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Open thread: Did you win or lose at taxes this year?

Let's commiserate/gloat: are you getting a big refund, or do you owe big. If you see what I owe, you…

Lena Dunham’s terrible Girls outfit came from real thrift stores

Girls' costume designer reveals she gets wardrobes from Beacon's Closet and other Brooklyn thrift stores. So why aren't the outfits…

Lunchtime linkage

How to swindle free delivery food [BuzzFeed] Want a job with the Nets? [AY Report] Gentrification on top of gentrification…

Give the government all your money, then get free stuff

Paying your taxes is not equivalent to just throwing your money in the trash, according to a new study, because…

Marty Markowitz covers Gza’s ‘Liquid Swords’

The borough prez spitting hot fire at yesterday's announcement of the lineup for L Magazine's Northside Festival, via FreeWilliamsburg. The…

Kio Stark: the people’s champion of not going to grad school

Author and NYU prof Kio Stark on why grad school can be a waste of time and money -- and…

Why would anyone still read zines? Ask the people at Brooklyn Zine Fest

I was supposed to go to a 90s-themed party Saturday but was too bummed about the Rangers losing to make…

Forget hipsters, let’s all hate on twee for a while

I was going to try to summarize this whole article in New York Magazine this week called "The Twee Party,"…

Monday lunchtime linkage

There's still time for your teenage procrastinator to get these Brooklyn summer internships [The Local] If you can read another story…

HBO’s Girls premier: So what do you think so far?

OMG did you watch? Will you watch today once it shows up online? Did you recognize the India Street, Greenpoint…