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  • The U.S. has already hit 70% of the total 2016 early voting numbers—and it seems the country is on pace for a record-breaking turnout.
  • Breezy Point is a Trump enclave in an otherwise anti-Trump city: “I’ve gotten so used to it, but he was like, ‘Holy cow, but we’re in New York City,’” one longtime resident said about a friend visiting. “I said, ‘No, we’re in the land that time forgot.’”
  • A federal judge ruled that NYC is in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act because the "vast majority" of traffic signals are inaccessible to the blind.
  • Jeffrey Toobin followup headline of the day: "I Can’t Believe We Need To Say This, But It’s Never Okay To Masturbate During A Work Meeting."
  • Here are some more tips on how not to humiliate yourself on a Zoom chat.
  • The NY Post has a melodramatic story about how NYC playgrounds have become COVID-19 "war zones."
  • Fyre Fest's Billy McFarland is launching his own podcast from prison, "Dumpster Fyre."
  • P.F. Chang's has opened its first to-go restaurant in NYC.
  • RIP Spencer Davis, founder of mid-’60s British Invasion stalwarts the Spencer Davis Group.
  • Digg compiles some of the highlights from a Reddit thread about the fastest times people saw a co-worker get fired.
  • Listen to "Crash," the latest single from the excellent Nilüfer Yanya.
  • Stevie Nicks, Kurt Vile, Beck, Spoon, The Flaming Lips, former bandmates and more will celebrate what would have been Tom Petty's 70th birthday this week with some tribute shows streaming this Friday.
  • And finally, beaver's gonna beave: