David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor
Navigating Apps with Changes in Memory: Join Our Study
December 2, 2025
Weill Cornell Medicine seeks older adults with mild memory loss for a study on improving navigation apps. Participation is valuable,...
About New York’s Largest Mural In Times Square
Domingo Zapata talks with Jonn Nubian New York’s largest Mural, painted on vinyl, covers One Times Square with pop art excitement. Artist Domingo Zapata talked with our friend, YRB mag’s Jonn Nubian, about it. By David Stone The Roosevelt Island…
FIGMENT NYC, RIOC’s Big Win: What About 2021 Now?
FIGMENT NYC was a RIOC win, a big one, in 2019, and it was getting bigger. Planning for 2020 had already started before the coronavirus hit. 2021 is only a wish for now.
Fall For Arts 2019, Roosevelt Island
Fall for Arts 2019 brings visual arts to life on Roosevelt Island. On September 28th, murals are created live in three locations as visitors are invited to watch and wonder. New activities added brighten the festival.
Protests against Related grow
Protests against Related grow spread the Hamptons nationwide. A Trump fundraiser outraged people who suddenly discovered they were unwitting contributors.
Who’s In Charge Here? RIOC Plus Contractor Equals WTF?
RIOC + Contractor = WTF is a formula that proves RIOC is Ado Annie. “I can’t say, “No,” to contractors is the New York State version of surrender to temptation.
Bad Science Writing Is Unhealthy, And Here’s Why…
Bad science writing may be unhealthy, but it still makes it into print. That’s worse. By David Stone Assorted Ideas, Large & Small Born To Move the New York Times online link read. The topic, physical fitness, seemed right up my alley. But…
CBN fights senior loneliness
CBN fights senior loneliness with a new grant. The grant helps the Carter Burden Network tackle the major challenges of old age. The Roosevelt Island Disabled Association partners with them. On Friday, August 23rd, the Carter Burden Network announced a…
Trump’s a loon, and now, here’s why it flies
Trump’s a loon, Part 2, jiggled out easily from the shell of Greenland proves Trump’s a loon. The mass media did its part, treating the president’s Greenland pursuit as something real. They love clickbait, and Trump tosses them plenty. Can…
FIGMENT Loves Roosevelt Island, But The Dream’s Delayed For Now
FIGMENT loved Roosevelt Island enough to bring the participatory arts festival back to Lighthouse Park. FIGMENT 2020 sought City of Dreams Pavilion proposals, but then… By David Stone Roosevelt Island News Salvage Swings, winner of FIGMENT NYCs contest in 2019,…
You don’t meditate? Come on now, You know better…
You don’t meditate? Why not? You usually have better judgment. By David Stone Assorted Ideas, Large & Small “If a pharmaceutical company developed a medicine akin to meditation–providing such broad health benefits with so few side effects–it would probably be…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor