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These New Yorkers found a way to make grumpy subway conductors laugh

<p>Fernando Alfonso III served as an early Reddit and 4chan reporter and the Daily Dot’s first art director until 2016. He’s gone on to report at Lexington’s Herald-Leader and at the Houston Chronicle.</p>


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Pug Life: The triumphant return of Tumblr’s Every Pug in New York

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Humans of New York Tumblr raises $85,000 for Sandy relief

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