February 2012
breakyoselffool:
newsweek:
shortformblog:
staff:
Introducing: Highlighted Posts
Every now and then, a post comes along that’s meant for big things. It could be pulling the wraps off your new project, promoting your next show, raising awareness for a cause, or just sharing a truly incredible photo.
Today you’ll have a new option to Highlight those extra-important posts. For one dollar,...
shortformblog:
newsweek:
Here’s $1, Tumblr!
[Previously.]
This was our idea! We think alike!
Tumblr-promises we didn’t steal the idea. The Instagram effect slowed us down!
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Statement from Susan G. Komen Board of Directors...
Susan G. Komen for the Cure has apologized for its decision to stop funding Planned Parenthood. CEO Nancy G. Brinker writes:
We want to apologize to the American public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women’s lives.
The events of this week have been deeply unsettling for our supporters, partners and friends and all of us at Susan G. Komen. We...
Bloomberg pledges $250,000 to Planned Parenthood |... →
firthofforth:
Billionaire New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg pledged on Thursday to give $250,000 of his own money to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America after breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure withdrew funding for the group.
The Komen foundation had provided about $700,000 annually for Planned Parenthood to provide access to mammograms for low income women. It has...
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January! (External Internal Memos)
January was a pretty good month.
For starters, we launched a shiny new iPad app just two mere weeks ago and by all available indications things are going really, really well on that front. And then! 11.8 million monthly uniques at the Beast! Here’s the breakdown.
Newsweek’s app, officially still an infant in its second week of life, is among the top free and top grossing iPad apps in...
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Madonna & Patti Smith, BFF's [A Tumblr Exclusive!]
By Jacob Bernstein
In the new movie W.E., which Madonna wrote and directed, Abbie Cornish plays a young woman named Wally Winthrop who’s stuck in a bad marriage, and has a kind of imaginary, sister-sister, platonic affair with Wallis Simpson (Andrea Riseborough), the American woman King Edward VIII fell in love with and abdicated the thrown to marry. “How could any man love a woman so much...
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“Penis, penis, penis!”
– The daughter-in-law of an Archie Comics co-founder allegedly burst into a corporate meeting at the comics company and screamed out these three words as she pointed around the room full of men. She’s been sued for sexual harassment.
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NYPD: Officer who obstructed 'Times' photographer... →
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Letter from Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO, in...
shortformblog:
producermatthew:
Facebook was not originally created to be a company. It was built to accomplish a social mission — to make the world more open and connected. We think it’s important that everyone who invests in Facebook understands what this mission means to us, how we make decisions and why we do the things we do. I will try to outline our approach in this letter. At Facebook,...
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“For longtime followers of the social network, this is an exciting time and a...”
– Mashable’s Christina Warren on Facebook’s just-filed IPO.
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The Tangential: What It Means to Say Sherman... →
thetangential:
I recently decided to follow author and poet Sherman Alexie on Twitter. And I was very excited.
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January 2012
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Psilocybin & God
Andrew Sullivan explores:
If you believe, as I do, that we are at root children of God, trapped, as Pascal put it, between being angels and beasts, then there will be moments in our lives when we are closer to being angels and closer to being beasts. In my view, our beastliness, as it were, is a function of our contingency as evolving primates, having to tackle a terrifying world of death,...
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Oh also. Remember that R. Kelly sloth video? →
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Deep thoughts on Sloths, from Newsbeast HQ.
Jess: have i been missing like a major cultural phenomenon? have people always loved sloths?
Brian: jess bennett - sloth hater.
Joyce: the Internet has been good for sloths. like cats, but slower.
Colbert's Super PAC raises over $1 million, and...
think-progress:
Dear Sirs and Sirettes,
Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow (ABTT) would like it entered into the record that as of January 30th, 2012, the sum total of our donations was $1,023,121.24.
Stephen Colbert, President of ABTT, has asked that I quote him as saying, ”Yeah! How you like me now, F.E.C? I’m rolling seven digits deep! I got 99 problems but a non-connected...
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Pulse Launches Election 2012 Coverage
pulsenews:
Today we’re launching our Election 2012 coverage on Pulse, which will be your hub for campaign news leading up to November 15th. We have over 25 partners delivering world-class breaking political news, straight to your mobile device. As we wait on the results of the Florida Primary today, you can follow your candidate of choice on Pulse and explore the opinion pieces from your...
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peterav21:
Local wildlife disappears as giant pythons swamp Florida
Perhaps unrelated, it’s primary day in Florida!
apsies:
“To protest a bill that would require women to undergo an ultrasound before having an abortion, Virginia State Sen. Janet Howell (D-Fairfax) on Monday attached an amendment that would require men to have a rectal exam and a cardiac stress test before obtaining a prescription for erectile dysfunction medication.”
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Huff Po (via rachelfershleiser)
This is the most beautiful thing. Can we...
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Key Differences Between Tumblr and Pinterest...
thetangential:
Sex, Love and Relationships
PINTEREST: Making lists of “dealbreakers” in relationships while planning their dream wedding and future baby’s bedroom. TUMBLR: Feeling jaded about all IRL relationships and just kinda more into looking at sparkling GIFs of naked women with bruises, covered in bloody roses.
Diet and Fitness PINTEREST: Always seeking motivational quotes, thinspiration...