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Published Sep 10, 2018

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John Del Signore
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Published Sep 10, 2018

Modified Sep 10, 2018


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  • A recent study said you should not drink any alcohol ever, but that recent study needs to chill out and have a drink. Experts say drinking is still fine in moderation.
  • A sociologist explains why public libraries are essential to restoring civil society.
  • The NY Post is all over this story of an alleged con man using stolen identities to camp out in luxury hotel rooms and do all the drugs.
  • A rat fell on a redditor's head. Just something to think about.
  • A federal judge denied the bail request for Maria Butina, a Russian woman accused of being a foreign agent infiltrating the NRA and other conservative groups. Court papers revealed she also offered to flip on her lover, a GOP operative.
  • California is experimenting with bullet control as a way to decrease gun violence, just as Chris Rock suggested over 20 years ago.
  • Headline of the day: "Zookeeper 'Joe Exotic' arrested in murder-for-hire plot involving Florida cat-rescue group."
  • National Security Adviser John Bolton has declared that the International Criminal Court "is dead to us."
  • The old neon Second Avenue Deli sign has resurfaced in the backyard of an East Village wood shop.
  • And finally, sometimes I get overcharged. That's when you see sparks:


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John Del Signore

Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.

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