May 2011
Fail Blog: Coachella Announces Multi-Weekend 2012... →
Coachella: On Repeat
The organizers for Coachella just announced that next year’s festival will be held over two weekends in April instead of the usual one weekend approach…
We’re excited to announce Coachella 2012 will be held over TWO WEEKENDS.
In an effort to try and accommodate everyone who wants to experience the festival, COACHELLA 2012 will be two separate events, held over two...
What is a jellyfish? Maggie Koerth-Baker →
Steven Haddock of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (let’s all pause a moment to reflect on kismet of that surname/job combination) made this video about the wide world of creatures that we call “jellyfish.” It’s a great summary of the extreme diversity encompassed under one, catch-all name, and does a really nice job of explaining relationships between different...
A Perfect World Ta-Nehisi Coates →
As I’ve said, repeatedly, I’m anti-death penalty and have very little regard for “tough on crime” rhetoric. But you see something like this:
A 19-year-old man was arrested in connection with a drive-by shooting that killed an off-duty Newark, N.J., police officer who was getting a slice of pizza at a neighborhood fast-food place, though a second suspect who is believed to...
Despite Setback, Gov. Brownback Stays Focused On... →
Gov. Sam Brownback (R-KS) has been pushing to implement what he calls “tax reform” in the Sunflower State — with the main thrust of his effort focused on reducing the Kansas’ income tax:
“I think there’s a combination of things that need to be looked at, but to me the tax that’s one of the most sensitive for economic growth is the state income tax,” Brownback said after an event in Lecompton. “To...
Abortion needs to be taught in our medical schools... →
Read this horror story of a failed pregnancy. I was taking an afternoon nap when the hemorrhaging started while my toddler napped in his room when I woke up to find blood gushing upward from my…
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Abortion needs to be taught in our medical schools... →
Read this horror story of a failed pregnancy.
I was taking an afternoon nap when the hemorrhaging started while my toddler napped in his room when I woke up to find blood gushing upward from my body. Though I didn’t know it at the time, I was experiencing a placental abruption, a complication my doctor had told me was a possibility. My husband was at work, so I had to do my best to take...
The Case For Mystery Meat Andrew Sullivan →
Sami Grover makes it using the British staple bangers and mash as an example:
Nowadays if you order that meal at any of the umpteen thousand gastropubs that dot the countryside, you’ll most likely be told about the superb bangers that are produced from 100% prime pork meat. Yet I’d be willing to bet that many of my ancestors would find the notion of a banger made from 100% prime...
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What If... ? →
Here’s an interesting question, I think. What if people selected their leaders more like sports clubs pick their rosters, or even like major corporations pick their CEO’s? Many of the best soccer…
Time for a Street Renaissance! (Video) (author... →
Complete Streets Are About More Than Just Bike Lanes
This great video is a bit longer than what our friends at Streetfilms usually produce (it’s about 11 minutes long), but it’s worth watching. It shows how a “complete” street isn’t just about adding a bike lane, but rather about making it function for the community - the people who live and work there and those who...
What If... ? BooMan →
Here’s an interesting question, I think. What if people selected their leaders more like sports clubs pick their rosters, or even like major corporations pick their CEO’s? Many of the best soccer players in the English Premier League come from other countries. The same is true of Major League Baseball. The country needs a president; the Mariners need a shortstop. Obviously there...
Everyone Taking 'The Onion' Seriously in One Place... →
If you really like to feel bad about people, there’s a website devoted entirely to people taking stories from The Onion seriously on Facebook. Warning: it’s a dark path to walk. Maybe you should read a book or pet a puppy instead? (via, via) —- See more posts by Choire Sicha 7 comments
Oxford American forms multimedia partnership with... →
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Check out the inaugural Southword episode on obesity in the African-American community of Holmes County, Mississippi.
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Hidden Creativity: QR Code Portrait Hides Double... →
[ By Delana in Architecture & Design & Gadgets & Geek Art & Technology & Futurism. ]
Great art is not only beautiful, but deeply meaningful to both the artist and the viewer. Artist Scott Blake has made a name for himself creating art with bar codes: those simple black-and-white stripey codes you find on nearly everything you buy. Now he is experimenting with the bar...
The best Oprah emails to Opera (the browser) Xeni... →
Espen André Øverdahl at the browser company Opera writes,
Today is the last Oprah show in the history of television. To us in Opera this is really sad news. This show has brought us great joy throughout the years. We’ve been receiving lots of mail from Oprah fans, asking us questions, complaining or simply just opening up, telling us about their lives. We’ve tried to answer these...
There’s a Secret Patriot Act, Senator Says Spencer... →
You may think you understand how the Patriot Act allows the government to spy on its citizens. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) says it’s worse than you’ve heard.
Congress is set to reauthorize three controversial provisions of the surveillance law as early as Thursday. But Wyden says that what Congress will renew is a mere fig leaf for a far broader legal interpretation of the Patriot Act that the...
Mushrooms Can Break Down 90% of Diaper Materials... →
Photos: Wikipedia & Flickr, CC Mario & Luigi Would be Proud
Sometimes, discovery is about putting things together in new ways. We know that mushrooms can be great at breaking down…
Mushrooms Can Break Down 90% of Diaper Materials... →
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Mario & Luigi Would be Proud
Sometimes, discovery is about putting things together in new ways. We know that mushrooms can be great at breaking down pollutants, and we know that disposable diapers are a huge problems, with mountains of the slow-degrading poop-containers filling up landfills… So h…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Before And After of the Day Cheezburger Network →
Before And After of the Day: Missourian Aaron Fuhrman — a self-taught landscape photographer — has been traveling around Joplin, photographing heartrending panoramic shots of the devastation left in the aftermath of Sunday’s tornado.
Fuhrman lined up one of these panoramic photos with a Google Street View screencap of the same intersection to illustrate the comprehension-challenging extent of...
There Was A Poignant, Action Figure-Only Funeral... →
When The Web Works Andrew Sullivan →
Another writes:
Every time I’ve seen the new “It Gets Better” ad during the NBA Playoffs, I cry my little straight guy eyes out. The bottom-up organization of it really is compelling, but the part that makes me well up is different.
The part that kills me is that it really says something powerful about how successful we can be when we appeal to each others’ better...
Glenn Beck makes fun of apocalypse warnings --... →
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Glenn Beck actually opened his show yesterday making fun of the people getting ready for today’s scheduled Rapture and general apocalypse.
Which at first struck me as a bit odd, considering that Beck has such a penchant for apocalyptic warnings himself. This kind of stuff, in fact, was a staple of Beck’s even at CNN. You may remember, for instance,...
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More Than 40 Percent of Americans Believe the... →
With the world so close to May 21, 2011, the day some Christians believe they will be beamed to heaven from Earth, which will then be thrown into fiery chaos, it’s perhaps worth taking a…
Fracking fluid found in Clinton water supply →
BARRELS RECOVERED: Fox 16’s David Goins snapped this photo of some of 19 barrels removed today from the creek supplying Clinton with water.
Bombshell from KTHV if you care about…
Fracking fluid found in Clinton water supply Max... →
BARRELS RECOVERED: Fox 16’s David Goins snapped this photo of some of 19 barrels removed today from the creek supplying Clinton with water.
Bombshell from KTHV if you care about the environment:
Roger Rorie, the mayor of Clinton says chemicals used in the fracking process to find natural gas have been discovered in the city water supply and an effort is underway to recover what...
Lucette Gilbert Has Been Riding Her Bike for 70... →
“It’s so heartwarming to see how many people are biking now.”
Our friend Elizabeth at Streetfilms has produced another New York City cyclist profile, and this one is very inspiring. Lucette Gilbert tells us about her biking history and why she likes it so much, and her words have the weight of experience: She’s in her “very late 70s”, in her own words, and...
Jon Stewart Takes Huckabee To Task for His Embrace... →
Jon Stewart felt pretty much the same way I did when watching so-called Christian conservative Mike Huckabee bring on Ted Nugent prior to his announcement on Fox News that he was…
The Depression, In Full Color (author unknown) →
by Jacob Goldstein
Library of Congress A store with live fish for sale, vicinity of Natchitoches, La.
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More Than 40 Percent of Americans Believe the... →
With the world so close to May 21, 2011, the day some Christians believe they will be beamed to heaven from Earth, which will then be thrown into fiery chaos, it’s perhaps worth taking a second look at the above Pew Research Center data from June of last year. The people who actually believe “the Rapture” is coming on Saturday have become somewhat of a joke amongst secular...
Jon Stewart Takes Huckabee To Task for His Embrace... →
Jon Stewart felt pretty much the same way I did when watching so-called Christian conservative Mike Huckabee bring on Ted Nugent prior to his announcement on Fox News that he was not running for president. Between the draft dodger and his praise for the military as though he’d ever had the courage to serve himself, his previous violent rhetoric about President Obama and Hillary Clinton and...
Oxford American links with NPR Max Brantley →
Oxford American has joined forces with NPR to produce Southword, a multi-media series on Southern topics.
Dave Anderson, Oxford American’s filmmaker, will be producing video to go with NPR reporting.
The first episode is today, a report on eating habits and health in a county in Mississippi with a high rate of obesity.
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Foul Ball Mom of the Day Cheezburger Network →
Foul Ball Mom of the Day: From the looks of that baby’s headgear it seems that mom’s multitasking may not always yield the most favorable results.
[tedr / sbnation / buzzfeed.]
Tagged: Foul Ball Mom, Photo, Priorities!
Louisiana Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for... →
The drug laws and penalties in our country are badly in need of reform. In a climate where scores of eminent law professors are calling for the legalization of cannabis, it is difficult…
Louisiana Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for... →
The drug laws and penalties in our country are badly in need of reform. In a climate where scores of eminent law professors are calling for the legalization of cannabis, it is difficult to fathom that someone could actually be sentenced to life in prison simply for having two pounds of marijuana in their house — LIFE IN PRISON.
On May 5th the Times-Picayune reported that during a routine visit...
Hedge fund king John Paulson earns more per hour... →
This is about closing that monster “hedge fund tax loophole” now that we’re all so very concerned about the deficit. Let’s start with Zaid Jilani at ThinkProgress. First he references the estimable Jim Hightower (my emphasis): If your job paid $50,000 a year and you stayed at it for 47 years, your tally for a lifetime of work would be $2.4 million. Not bad — but...
