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Massive underground explosions continue to shake my block daily as the Second Avenue subway construction barrels on. I never hear the blast warnings but I do hear the "all clear" whistles after my furniture has stopped moving.

Every square inch of the S train is covered with Lady Gaga. And there are four small TV screens in each car playing Born This Way on a loop.

No idea what's going on here. Damn hipsters.

A man having some kind of psychotic episode got naked on the 6 train while yelling racist slurs. After begging a cop to shoot him, the man attacked other passengers on the platform. And of course, instead of fleeing this clearly seriously deranged person, some folks rushed forward with their iPhones to record the entire sordid scene. Others helped the seemingly hapless police officer subdue the man. I don't know what this all says about New York City, the NYPD, the subway, social media, and the mental health care system, but it probably says something. The below clip (which includes full-frontal nudity) has, of course, gone viral and has been running (in very edited form) on NYC's news channels. NSFW in every way.

UPDATE: YouTube has pulled the clip. LiveLeak is hosting it now.