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,...
Across the River: Dark History at Rockefeller University
We know the history we’re taught can be what results from determined myth-making, evolving stories erase the unpleasant and uplift the positive. We like our heroes clean and uncomplicated. But raw truth manages to leak through. by David Stone The…
Last for 2020, RIOC board brings hope, but struggles linger
Wednesday, December 29th, members and staff popped up on Zoom for the last 2020 RIOC board meeting. Encouraging signs of openness flashed, but there was enough of the old bad RIOC to keep it dim. by David Stone Roosevelt Island…
RIOC board member, clear conflicts of interest, big votes, but why no disclosure…?
RIOC conflicts of interest for board member Michael Shinozaki loom large but remain publicly undisclosed. He does not abstain from voting, and he’s open with opinions. But why no disclosure…? By David Stone Roosevelt Island Daily News Why do Shinozaki’s…
America the Beautiful Versus the Star-Spangled Banner as National Anthem
If we make room for a second American national anthem, it’s America the Beautiful, a song so rounded and inclusive, it’s a national hymn, if not an official anthem. by David Stone Assorted Ideas, Large & Small America the Beautiful…
…And Night, Meditation #10, from the last section of “A Million Different Things”
….And Night, Meditation #10 is from the final section of my book, A Million Different Things: Meditations of The World’s Happiest Man, is all about time and how we learn to create past and future. By David Stone Assorted Ideas, Large…
MTA Urged to Look Beyond Fares and Tolls to Keep Subways and Buses Moving
Jose Martinez, THE CITY This article was originally publishedon Dec 28 at 5:48pm ESTby THE CITY/Republished with Permission: The Roosevelt Island Daily News The $4 billion the MTA landed from the finally signed federal pandemic aid stimulus package will spare…
RIOC’s out of sight switch benefits pal Hudson-Related
In a last-minute move, RIOC sought a benefit for Hudson-Related, disregarding public wishes, at its December 2021 board meeting. The state agency wants the real estate giant off the hook for building promised restrooms at Firefighter’s Field. But there’s plenty…
Cold Winter Morning Rises Dark, East River, New York City
A winter morning in New York City slowly releases its grip. On short days, 5:00 a.m. barely pulls itself from night toward day. But day begins anyway as people rise to meet the dark. Fine Art Photography by Deborah Julian…
When cringeworthy gifts are worse than inconsiderate
Ever wondered why your mom bought you that inexplicable thing? You’re not alone. I have spent years doing consumer research related to gift giving. In my field, conventional wisdom surmises that when gifts fail to please recipients, it’s accidental. But…
The icy backstory to that ‘clink clink’ you’ll hear when raising a toast to the end of 2020
If ever there was a year to toast drawing to an end, it’s this one. Over the festive period, people around the world will be raising a glass to better times ahead. Accompanying sighs of relief will likely be the…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor