New York commuter prefers the company of a goblin wearing the same outfit as him

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New York has truly seen it all.

This week on the subway, @bootyslime observed a man sit down and casually take a goblin out of his bag wearing the same outfit as him. He then proceeded to put the thing on his lap like a child. 

this dude sat down & pulled a fucking goblin in a matching outfit out of the nike bag pic.twitter.com/HUL3lxNz40

— the korns (@bootyslime) March 6, 2018

This strange scene was corroborated by another watchful New Yorker who took video of this odd pair. 

I literally saw this same guy in nyc wtf!! pic.twitter.com/qxU7HBFRd8

— West (@southheastt) March 7, 2018

After further research, the internet learned that this goblin is actually a “werepup,” or a very realistic looking “werewolf baby.” Alright, sure. But why get dressed in matching outfits?  Read more…

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This dog’s heartwarming rescue from a New York subway tunnel will bring you happy tears

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One lucky pup found compassiom in a most unlikely place: The New York City subway.

Dakota, aka Loppy the dog, was playing with her dog walker at a park in Brooklyn on Friday when the pooch managed to escape. Frightened, the poor pup ran to a place that she knew — the Jay St. station — and ended up inside the dangerous subway tunnel.

“It’s a familiar place for her, we commute together every day. She entered, ran across the platform, and at some point either fell or jumped in,” Dakota’s owner, Caroline Francis, posted to her Facebook.  Read more…

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NYC-based Notation Capital raises $27 million for second fund

 Notation Capital, the NY-based pre-seed fund that launched in 2015, has just picked up a fresh $27 million in capital to invest in to super early stage startup sin the NYC area. The fund is called Notation II, and it’s still run by Nick Chirls, who led seed investment at betaworks and helped build Alphaworks, and Alex Lines, an architect at betaworks who contributed to products like… Read More

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‘Homed’ project could house New York’s homeless in clustered, honeycomb-like pods

Both land and affordable housing are becoming scarcer in New York City, with skyrocketing rents and, subsequently, a steadily increasing population of people who are homeless.
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