Chris Tackett
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Is this the best depressing music video of all time? I think so. [le sigh]
Neil Degrasse Tyson answers, “Does the Universe Have a Purpose.”
Clanky #vintage #packaging #design #typography by christackett http://instagr.am/p/KSx7Y7J339/
Mark Frauenfelder posted this great video ad for Clanky the chocolate syrup robot:
Clanky was one of the first photos I took for my Instantique project. If you like looking at or hunting for neat old stuff, share your shots using Instagram by tagging photos with #Instantique. And visit Instantique to see the growing collection.
This was a great segment from Rachel Maddow with Chris Hayes discussing the reason Mitt Romney’s business record and tax avoidance strategy should be fair game for discussion.
Making this point in another way is The Wire creator, David Simon, who is stunned by Romney’s promise of having never paid less than 13%:
I can’t get over the absurdity of this moment, honestly: Hey, I never paid less than thirteen percent. I swear. And no, you can’t examine my tax returns in any more detail. But I promise you all, my fellow American citizens, I never once slipped to single digits. I’m just not that kind of guy.
Sullivan: “A pot-smoker just became the most decorated athlete in Olympic history - proving that the “gateway drug” can indeed be a gateway to greatness (the presidency, for example). But Phelps has had to maintain the public line of shame and embarrassment and anti-marijuana bullshit.”
(via Good Advice For Michael Phelps - The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan)
Sullivan suggests Phelps watch the video above. Paul has a great point. The media is quick to jump on stories of a celebrity using drugs, but then when they answer honestly, the media puts the onus of responsibility on the celebrity, implying or outright saying that they have failed and let down their fans or been irresponsible with their fame. Paul’s response is exactly right that the true onus of responsibility is on the media, which is how these stories are widely spread. He wishes those questions weren’t asked, but he also wants to be honest and answer questions truthfully. He’s resisting the media-imposed pressure of being forced to lie and deceive his fans. He refuses to compromise his morals, while the media makes him sound like a bad guy for not lying.
Fantastically done time-lapse. Not only can you see the process, but it’s long enough that we can explore how much effort it takes to complete an installation art project that looks so simple when completed.
Timelapse of artist Maisie Broadhead, who originally trained as a jeweller and now produces fine art photographic parodies, recreating an 1844 photograph. Best part: The cell phone cameo.
Love this story.
Gunther Holtorf’s 23-year road trip
Yesterday, on TreeHugger, I wrote about the strategy and politics that Republicans used to help create the drama that was yesterday’s Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act. Last night, on The Rachel Maddow Show, Maddow began the show also answering the question: how did we get here? but from a long-term historical perspective. She explains why our system came to depend on employers providing health care and how it has become such a patchwork of different types of plans (Medicaid, Medicare, SCHIP, etc.) It’s a great clip. Watch it.
