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  • A six-mile-long barrier might help protect the city from floodwaters during storms like Sandy, but as the Times reports, critics say rising seas make the option inadequate.
  • Every Bob's Burgers song, ranked.
  • Mayor de Blasio is reportedly pushing for Chirlane McCray to become Brooklyn Borough President.
  • The Trump administration has moved to roll back Michelle Obama's nutrition guidelines for kids in schools–and they announced it on her birthday.
  • Hank Azaria confirmed he will no longer voice Apu on The Simpsons.
  • Haddon Township couldn't get a real groundhog for their Groundhog's Day celebrations—so instead, they'll have a human mascot in a groundhog costume, and the crowd will vote on whether "it does or doesn’t see the stuffed animal’s shadow."
  • A 19-year-old who was arrested by cops on a subway car in Brooklyn for allegedly jumping a turnstile plans to sue the city for $1 million after a judge tossed the case.
  • Andy King, the Fyre Festival guy who was “fully prepared” to perform oral sex on an official as a bribe to get them to release multiple truckloads of Evian water to festival goers, is now working on a new campaign with Evian.
  • Filmmaker Francesca Gregorini claims that M. Night Shyamalan blatantly ripped off her movie for his AppleTV+ series Servant.
  • A New Jersey groom accused of sexually assaulting an underage waitress at his own wedding reception has been sentenced to six years of probation.
  • Here's more evidence that the four-day work-week works better than the five-day work-week, which "is a 19th century construct."
  • The ultimate question: is Robert Downey Jr. a good actor or not? Or has his acting just atrophied due to post-Iron Man laziness?
  • Watch the trailers for two upcoming Hulu shows: the prestige-y Little Fires Everywhere, starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington, and the ultra-horny Normal People, an adaptation of Sally Rooney's book.
  • And finally, look, I too would die for this dog, but clearly it knows what it's doing waiting outside Subway everyday to be fed: