Snow is coming! Snow is coming! In New York City, this is either the best or the worst thing that can happen. Let's reminisce on what the city looks like when it's buried in ice crystals.

We are trying to take down Seed, the AOL Media Borg created to destroy media. Our weapon of choice: poetry. Today the robot brain asks about "Identity Info Sharing" and the great muse of verse responds.

We are trying to bring down Seed, the AOL News Borg created to destroy editorial on the internet, one poem at a time. Today the machine asks, "What Does It Mean to Square Something?" We try to answer.

[Straight allies Robert De Niro and Bruce Springsteen show President Obama their support for gay rights at a reception for the Kennedy Center Honors recipients at the White House on December 5. Image freshly uploaded to the White House's Flickr]

[Manhattan's sidewalks are best used for two things: walking and smoking. Here we see both happening simultaneously. From Adrie_Mooi's Flickr]

[It may have been June when these ladies were jumping for joy on the Chelsea Piers, but the weather looks familiar. Image via Kharied's Flickr]

[Someone takes shelter in what must be one of Manhattan's last remaining phone booths. Image via Sondergaard's Flickr]

A close-up view of Barry Diller's palace, the IAC Building in West Chelsea, makes things look a little shaky. Image via Bob Jagendorf's Flickr]

[Cars fly by as Dorothy and her Toto—not in Kansas anymore—try to catch a cab in the East Village on Halloween. Image via SuburbanSlice's Flickr]

New York's former top cop languishes in jail, but you can revisit the highlights of his life and some private moments on his voluminous Flickr page, which for some reason exists. That's Kerik doing martial arts in Korea in 1975.

[Behind the bar at McSorley's Old Ale House, one of the oldest bars in New York, circa 1976. Image via Ed Findley's Flickr]

[This New York street art using an iconic Madonna image has been touched more than the very first time. Image via alan(ator)'s Flickr]

[A solitary note left on the "Imagine" marker in Central Park's Strawberry Fields section today, what would have been John Lennon's 69th birthday. Image via alan(ator)'s Flickr]

[A man tires of asking people if they like stand up comedy in Times Square last night. Image via TheeErin's Flickr]

After his fairly traditional magazine was taken from him and run into the ground, Web-savvy photographer Derek Powazek found a tighter niche: Instant photo magazines tied to major events, like his nifty publication on an Australian dust storm.

[Brooklynites sizzle under the Manhattan Bridge yesterday afternoon. Image via Laverrue's Flickr]

[A ghoulishly reflective storefront in Manhattan for a Songül Sarpbas wedding gown. Image via ShellyS's flickr]

Yahoo deleted a controversial caricature of "Joker" Barack Obama from its creator's Flickr account. Why? Someone with an obviously fake name filed a copyright complaint.

Flickr deleted a controversial Barack Obama caricature; it nuked thousands of pictures over some comments about Obama. What sort of political expression is allowed on the Yahoo photo-sharing service? Unclear: Flickr decided a conversation on the topic was... not allowed.

The ways you can criticize the president continue to grow more limited on Flickr. If the first rule was "don't post too many political comments on White House photos," the second seems to be "no caricatures."