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- How to be cool, according to a 1982 video gaming magazine.
- The former founder of Etsy is trying to create an Etsy-esque artist's community in the Catskills.
- China releases hardcore rap video to recruit for the People’s Liberation Army.
- A cab driver spoke out about his road rage incident with a cyclist in Greenpoint.
- Soon you won't be able to afford to live in Bed-Stuy.
- Are Rihanna and Drake secretly dating just like in our fanfic?
- We want to live in a world where dog bartenders are free to woof at bad tippers.
- J Mascis bought a car today, congratulations J Mascis!
- Jon Stewart's HBO show might start before the election.
- Social media mourning brings out the best in Twitter and Facebook, not the worst.
- Paul Ryan is "not ready" to back Donald Trump the same way Paul Ryan is not ready to govern the country.
- A zip-lining teen urinated on tourists in Las Vegas.
- And finally, this cat is crazy:

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