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US Accountants Finally Realized Climate Change Is a “High Risk” to the Government's Fiscal Health

Perhaps the unusually strong frankenstorm Sandy smashed into the East Coast, costing the government $50 billion to clean up, and something clicked—this must be what all those scientists and economists mean when they talk about the future costs of climate change, the bureaucrats thought, frantically reshuffling their papers under fluorescent lights. Full story

Taji's Mahal - Dr. Dave

This week, Clayton Patterson brought us to the coolest doctor in town, Dr. David Ores. Dr. Dave isn't your normal MD. He wears a leather jacket and removes gang tattoos for free. Full story

An Open Letter to My Parents, Who Still Don’t Believe I Survived Hurricane Sandy

Dear Mom and Dad: Thank you for your continued concern about my wellbeing during and after Hurricane Sandy. To reiterate: I’m fine. You’ve got to stop calling to ask if I’m in the dark, in the cold, underwater, or dead. Please redirect your worry to those who actually deserve it… Full story

Want to Help Hurricane Sandy Victims? Buy This Mishka T-Shirt

Mishka is doing their part to help with the recovery from Hurricane Sandy's devastation by doing what they do best: making expensive T-shirts. Greg Rivera, who runs Mishka, is one of my favorite people so I asked him to tell me about it. Full story

Good Morning, Sinners... with Warren Ellis

Sandy and the Broken Machine

Global warming isn't a joke or a trick, it's the new future, a thousand miles wide and coming for us at a hundred miles an hour. Full story

I Spoke to the Hurricane Sandy Meme Model

The provocative mastermind is Brazilian-born Nana Gouvêa, who is very keen to let everyone who's been offended by the photos know that she is NOT modeling, just someone standing in choreographed poses in front of a camera. Full story

We Spent Hurricane Sandy at Sotheby's

Nimrod and Xavier went to Sotheby's right after Sandy hit to see how inelastic the demand for art can be in the middle of NYC's worst ever natural disaster. Full story

LES in the Dark

The city felt so pervasively absent that it seemed to defeat the idea of taking any kind of aim. Maybe a Manhattan without light in a sense already is photography? I tried to cooperate. Full story

Wide World of Balls

The Day the Running Stopped

This past week in sports saw the New York Marathon appropriately cancelled in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the NBA regular season kicked off, baseball free agency started and some important college football games. Full story

Question of the Day

How Did Sandy Affect You?

New Yorkers who were used to getting wine delivered to their doors, manicures at 3 AM, and never walking more than two blocks to get coffee suddenly couldn’t find bread at grocery stores, hot water to take showers, or even a cup of coffee. Full story