friday lunchtime linkage

An NYPD officer talks bluntly about what's wrong in the NYPD [New York Magazine] Mayor Tall and the police union…

Thursday lunchtime linkage

Brooklyn leads the nation in home UNaffordability [Bloomberg] Azealia Banks starts beef with Iggy Azalea over who cares more about…

Scenes from Day One of the Eric Garner protests

Last night, in the wake of a Staten Island grand jury clearing NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo of any wrongdoing during…