Extra Extra: A Washed-Up Old Boat Is Jones Beach's Hottest Summer Party Spot
June 28, 2019, 5 p.m.
Because Joe Biden is having a rough day, check out today's end-of-day links: lizard recovered, barbershop painter, Purple Mountains, Marianne Williamson mania, deranged Subway ad, and dog gets carried.

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/142765440@N08/48144400596/in/pool-gothamist/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lori hillsberg's flickr</a>
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- Joe Biden is having yet another rough day.
- An abandoned boat that washed up on Long Island’s Jones Beach two weeks ago has become the area’s new summer hot spot.
- Learn how Big Mike, a barbershop painter, was able to break into the art world.
- The lizard who was abducted from an Upper West Side pet store in May has been found safe.
- Eater has a report on the dramatic tactics that New York City restaurants use when dealing with an inspector from the Department of Health.
- The avowed white supremacist who drove his car into a crowd of anti-racism protesters during a white nationalist rally in Virginia has been sentenced to life in prison on hate crime charges.
- Listen to Purple Mountains' new single "Margaritas At The Mall."
- The internet has become synonymous with stress itself. Is slime, that substance between liquid and solid, an antidote?
- Here's a close reading of the most deranged Subway ad ever.
- Melissa McCarthy is in talks to play Ursula in a live-action remake of The Little Mermaid.
- The NY Times Style Section is all-in on Marianne Williamson mania.
- And finally, we all like to be carried sometimes:
I didn't know that you can carry a cloud .. 🐶☁⛅🌈❤
(boomer_the_landcloud) pic.twitter.com/02cnt1i4QS— Wina (@wawinaApr) June 28, 2019