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It’s Thursday afternoon in New York City, where parents are joining the fight for bus driver labor protections in order to avert a strike.
Here’s what else is happening:
- The creator of an Instagram account showcasing bodega cats started a petition to establish a bodega cat certification program that would eliminate health department fines for responsible owners and generate financial funds for resources.
- New York City is expanding an initiative that offers parenting skills, co-parenting and child support education and other resources for fathers.
- Katy Perry and Gayle King will be a part of the first all-female space flight taking off with Jeff Bezos’ company Blue Origin.
- Instagram says a glitch in its Reels algorithm yesterday meant some users were seeing more graphic content in their feeds.
- Time Out ranked the 50 most beautiful theaters in the world, three of which are in New York City.
- This is what it’s like to be an elusive beer sommelier.
- Canadians are trying to get us to drink maple syrup.
- And finally, best day ever:
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