russia Tucker Carlson says Russia is a great country because a communist-era subway station in Moscow has a chandelier Mark Frauenfelder

new york city The New York City Sign Museum, now open for tours Ruben Bolling

nyc NYPD using drones to combat subway surfing Gail Sherman

viral videos Live crabs escape on NYC subway, chaos ensues Ellsworth Toohey

JD Vance's immigration policy based on his viewing of 2002's "Gangs of New York" Ellsworth Toohey

politics Los Angeles mayor wants ban on masks at protests Rob Beschizza

politics UK conservative politicians and their staff in private Facebook groups full of racist, sexist, homophobic postings Rob Beschizza

new york The great New York bus tour battle Carolyn Townsend

politics New York's governor deploys National Guard to protect subway riders Mark Frauenfelder

nypd NYPD is on the lookout for woman who bashed subway musician on the head with a metal bottle (video) Mark Frauenfelder

mta Someone left $30,000 cash on a NYC train… and got it back David Pescovitz

apple The Apple Vision Pro is as ridiculous as you'd expect in public Grant St. Clair

maga MAGA extremists outsmarted by NY subway turnstile (video) Jason Weisberger

new york city Wave of the hand defeats new $700k subway gates meant to deter fare evaders David Pescovitz

happy mutants Trippy Tiny Desk Concert features a "saxocone," a saxophone with a traffic cone in it Jennifer Sandlin

tabloids Scientology's secrets, Kardashian brain damage, and Chinese bioweapons in last week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

animals Donut Rat dethrones Pizza Rat as the real life of the party! (video) David Pescovitz

new york city The Transit app now provides a crowd-sourced "ratistical analysis" of the rattiness of New York City transit stops Jennifer Sandlin

police A short, squat, useless Robocop comes to NYC Ruben Bolling

new york city Bell bottoms, subway graffiti, and a sleazier Times Square in this great archival footage of New York City in the 1970s (video) David Pescovitz