1. There’s a rule in New York City that subway conducters have to point at a designated area ever time they reach a stop. It’s to make sure they’re paying attention, but it also sounds dreadfully boring. So two New Yorkers figured out a way to make some subway conductors’ days.
2. Happy post-Halloween sugar rush hangover day! Here are some of our favorite post-Halloween things on the internet: A hilarious New York Times correction, a really clever Halloween costume, nine really awesome pumpkin carvings of Supreme Court justices, and an attempted smuggling-via-pumpkin gone wrong.
3. You know what’s the worst? Daylight Saving Time. This is why.
Ned Resnikoff is an urban policy analyst, researcher, writer, and editor. His byline has appeared in a variety of publications, including the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Dissent, and The Nation. He writes the newsletter Public Comment, which can be found at publiccomment.blog.