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oldest known house in Manhattan, 29-29 1/2 Cherry St.
enraged birders to retake oregon wildlife refuge
we've got a real stink bug infestation at our house. the cats won't even catch them.
Merry Christmas 2015.
sent back my broken 7yo speakers to audioengine. they promised to fix or replace for $80. luckily they were unfixable so i got an upgrade from the previous model.
Nothing says Christmas like Fum! Fum! Fum!
Maybe Shulgin was right, new quantum model suggests universe is infinitely old.
asking $12 million for 4 storied 125 rivington.
NYC/Portland to build wood high-rises
"Lidar-derived digital elevation model of the Willamette River... showing the dynamic movements the river has made in recent millennia."
High resolution PDF available here.
https://youtu.be/0rR9IaXH1M0
I made it over to Prospect Park on my Tuesday lunch hour for this Painted Bunting, which is getting more media coverage than other, rarer, birds ever do, basically because it is undeniably the most gaudily colored songbird in North America. Not mentioned is the fact that there is some doubt as to its origin. It’s been seen associating with a group of European Goldfinches, which are presumably escaped cage birds, and while it’s illegal to have native migratory birds as pets, there is a black market and adult male Painted Bunting would be highly desirable; vagrants are typically first year birds with a drab, all green plumage. Still, it is not banded, and doesn’t show obvious signs of cage-wear on feathers or feet, so folks are leaning towards calling it legitimate.
save st marks books / give books for christmas from SMB!
my powercord died today and i havent replaced it yet. runnin on fumes til tomorrow or who knows when.
Activision acquires Candy Crush maker King Digital Entertainment for $5.9B in the largest accidental in-app purchase in history.
— sean rose (@sean_a_rose) November 3, 2015
As the sun set on Wednesday, July 13, 1977, a series of lightning strikes on power lines and infrastructure led to a cascade of shutdowns, overloads and failures. An hour after the first strike, the entire Con Edison system powering New York City shut down completely.
if your pumpkin doesnt look like this, you hate your children.
a history of Tompkins Square Park.
I remember the bandshell. 1st location for Wigstock, etc.