Early Addition: Jon Stewart Calls Republicans "Self-Righteous Orwellian Zebra Queefs"

by Ben Yakas

Published October 3, 2013

Modified October 3, 2013

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My Bloody Valentine frontman Kevin Shields thinks Britpop was a government conspiracy: "Britpop was massively pushed by the government."
People are willingly taking feces-filled pills to cure terrible gut infections caused by the germ Clostridium difficile.
Jon Stewart reasonably called Republicans responsible for the government shutdown "self-righteous Orwellian zebra queefs."
An MTA worker saved a legally blind man who fell on the subway tracks.
Relive the history of Twitter through pithy NY Times descriptions of it.
A Brooklyn mom is suing her former boss for forcing her to accompany him to the bathroom.
Actor Paul Giamatti has a favorite subway line.
Bronx residents are being terrorized by giant raccoons.
The NY Times takes a moment to tackle the afro.
And finally, this otter thinks he's a dog: