The New Yorker gets a redesign… And it looks good.
I wouldn’t mind if any of these would be the next Penn Station. Wow, this would be like Star Trek realized.
You can read more, here at TaxiDesign.
Franklin D. Roosevelt only feared one thing, but don’t we all?
They are out there.
Pastor Rick Warren, founder of the evangelical Saddleback Church of Southern California, has suffered a devastating family tragedy — according to a press release from his church, his 27-year-old son Matthew committed suicide earlier today: “Matthew was an incredibly kind, gentle and compassionate young man whose sweet spirit was encouragement and comfort to many. Unfortunately, he also suffered from mental illness resulting in deep depression and suicidal thoughts. Despite the best health care available, this was an illness that was never fully controlled and the emotional pain resulted in his decision to take his life.” (Photo by jurvetson) source
(via shortformblog)
Diane Sawyer: So, have you thought, how many women is enough? How many women [on the Supreme Court] would be enough?
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Nine, nine. [Applause.]
Sawyer: Oh! Oh. [Laughs.]
Ginsburg: Well, there’ve been nine men there for a long long time, right? So why not nine women?
(x)RUTH FOR ALL THINGS
Bristling while reading through this and thinking about 9 women on the supreme court made me realize I am sexist.
ugh.
What a world that would be.
Well done, you lot. Let’s keep this going.
This petition was only created a few hours ago, and it’s already hit its mark. As perzadook notes, it took just five hours to get 25,000 signatures.
(via shortformblog)
"We’ve endured too many of these tragedies in the past few years. And each time I hear the news I react not as a president, but as anybody else would — as a parent. …I know there are parents in America that feel the way that i do. The majority of those who died today were children — beautful little kids who were between five and ten years old They had their entire lives ahead of them — birthdays, graduations, weddings; kids of their own. Among the fallen were also teachers — men and women devoted to helping others fulfill their dreams."- Excerpted remarks from PRESIDENT OBAMA, reacting to the Newtown, CT school shootings. (via inothernews)
(via wnyc)
(via plumwords)
I am pretty proud of these two graphics I made.
YIKES
Today in stories, National Book Award finalists predominantly white dude authors. …. Again.
(via jessicavalenti)