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    Extra, Extra: Rat Moseys Out Of Manhattan Toilet And Into Our Nightmares

    by John Del Signore
    Published June 15, 2020
    LGBTQ Pride flags adorn the fence outside Christopher Park in the West Village.

    Pride flags adorn the fence outside Christopher Park in the West Village.

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    Pride flags adorn the fence outside Christopher Park in the West Village.
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    • Satirist Jon Stewart has poked his head out from under Colbert's desk to weigh in on current events with the NY Times.
    • The head of the union that represents the city's lifeguards says it's unlikely the Parks Department pools will open this summer.
    • Police departments across the country are using sophisticated facial recognition technology to identify and monitor protesters.
    • Here's a haunting video update on one New Yorker's toilet rat "situation."
    • The Times asks where the acronym BIPOC came from and whether it's working.
    • Six former eBay executives and employees are facing federal charges for allegedly stalking a couple who they believed were critical of eBay, sending them “disturbing deliveries” including a bloody pig mask and live cockroaches.
    • See photographer Isaac Scott's powerful images from the recent protests against racist police violence in Philadelphia.
    • Sushi-lover Jeremy Piven will talk to you over Zoom for $15,000.
    • Inside the "internal uprising" over racial inequity at the LA Times.
    • The best deepfake detector Facebook found only catches about two-thirds of altered videos.
    • And finally, let's get up in this hawk's face and see what happens?

    Close encounter with one of the young Red-tailed Hawks this morning in Tompkins Square Park. 🎥@davidjamescale @BirdCentralPark #tompkinssquarepark pic.twitter.com/sD8sIeoRXQ

    — David Cale (@davidjamescale) June 14, 2020

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