Early Addition: NYC Is Now Within A Humid Subtropical Climate Zone

Ben Yakas

Published Jul 24, 2020

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Ben Yakas

Published Jul 24, 2020

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So I guess we all just need to accept that aliens really are real, right?
Just forget anything being normal in 2020, best case scenario we can talk about normality in 2021, says Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Fauci also threw out the first pitch at last night's Yankees/National game, and as with the virus, he really doesn't want anyone catching anything.
The Trump administration won't stop pushing anti-transgender policies limiting people's rights despite a Supreme Court ruling that extended civil rights protection to transgender people.
Facebook employees are really starting to reckon with the monster they helped build: “We are failing,” said a former software engineer. “And what's worse, we have enshrined that failure in our policies.”
After years of being considered a humid continental climate, NYC now sits within the humid subtropical climate zone, which means our summers and winters are getting warmer.
Health officials in NJ are tracking a coronavirus cluster stemming from a teen party, but their parents aren't cooperating.
Mike Francesa's last WFAN show is happening today apparently, assuming it sticks.
NYC's tourism industry is still struggling, and the Times asks: will tourists ever return? (The answer is yes, they will.)
It's Friday again, which means it's new music Friday again: listen to Jessy Lanza's latest hook-filled pop album All The Time; listen to Courtney Marie Andrews' gorgeous folk record Old Flowers; and if you haven't already, listen to Taylor Swift's quarantine-by-way-of-The-National album, folklore.
And finally, dog vs. air compressor:

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Ben Yakas is a former Gothamist reporter.

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