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  • The World Health Organization has approved the world's first vaccine against malaria, which is estimated to "save tens of thousands of children each year."
  • Grocery delivery services like Jokr, Buyk and Gorillas are all the rage these days, but they may be missing the point of living in an urban environment: “One of the reasons that people like to live in Manhattan is because you like to get out of the house. You like to walk around, you like to go to the bodega. Interesting things happen when you leave the house."
  • As with NBA players and the NYPD, some movie and TV actors are resisting getting vaccinated, causing other people to get sick on set.
  • Some tenants in a Brooklyn building have stopped paying rent "until the landlord forgives debt owed by residents affected by the pandemic and makes repairs to a neglected building."
  • Chelsea is apparently one of the ten coolest neighborhoods in the world.
  • McSweeney's has a followup to yesterday's kidney woman piece and the need for "some weirdo theatrical display of nephro-altruism that didn’t get enough likes on Facebook."
  • Has the identity of the Zodiac Killer been cracked, or is this just a guy with three names and some forehead similarities?
  • After being canceled last year, The Union Square Holiday Market is back starting November 18th.
  • Very unexpected headline of the day: "GEICO MIGHT NEED TO PAY MILLIONS TO WOMAN WHO ALLEGEDLY CAUGHT HPV HAVING SEX IN CAR."
  • Big Thief released yet another beautiful folk song, "Change," and announced a 2022 North America tour.
  • And finally, here's a very excellent Halloween costume: