Screenshot of a video getting a lot of uncredited circulation this morning over on the birdsite of NYC/Brooklyn. (for some reason, a billion people with Indian names based in Mumbai or whatever are pushing these... dang bot army.). (Update: video is legit, but still not sure who originally posted it). #NYwx#flood#NYC#Brooklyn
Anyone interested in buying a Mergenthaler Linotype Company (Brooklyn) specimen book? (I have an extra!) The book is in pretty good shape with some of the red binding worn and some water staining on the bottom of pages. But the inside is in lovely shape and very easy on the eyes. Hardcover, prob from the 1930s. Ships from Canada 🇨🇦 -- I would love to see it in good hands.
at the #brooklyn#folk fest, early '60s folkways recordist peter siegel in conversation with the great music scholar elijah wald, on concert (& studio) recording in the folk scene, playing a tantalizing excerpt of a forthcoming archival LP of fred mcdowell with the georgia sea island singers.
Inspired by @mrcompletely’s musical commentary this morning, we just played the most #twee set of mid-tempo Doc, Merle (Haggard), and fiddle tunes at a CREPERY in #Brooklyn. No hillbillies in sight, mostly Park Slope stroller moms, literal payment shown in pic #crepe#makemusicday
Tonight: one of best things going. Tim Berne most Thursdays at Lowlands in Gowanus. As cozy as wild-eyed free jazz can get. With Tom Rainey and Gregg Belisle-Chi.
Just read a geeky blog post about leveraging #NYC#OpenData as well as AI/ML tools to automate traffic counts at a dangerous intersection in #Brooklyn to refute a bogus NYCDOT study used to excuse them from implementing traffic calming measures.
I’ve found my next rainy day project. Thank you fellow #urbanistNYC ,
I’ll be seeing if your algorithm works at intersections with chronic speeders/red light runners along Broadway in Upper Manhattan.
"Today, they again tried to breach the front door with angle grinders and after a few moments they gave up and moved on to grind the lock off the bulkhead hatch to the basement. In the forty-year lineage of New York squatters, they were met with piss jugs emptied on them from the window. They gave up trying to force entry.
As I’m writing this friends from the local info-shop are laughing and talking around a grill and folding tables of food and drinks. Yesterday, squatters from a neighboring city played cards on the sidewalk before quickly linking arms to defend the doors from arriving goons. Old friends and squatmates have reconnected on the barricades and new connections have formed between comrades across subcultures and generations."
Today in Labor History, October 30, 1945: Jackie Robinson signed a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking the baseball color line in Major League Baseball. His first game with the Dodgers was in April, 1947. Robinson was an accomplished athlete, becoming the first student at UCLA to win letters in 4 different sports (baseball, basketball, football and track). Though he only played MLB for 10 seasons, he was MLB’s first Rookie of the Year, was a 6-time All-Star, and won the Most Valuable Player Award in 1949. He also played in six World Series. In response to racist protests by his teammates, manager Leo Durocher said, "I do not care if the guy is yellow or black, or if he has stripes like a fuckin' zebra. I'm the manager of this team, and I say he plays. What's more, I say he can make us all rich. And if any of you cannot use the money, I will see that you are all traded." Robinson’s teammate and fellow hall-of-famer Pee Wee Reese said, "You can hate a man for many reasons. Color is not one of them."
i can't believe that a.) marshall allen & chris corsano are playing a duo set tonight at union pool in #brooklyn & that b.) i'm gonna get to see it! (sweet poster too, by alex holden.) #jazz
First, the #beagle & I did 3.7 miles, and saw a sweet baby squirrel w/its momma. Then I had a great #run today, good distance, great pace, had a solid sprint at the end, everything about it was great.
Except I had one of those awful #runners experiences: a fly, flew into my mouth, straight to the back of my throat.
Airbnb reshaped these Bed-Stuy blocks. What happens when it’s gone? (gothamist.com)
NYC is set to start enforcing new requirements for short-term rentals next week. Thousands of Airbnb listings could be on the chopping block.