Monday, February 1, 2016
Today's Google
Sunday, January 31, 2016
Throwback Babies
Another gem from Sactown Magazine - a retro clothes line for little ones.
http://www.sactownmag.com/Style-Watch/2016/Maisha-Bahati-baby-onesie-line/
http://www.sactownmag.com/Style-Watch/2016/Maisha-Bahati-baby-onesie-line/
Have One For Me!
From Sactown Magazine -
My Sac folks - Somebody has to have one of these for me!
My Sac folks - Somebody has to have one of these for me!
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| Start the presses: Midtown coffeehouse The Mill is now serving up made-to-order Liège-style Belgian waffles. Ask for it “in-hand” (to go) and you’ll get the piping hot waffle lightly sprinkled with powdered sugar wrapped in a paper coffee filter.
http://www.sactownmag.com/Whats-Cooking/2016/Craving-of-the-week-The-Mills-waffle-in-hand/
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Friday, January 29, 2016
Unbelieveable Sights From My World
This lends credence to the "Playground of the Middle East" moniker.
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/7-dubai-locations-that-defy-their-desert-setting?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura&utm_campaign=2f4532f587-Newsletter_1_25_20161_22_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_62ba9246c0-2f4532f587-59905913&ct=t(Newsletter_1_25_20161_22_2016)&mc_cid=2f4532f587&mc_eid=866176a63f
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/7-dubai-locations-that-defy-their-desert-setting?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura&utm_campaign=2f4532f587-Newsletter_1_25_20161_22_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_62ba9246c0-2f4532f587-59905913&ct=t(Newsletter_1_25_20161_22_2016)&mc_cid=2f4532f587&mc_eid=866176a63f
An Inventor
http://www.upworthy.com/glass-cars-sentient-spoons-and-an-inventor-whos-challenging-our-idea-of-normal?c=upw1
Gerry-Rigging: Manipulating the Outcome
A trick old as dirt.
From Wired -
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA spent the last chunk of his 2016 State of the Union Address talking about how to “fix our politics.” His first solution? Stop gerrymandering, the shaping of congressional districts to guarantee electoral outcomes. “We have to end the practice of drawing our congressional districts so that politicians can pick their voters, and not the other way around,” he said.
http://www.wired.com/2016/01/gerrymandering-is-even-more-infuriating-when-you-can-actually-see-it/?mbid=nl_12816
From Wired -
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA spent the last chunk of his 2016 State of the Union Address talking about how to “fix our politics.” His first solution? Stop gerrymandering, the shaping of congressional districts to guarantee electoral outcomes. “We have to end the practice of drawing our congressional districts so that politicians can pick their voters, and not the other way around,” he said.
http://www.wired.com/2016/01/gerrymandering-is-even-more-infuriating-when-you-can-actually-see-it/?mbid=nl_12816
Truth Be Told
New from Howard University -
Howard University’s School of Communications recently launched the first fact-checking service dedicated entirely to claims about the African-American community. The website, TruthBeTold.news, publishes student investigations into commonly spouted bullshit like the idea that Planned Parenthood is strategically planning black genocide.
https://www.good.is/articles/howard-students-fact-checking-tool-for-journalism?utm_source=thedailygood&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailygood
http://truthbetold.news
Howard University’s School of Communications recently launched the first fact-checking service dedicated entirely to claims about the African-American community. The website, TruthBeTold.news, publishes student investigations into commonly spouted bullshit like the idea that Planned Parenthood is strategically planning black genocide.
https://www.good.is/articles/howard-students-fact-checking-tool-for-journalism?utm_source=thedailygood&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailygood
http://truthbetold.news
Michael Jackson Interview With Oprah (Part 3/6)
At around the 4:00 mark, Micheal responds to Oprah's question about a white kid playing him.
This is being recalled now because Joseph Fiennes, a white guy, is set to play him in a new film.
http://www.vox.com/2016/1/28/10862226/michael-jackson-joseph-fiennes
This is being recalled now because Joseph Fiennes, a white guy, is set to play him in a new film.
http://www.vox.com/2016/1/28/10862226/michael-jackson-joseph-fiennes
If You Have to Explain It, You Don't Get It
GET OVER HERE, MAN: DECODING THE BRO-HUG
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/get-over-here-man-decoding-the-brohug?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura&utm_campaign=c2f46bec40-Newsletter_1_29_20161_28_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_62ba9246c0-c2f46bec40-59905913&ct=t(Newsletter_1_29_20161_28_2016)&mc_cid=c2f46bec40&mc_eid=866176a63f
Fight Club Rules
From The New Yorker -
Park Slope Parents’ Fight Club: A Friendly Reminder of the Rules
BY GLENN BOOZAN
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/park-slope-parents-fight-club-a-friendly-reminder-of-the-rules?mbid=nl_160129_Daily&CNDID=27124505&spMailingID=8488969&spUserID=MTE0MzE0NDEyNDUyS0&spJobID=843293050&spReportId=ODQzMjkzMDUwS0
We're the Only Ones
From The Atlantic -
“It's really strange that only humans have chins,” says James Pampush from Duke University. “When we're looking at things that are uniquely human, we can't look to big brains or bipedalism because our extinct relatives had those. But they didn't have chins. That makes this immediately relevant to everyone.” Indeed, except in rare cases involving birth defects, everyone has chins. Sure, some people have less pronounced ones than others, perhaps because their lower jaws are small or they have more flesh around the area. But if you peeled back that flesh and exposed their jawbones—and maybe don't do that—you'd still see a chin.
http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/01/were-the-only-animals-with-chins-and-no-one-knows-why/431625/
“It's really strange that only humans have chins,” says James Pampush from Duke University. “When we're looking at things that are uniquely human, we can't look to big brains or bipedalism because our extinct relatives had those. But they didn't have chins. That makes this immediately relevant to everyone.” Indeed, except in rare cases involving birth defects, everyone has chins. Sure, some people have less pronounced ones than others, perhaps because their lower jaws are small or they have more flesh around the area. But if you peeled back that flesh and exposed their jawbones—and maybe don't do that—you'd still see a chin.
http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/01/were-the-only-animals-with-chins-and-no-one-knows-why/431625/
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