For A Project™, I need to learn about the historical origins of #bitmap#fonts. Highly doubt these were first created on computers; where in the world have rectangular #tiles or #bricks carried a textual message? (The tiled signs in the #NYC subway are #mosaics, not based on a grid.) Where did bitmap fonts really start?
"Star witness Michael Cohen directly implicates Trump in testimony at hush money trial.
Donald Trump's fixer-turned-foe, Michael Cohen, directly implicated the former president in a hush money scheme Monday, telling jurors that his celebrity client tasked him on several occasions to stifle stories about sex that he feared could torpedo his 2016 presidential campaign."
A call from Ken Jackson — who taught the best class I took at Columbia on the history of #NYC (that included a midnight bike ride through the city) — to celebrate the 400th birthday of the greatest city in the world appropriately. 🥳🗽
Join BetaNYC and the MTA Open Data team on June 5th at 9:30am to explore recently published MTA operating budget datasets. We’ll learn about the MTA’s open data program and conduct insightful analyses with their data.
I guess it's a little crazy to do this here but apartment hunting in nyc is even crazier... i'm looking for a 2-3 bedroom in woodside, sunnyside or jackson heights queens, ~15 mins walking to lirr
"Soon after the portal began streaming, videos of inappropriate behavior began circulating online. These include people in Dublin holding up images of the 9/11 attacks to the camera, swear words and other inappropriate images displayed on phone screens, and people mooning at New York."
“Juanita Vidal, 71, was crossing Eldert Street near Knickerbocker Avenue with her 44-year-old daughter at around 5 p.m. Thursday when she was fatally struck by 2024 Mazda CX5 speeding away from police, officials said.”