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Thousands of Williamsburg Hipsters Could be Displaced by Global Warming

admin — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:24:11 +0000

Imagine if you will, huge, roving bands of hipsters without a homeland roaming the country side in search of a neighborhood that sells tight jeans and PBR in cans. If you weren’t horrified by the potential dangers of global warming this horrifying thought should finally scare you into action.

This Saturday at noon, thousands of people dressed in blue are expected to mass in Battery Park for a rally that’s part of enviro-guru Bill McKibben’s nationwide Step It Up 2007 day. The blue outfits symbolize water, and participants will troop up Pearl Street on the east side and Greenwich Street on the west to mark just how far inland the island might be submerged under a projected ten-foot rise in the water level if and when the polar caps melt. Tim Murphy spoke with Ben Jervey, 27, author of The Big Green Apple, a guide to ecofriendly living in the city, who’s organizing the whole thing.

McKibben was interviewed by New York Magazine about the rally and about some more of the possible ramifications of global warming. Asking the question the one question that’s on everyone’s mind when it comes to irreversible global climate shift, “is your home in Williamsburg safe?”

Williamsburg would probably be the one place not only affected by global warming but with residents actually impressed with the results. If you think it’s cool living in a drafty old loft with a broken freight elevator and missing stairs, imagine how cool it would be to live in a drafty old loft with a broken freight elevator, missing stairs and 3 feet of authentic global warming ocean water.

Paris Pelted With White Substance: Rick Solomon has Alibi

admin — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:06:42 +0000

Paris Hilton was once again captured on film being covered in a white substance, only this time Rick Solomon (NSFW)

wasn’t the one coating her with it.

This time she was pelted with flour by anti-fur activists. Still no word on whether or not Solomon had some sort of ideological reason for pelting Paris with his manseed.

The Celebrity Cafe

Campaign to End AIDS: Walk the tunnel march

admin — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 21:23:28 +0000

In case you missed it (like I did) the Campaign to End AIDS kicked off its Walk the Tunnel Campaign this morning. The walk started in Times Square and went through the Lincoln Tunnel. Some of the people are walking all the way to D.C., but most New Yorkers had the opportunity to be brought back to the city by public transportation waiting on the other side. Bluejake has some pretty cool pictures of the event, including this one that shows the New York/New Jersey border inside the tunnel, he has some other interesting pics of the march, you can check them out here.