Pictured: an installation in the lobby of a new luxury condo. (J/k, it's a concrete wall under a bridge.) / Photo by George Alexander
Pictured: an installation in the lobby of a new luxury condo. (J/k, it's a concrete wall under a bridge.) / Photo by George Alexander
The Baffler,  May 6, 2014

Daily Bafflements

Pictured: an installation in the lobby of a new luxury condo. (J/k, it's a concrete wall under a bridge.) / Photo by George Alexander
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• Presenting graffiti, the new luxury décor of choice.

• Drones of all shapes and sizes have been officially banned from Yosemite National Park. It’s news to us that they were ever allowed? A shame, though: #innovation #stifled

• The new CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation comes to the organization from the pharmaceutical industry. “Running a nonprofit wasn’t on her list of things to do,” Fortune reports. Discuss. (Via David Rieff.)

• From the Village Voice, here are some pictures of the rally last night in Zuccotti Park in support of Cecily McMillan and protesting her guilty verdict.

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