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Category: News

Here’s your Ph. D! And your food stamps application

Caroline tried to get food stamps and found out her student debt doesn't qualify as part of her financial need, and…

Wednesday lunchtime linkage

The 80s were way more boozy [NPR] Student loan goons don't care if you're dead [ProPublica] Trains: Too hot to…

Girls yields, agrees to represent unicycle demographic next season

HBO's Girls has made a point to cast more diversely in its second season. Apparently all that lobbying from the…

Tuesday lunchtime linkage

Guy buys 2.6 acre private 'Rat Island' in NYC for $176K [NYPost] Old Man take a look at this: Neil…

End-of-season survey: Old white dudes watched Girls. Did you?

If you've noticed your internet connection has been slow over the past few months, that's because every 20 seconds someone…

See the U.S. Open for free as a ball person (tryouts on Thursday)

How and where to try out as a U.S. Open ball person.

Miss Brooklyn loses weight, wins Miss America

Two years ago, Mallory Hagan was a curvaceous Miss Brooklyn. Now she's a six-pack sporting Miss New York.

Monday lunchtime linkage

Why Fourth Avenue sucks [WSJ] Is hydrogen peroxide the new Dr. Bronner's? [Houselogic] Supposedly NYC has replaced all jobs lost…

Is that in Amercia?

Twitterer @Latrice_davis spotted this woooops on the banner at Celebrate Brooklyn this week: Misspellings: not just for Republicans any more.

Friday lunchtime linkage

5 messed up things about the new bikeshare program [Well + Good] A whole pile of things to do on…