Still Not Going To Do This Every Day

motherjones: Happy Friday. Here’s a history of the Drug...

Fri, 25 May 2012 18:09:06 -0400

Happy Friday. Here’s a history of the Drug War.

Kansans are nothing if not polite.

topherchris: manikaofficial: Had so much fun at Tumblr today!...

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:04:38 -0400

manikaofficial:

Had so much fun at Tumblr today! You guys are fun!! In-Office Dance Parties, Woo Hoo!

I met Manika today and asked her to explain One Direction.

Honestly, Topher gets the best assignments.

You’re not getting off that easy, Newsies.

Fri, 25 May 2012 11:47:26 -0400

You’re not getting off that easy, Newsies.

todaysdocument: The 1955 Great Plains Tornado Outbreak On May...

Fri, 25 May 2012 11:32:59 -0400

Tornado Damage. Blackwell OK 5/25/1955

Car around tree. Udall KS 5/25/1955

todaysdocument:

The 1955 Great Plains Tornado Outbreak

On May 25-26, 1955 seven states were hit by at least 46 tornadoes. Two F5 tornadoes touched down in Blackwell, Oklahoma and Udall, Kansas.

Left: Tornado damage. Blackwell, Oklahoma, 05/25/1955

Right: Car wrapped around large tree by tornado. Udall, Kansas, 05/25/1955

Sometimes I think my Dashboard hates me.

Fri, 25 May 2012 11:17:35 -0400

Sometimes I think my Dashboard hates me.

fred-frederator-studios: Artist and comic book expert Arlen...

Fri, 25 May 2012 10:45:59 -0400

fred-frederator-studios:

Artist and comic book expert Arlen Schumer designed the original Fredbot in 1997, but he just joined the tumblr community this month.

Superhero For Your Day (follow it here) is just what it says. Arlen’s been designing superheroes most of his life, so he’ll show you another one every day. And his illustration and design tumblr (follow it here) has the rest of his prodigious output.

Done and done.

"Bands become successes on tumblr. Where’s the tumblr of musical theater?"

Fri, 25 May 2012 10:39:00 -0400

“Bands become successes on tumblr. Where’s the tumblr of musical theater?”

- Challenge Accepted.

(How Can Musical Theater Be Saved? Broadway Veterans Give Their Advice)

"Maybe she’s born with it. Or maybe she killed her sister for it. Either way, she’s really beautiful."

Fri, 25 May 2012 10:34:50 -0400

““Maybe she’s born with it. Or maybe she killed her sister for it. Either way, she’s really beautiful.””

- McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: List: Increasingly Threatening Taglines for Beauty Products. (via hugsandkissinger)

Today in stories that simply sell themselves.

Fri, 25 May 2012 10:32:36 -0400

Today in stories that simply sell themselves.

"What possible reason could the Ohio GOP offer for expressly prohibiting poll workers from assisting..."

Fri, 25 May 2012 08:32:39 -0400

“What possible reason could the Ohio GOP offer for expressly prohibiting poll workers from assisting voters in completing election forms or locating their correct polling place? One can only suppose that the objection to counting good ballots tainted only by worker error stem from that same noxious paranoid soup that has infected all modern electoral politics: mistrust for voters, mistrust for government workers, and mistrust for the single most basic premise of any democracy—that we want more people to vote, not fewer. Almost every aspect of the recent efforts to “improve the integrity” of the voting system actually ends up undermining the integrity of the system. But punishing voters for poll-worker error and silencing poll workers best placed to help voters achieves new lows in cynicism. The net effect will serve no purpose other than to raise doubts about voting as a whole.”

- Ohio Republicans want to disallow ballots with errors caused by poll workers. - Slate

peacecorps: Here’s one of the vintage PSAs we shared earlier...

Thu, 24 May 2012 16:28:11 -0400

peacecorps:

Here’s one of the vintage PSAs we shared earlier this year in honor of our 50th

(via Glass Half Full - Vintage Peace Corps Print Public…)

A reminder that, one year in, the Peace Corps is doing really great work on Tumblr.

lamayor: 1,673 firearms were collected this weekend for the...

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:34:19 -0400

lamayor:

1,673 firearms were collected this weekend for the 2012 Gun Buyback program, spearheaded by the Mayor’s Office of Gang Reduction & Youth Development (GRYD) and LAPD. Thank you to the Angelenos who turned in a firearm and helped us secure a safer City for everyone.

rachelfershleiser: Sometimes I love you nerds so much I almost...

Tue, 22 May 2012 17:12:24 -0400

rachelfershleiser:

Sometimes I love you nerds so much I almost burst into tears at my desk.

OH! Zane! Has anyone said Zane?

The song in question.

Tue, 22 May 2012 14:50:16 -0400

The song in question.

I Totally Forgot Butch Vig Did This, but He's Totally Right

Tue, 22 May 2012 14:48:23 -0400

What's the most underrated record you've ever worked on?
This Perfect World by Freedy Johnston. An amazing singer-songwriter, I'm very close to him still; he sang at my wedding. The song "This Perfect World" is one of my favorite songs I've ever recorded. At the time I did that, people were taken aback because he's just like, a folk singer. It takes a couple listens to get used to his voice—he's got that high Midwestern twang—but there's some beautiful, beautiful songs on it.

Full time with dental: Last night a man robbed a bank in the next town over. Instead of...

Tue, 22 May 2012 14:37:54 -0400

Full time with dental: Last night a man robbed a bank in the next town over. Instead of...:

fulltimewithdental:

Last night a man robbed a bank in the next town over. Instead of sticking up the teller, he hands over a note. The teller gives the man $1,600.

He then goes around town to pay off bills and write checks to people he owes money too.

From there, he visits his mom where he shaves off his beard, and…

Wait—is this a true story? Or, like, a parable or something?

washingtonpoststyle: Via Famous Monsters of Filmland For the...

Tue, 22 May 2012 11:22:29 -0400

washingtonpoststyle:

Via Famous Monsters of Filmland

For the back story on the Time magazine cover that inspired this bit of genius (anyone know who created it?), go here.

feministryangosling: You can pre-order “Feminist Ryan Gosling:...

Mon, 21 May 2012 10:59:05 -0400

feministryangosling:

You can pre-order “Feminist Ryan Gosling: The Book” for under $8 USD right now.

Basically, for the cost of two fancypants coffees, you can own over 100 pictures of Ryan Gosling’s face (and a bunch of funny feminist text).

Go for it!

You heard the lady. Order now!

Words Can Not Tell You How Jealous I am to Have Missed This

Sun, 20 May 2012 20:16:56 -0400

Words Can Not Tell You How Jealous I am to Have Missed This

picturedept: TOKYO-GA Meets NYPH 2012 TOKYO-GA envisions the...

Fri, 18 May 2012 15:23:59 -0400

Michael Wolf, Serie Tokyo Compression

Haruna Kawnishi

James Whitlow Delano, Mangaland

Masayoshi Sukita

Ilse Leenders, Tokyo Monogatari

Hiroshi Yoda

Junpei Kato

Navid Baraty

Jeremie Souteyrat

Mitsugu Onishi

picturedept:

TOKYO-GA Meets NYPH 2012

TOKYO-GA envisions the future of Japan in the aftermath the 2011 disasters through a portfolio of 100 Japanese and international photographers working within the landscape of Tokyo. TOKYO-GA Meets NYPH 2012, is an exhibition featuring 26 photographers from the project, and is the first gallery presentation of this portfolio of creative solidarity.

A panel discussion between the founders, curators, and photographers of TOKYO-GA will take place Saturday, May 19, 2-4 p.m.

The show is open throughout NYPH 2012 (May 16-20), and the following three weeks, Wednesday - Friday, ending June 8.

111 Front Street, #216
DUMBO, Brooklyn

Have I mentioned how cool the new Newsweek photo Tumblr is?