Sun Screen (Taken with Instagram at New York Times Building)
Pulitzer prize winning reporter Charlie LeDuff left the New York Times to cover his hometown, Detroit (our interview about that is here). Now,...
Sculptures by creaturesfromel on deviantart
Alessandra Sanguinetti. East Avenue, Rochester, NY. April 16th, 2012.
#Infographic ranking state government #corruption in past 35 years; TX only 10th via @good
good:
Dishonest Abes: Which State Government are Most Corrupt?
Corruption has taken down thousands of elected officials over the past 35 years. Which states are home to the most convictions for government corruption?
Frogger is back! The video game classic adapted to NYC’s real-time 5th Avenue traffic. via @onthemedia @wnyc
wnyc:
5th avenue Frogger. Like Frogger, but the traffic is actually on 5th avenue. (h/t @onthemedia)
Haha-hilarious! Will Arnett and Jason Bateman (and Zach Galifianakis) investigate: “What makes men manly?” Documentary by Morgan Spurlock.
Movie Trailer of the Day: In which Morgan Spurlock sends Will Arnett and Jason Bateman to investigate: “What makes men manly?” Mansome, which thankfully guest stars Zach Galifianakis, hits theaters in May.
A favorite pic from @CraigFWalker ‘s #Pulitzer Prize winning photo essay. More here: http://bit.ly/IHlCKo
Good stuff! Miss Representation premiered at Sundance, explores how media’s misrepresentations of women led to underrepresentation of women in positions of power.
Finally, a stylish #wind #energy map. Via @theatlantic and @lookhigh
This map shows you the delicate tracery of wind flowing over the U.S. (Hint.fm) h/t @nprnicole
Click through to see animated wind patterns. Very, very cool.
What Americans buy with their money. Good #data, nice #visualization, @lamthuyvo. @planetmoney
(via npr)
Charting US News Organizations and their Facebook Fans, Twitter Followers via washingtonpoststyle:
News Orgs: their Fans and Followers, March 2012
The Onion, holding its own.
UPDATE: Just to clarify, this is US-based. H/T: Ben Piven.
The Washington Post has 360,000 Facebook fans and 924,000 Twitter followers so, um, where’s our piece of pie?
I had a ton of fun putting together some video postcards of America’s coolest high school. See more at www.axelgerdau.com/unitedworldcollege
New stats show an ever-more-startling divergence between US wealthy and everybody else. via @nytimes http://nyti.ms/GRhrZ7
Nancy P. and Newt G. solving the climate crisis back in 2008—and looking good together on the couch. #bipartisan #goodoldays
Street Art meets #Facebook: “The Wall Cannot Be Found.” via @thecreatorsproject
Architectural malfunctions.