governor’s island will gain 0.1 km2 of new parkland as early as next spring when the first part of the governor’s island expansion opens. today was an open to the public preview.








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Empire State of Mind
Alicia keys performing New York (thankfully the version without that awful rapper). One of the better anthems for this amazing city.
Celeb sighting
People who care about such things tell me we are sitting next to Julianne Moore. I’m so tempted to go over and say I loved you in star wars
On the Edge
suicidal or really into street photography? hard to tell in nyc.

LIC is changing very rapidly.
a year ago you had lots overgrown with trash and weeds, and now you have highrises, homebrew and smorgasburg-style markets.














new digs
you can see both french fries tower as well as empire state building, and the east river.







Seen on Houston street

South Williamsburg















Movie on Aircraft Carrier
Does your city have movies on an aircraft carrier? Didn't think so.



Factor V fixes
“The data from 23andMe helped to rule out more worrisome diagnoses and stave off more invasive treatments”. Doctors ultimately removed the clot as they took out part of his liver, and the intervention cured the fevers.
interesting, the factor v mutation has been the most useful bit in my own 23andme data too.
Researchers have identified new genetic associations for blood clots, one of the leading causes of death worldwide. On top of finding these genetic associations, this new paper also offered a model for conducting future research into this difficult-to-study condition by using self-reported data from 23andMe research participants answering questions about their own history of blood clots.