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Starting now, your birth control is free (thanks, Obamacare!)

It’s August 1st, what are you doing? 1) Moving into a new apartment; 2) Pre-emptively mourning the end of summer, in…

Wednesday lunchtime linkage

Outright stealing is the new greed [WSJ] iPhone blinded tourists to swarm downtown BK [NYP] Math vs. the monthly MetroCard…

Aspiring millionaires should head to Coney Island on Thursday

Not only is Who Wants to be a Millionaire still on the air (who knew?) but it is holding auditions…

How to turn a scuzzy vacant lot into a green oasis

You know that disgusting lot you have to walk by every day? The one that almost drives you to buy…

Tuesday lunchtime linkage

The ghost stroller returns [BK Paper] Bike parking increases 4x in Williamsburg [DNA.info] Why aren't you turning potatoes into cash right…

Hallelujah! Google maps finally adds subway service changes

From the "Why The Hell Did This Take So Long?" file, Google just announced it is adding subway service changes…

Monday lunchtime linkage

What everyone outside of Brooklyn thinks of HBO Girls [Gawker] Brits Tweet grievances about #London2012 (stiff upper lip prevails) [The L Magazine]…

Did you lose this chicken?

Apparently, raising chickens has become such a thing in Brooklyn that now there are lost chickens. Either that or this one moved here…

The week in brokeland, 7/23-27

Like Brokelyn on Facebook and follow us on Twitter, Tumblr and Pinterest! -The Berlin hipster olympics reminded us of other things we're glad didn't happen here. -Eric…

Houston is America’s coolest city to live in, according to a bunch of nerds

So Forbes came out with a list of the coolest cities to live in America and topping the list was…