SHOW AND TELL
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A Man & His Tools | Chaun Osburn & Colin Garven
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Cartoon by Ariel Molvig. For more: http://nyr.kr/RsnHQP
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NYC before and after - the downtown skyline last night from the Brooklyn Promenade (right) versus a shot from the same spot, this past September...
The Daily follows NYC top cops who prep for major terrorist attack an other nightmare scenarios.
We wanted to find out what it looks like when New York City’s top cops prepare for a nightmare scenario, including a major terrorist attack. So we rode along on a special 3-part series to train with the NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit, or ESU, dangling on zip lines over the East River and taking fire from a sniper in Brooklyn.
Watch the first video here.
I could use a bit of Versailles here in Texas… via nevver.
“Legitimate Drowning of the Day” via @thedailywhat.
Of course the ducks have also been smoking.
(via milkinthemorning)
map via @motherjones:
Where does your local beach stack up on this list of America’s grossest surf spots?
Home made coffee roaster via @WholeFoods excellent online magazine, Dark Rye (www.darkrye.com)
“If Citizens United was the Big Bang of a new era of money in politics, here’s the universe it formed.” #data # visualization via @sunfoundation @motherjones
An Interactive Map of the Dark-Money Universe
If Citizens United was the Big Bang of a new era of money in politics, here’s the universe it formed: rapidly expanding super-PACs and nebulous 501(c) groups exerting gravitational pull on the 2012 election. Mouse over a “planet” to peer into its funding and top donors. Sizes are based on latest reported revenues (if disclosed). This data is live—come back for weekly updates.
Want to learn more about dark money? We put up a good post on the subject on Monday.
Everyone check out our app!! (It works best in Chrome and Safari, although you could try Netscape too—who knows?) And #TumblrWednesday to the Sunlight Foundation, who rock this beat too.
During the Supreme Court’s oral arguments on health care, Justice Scalia drew the most laughs, according to a new study.
Yes, you can learn a lot by laughing. During the Supreme Court’s oral arguments on health care, Justice Scalia drew the most laughs, according to a new study. He also spoke more frequently than any of his colleagues, although Justice Breyer led in total talk-time.
(via npr)
(Via @thedaily) Confidence in U.S. public schools plunged to a scary new all-time low — just 29 percent!
Confidence in U.S. public schools plunged to a scary new all-time low — just 29 percent! And schools aren’t alone. Across the board, it looks like Americans are losing faith in institutions.
Other record lows were recorded for the church or organized religion, 44 percent; banks, 21 percent; and television news, 21 percent.
Congress ranked last — as it has for the last three years — at 13 percent.
— ICYMI
(via good)
#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?
Statistical evidence that everybody is moving to Austin. Well, almost. #numbersdontlie
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)
