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,...
New York Times Wins My First Annual Dimwit Health Reporting Award
The New York Times’ anti-alcohol article misrepresents health risks, failing to provide essential context and maintaining bias, while neglecting more pressing public health issues.
Krueger Now Joins Seawright, Supporting Priority Boarding on the Tram
Senator Liz Krueger supports priority boarding for Tram passengers from Roosevelt Island, criticizing RIOC’s lack of community engagement and urging bureaucratic change for resolution implementation.
Is Poetry, My First Love, Dead?
If poetry isn’t dead, it’s scarcely breathing. Does anyone read it anymore? Why would they? by David Stone Robert Frost was a household name when I grew up with dreams of writing poetry. So was Carl Sandburg. In our house,…
Following Another PSD Screwup, RIOC Returns to Bunker Mode
Bunker mode, a juvenile RIOC defense mechanism, was first cited by activist Frank Farance. Under pressure, the state agency retreats like a frightened turtle into silence. Briefly, we thought it dropped the tactic, but now, it’s back. by David Stone…
Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My… er Blockchains, Crypto and Smart Contracts
The Oracle. A New Novel by Cornell Tech’s Ari Juels Few novels, especially mystery novels chart territories of the size covered in Ari Juels’s The Oracle, but fewer authors have his tools. Juels is a professor at Cornell Tech on…
5 amazing hippie books transport you to another time and place
If you’re looking for a great read that will transport you to another time and place, then look no further than these five amazing hippie books. From the free-spirited world of 1960s San Francisco to the hardships of life on…
Crazy Suzanne – Poetry
Summer day, late afternoon, Crazy Suzanne appears at my door. “Are my tits getting bigger?” she wonders, raising her shirt up to her shoulders. Never having made their acquaintance before, I was at a loss but I looked anyway. Another…
We Are Still in Your Car – Poetry
by David Stone We are still in the car, pushing through heavy, drifted snow. We will always be in that car. It will always be snowing, and we’ll be on our way home. You were telling me something. But mostly…
Buy It. Read It. “Escape,” a New Book by James Patterson
by David Stone Buy Escape by James Patterson and David Ellis in any format here: From Amazon… As Chicago PD’s special-ops leader, Detective Billy Harney knows well that money is not the only valuable currency. The filthy rich man he’s…
Meaning of Freedom On The Path To Your Happiest Life
What is the meaning of freedom for life? Is freedom something you value? Is it something we have, earn or lose? Or does it stick, like it or not?
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor