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A broken underwater wellhead has been dumping 4,000 gallons of oil a day into the Gulf of Mexico for 7 years, and neither its owner nor state or federal govts have informed the public or seriously tried to stop it, six environmental groups claim in Federal Court

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:35:05 -0800

A broken underwater wellhead has been dumping 4,000 gallons of oil a day into the Gulf of Mexico for 7 years, and neither its owner nor state or federal govts have informed the public or seriously tried to stop it, six environmental groups claim in Federal Court

"What matters is not what you photograph, but why and how you photograph it. Even the most..."

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:09:06 -0800

“What matters is not what you photograph, but why and how you photograph it. Even the most controversial subject, if depicted by a sensitive photographer with honesty, symphathy, and understanding, can be transformed into an emotionally rewarding experience.”

- Andreas Feininger

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*artist:daigeko*

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curiositycounts: Albert Einstein was very slow to speak and his...

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:52:06 -0800

curiositycounts:

Albert Einstein was very slow to speak and his parents feared he wasn’t too bright. One day, when he was sick in bed, they gave him a compass to him occupied. The new plaything made him wonder about magnetic fields, which got him interested in physics, and, well, you know the rest.

questionableadvice: ~ The Chicago Blue Book, 1908via Internet...

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:26:05 -0800

questionableadvice:

~ The Chicago Blue Book, 1908
via Internet Archive

A female private detective in 1908? Miss Cora M. Strayer, I lift my glass to you. I’ll bet you were an interesting person to know.

Note: Apparently Mr. Geo. S. Holben, Supt. Criminal Dept., was shot by a disgruntled former employee in 1910. (Los Angeles Herald, December 06, 1910).

According to the 1913 edition of the Chicago Blue Book, Miss. Strayer’s Detective Agency was still in business, although Mr. Holben’s name no longer appeared in the advertisement.

afrodiaspores: Founded in 1943, Negro Digest (later “Black...

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:35:06 -0800

afrodiaspores:

Founded in 1943, Negro Digest (later “Black World”) was the publication that launched Johnson Publishing. During the most turbulent years of the civil rights movement, Negro Digest/Black World served as a critical vehicle for political thought for supporters of the movement.

Now many issues have been digitized and are searchable online.

Preservation at the National Archives: Why the 1297 Magna Carta is at the National Archives

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:09:05 -0800

Preservation at the National Archives: Why the 1297 Magna Carta is at the National Archives:

preservearchives:

In case you were wondering, the 1297 Magna Carta is one of 17 surviving versions of Magna Carta in the world today, the only one in North America, and the only Magna Carta in private hands. The document is on loan to the American people from David M. Rubenstein, co-founder of The Carlyle Group in…

annadevries: Mark Twain’s house was burgled in 1908. This was...

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:46:05 -0800

annadevries:

Mark Twain’s house was burgled in 1908. This was the letter that was subsequently posted to the front door.

Thanks, Letters of Note.

Image: Stanley Gould

julieklausner: Rob Delaney & I just won Twitter before...

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:18:06 -0800

julieklausner:

Rob Delaney & I just won Twitter before noon!!!!!!!!

smithsonianmag: The Highest Resolution Image of Earth...

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:52:06 -0800

smithsonianmag:

The Highest Resolution Image of Earth Ever

This composite image uses a number of swaths of the Earth’s surface taken on January 4, 2012.

Photo courtesy of NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman Kuring

Ed note: Perfect for your desktop background. Click the photo for the 8000x8000 image. Check out our article on the previous photo titled The Blue Marble.

h/t Gizmodo

"A lot of white people like black people. They buy hip-hop, they watch black athletic and sports..."

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:26:05 -0800

“A lot of white people like black people. They buy hip-hop, they watch black athletic and sports figures and it’s super popular — from jazz through hip-hop. Having a black friend is a mark of progressive success as a white person. And the black person is usually seen as their asset. It’s like: I’m cooler by proxy.”

- Baratunde Thuston, on why it’s important for white people to have a black friend (via nprfreshair)

foxyhobo: captain morgan freeman ftw

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:35:05 -0800

foxyhobo:

captain morgan freeman ftw

Who really benefits from putting high-tech gadgets in classrooms?

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:50:50 -0800

Who really benefits from putting high-tech gadgets in classrooms? :

latimes:

How much genuine value is there in fancy educational electronics? Don’t let companies or politicians fool you, says columnist Michael Hiltzik.

"We’re delighted to hear that Rep. Fleming is a regular reader of America’s Finest News Source and..."

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:48:05 -0800

“We’re delighted to hear that Rep. Fleming is a regular reader of America’s Finest News Source and doesn’t bother himself with The New York Times, Washington Post, the mediums of television and radio, or any other lesser journalism outlets.”

- The Onion editor Joe Randazzo • In response to the Republican Congressman who mistook an Onion article for the real thing. source (via • follow)