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Check out all those awesome old detective magazines!
Ansel Adams photos of Los Angeles from the 1940’s, via Flavorwire
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nypl:
The Library has just launched Stereogranimator, a site that lets users turn our historic collection of stereographs into animated images like the one above. Read all about it in the Times and then go play! It’s the latest way we’re using technology to bring our collections to the public, following our What’s on the Menu, Biblion iPad app and map warping projects.
Caturday will never be the same …
So cool! Also, per the Times: “Stereographs, produced by the millions between the 1850s and the 1930s, were a wildly popular form of entertainment, giving viewers a taste of the kind of richly rounded images now readily available on screens of all sizes.” So really, people have ALWAYS loved gifs!
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John Tyler’s Grandsons Are Still Alive!
Shut UP, history! You are so crazy!
Born in 1790, John Tyler was our 10th President. He took office in 1841 after William Henry Harrison died. And he has two living grandchildren!
Not great-great-great-grandchildren. Their dad was Tyler’s son.
How is this possible? The Tyler men have a habit of having kids very late in life. Lyon Gardiner Tyler, one President Tyler’s 15 kids, was born in 1853. He fathered Lyon Gardiner Tyler Jr. in 1924, and Harrison Ruffin Tyler in 1928.
[Source: Genealogy of John Tyler]
WHAAAAAAAT
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On Bloomberg and Burgers
So this 12-year-old (white) kid who goes to a (gifted) school on the Upper West Side got Shake Shack to offer a deal to the school’s students: $5 for a hamburger or a cheeseburger, and an order of fries. And the item on Eater says that Shake Shack is “interested in launching similar deals at other locations that are relatively close to schools.” So cute, right?
Yeah, well, can you imagine the UPROAR that would ensue if some black or Hispanic kid in, like, East New York was like, hey I got us a deal at the McDonald’s across the street from school! And then McDonald’s was all, oh we’re going to offer a cheeseburger and an order of fries at a discount to elementary school students! It’s not as though a cheeseburger and fries from Shake Shack is that much healthier than a cheeseburger and fries from McDonald’s. Don’t even try to tell me that Bloomberg wouldn’t be out there with the nutritional SWAT team in approximately three seconds.
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Maybe I just think they should be called muffings, okay?
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The Shit Nouns Say To Other Nouns Meme
I can’t do it. I do not have time or emotional bandwith for another meme. I just watch too much TV, you know? I have too many magazine subscriptions. I re-read too much YA fiction. I skipped Feminist Ryan Gosling! If I skipped Feminist Ryan Gosling, I am not making time for Shit Hamsters Say to Guinea Pigs.
#iskippedfeministryangosling
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These guys were in La Grande Odyssee sled dog race, which covers 600 miles in 11 days across the French Alps. It finished yesterday. Is it weird that I still think they’re cute even though they’re fighting?
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Cat: Raffles
Owner: Emily
Appearance: B
“Like Jennifer Aniston, Raffles was a lot more attractive when he was a few pounds heavier. Also like her, he is beginning to show his age (13). He’s still got a big-eyed charm. His mackerel tabby pattern is getting more pronounced as he ages and his muzzle, cheeks and eyeliner get whiter. I think he’s the most beautiful cat in the world but am probably biased.”
Sociability: A
“When people come over Raffles will usually come investigate them right away, especially if they’re men. He loves rubbing against dudes’ feet and legs. It’s a fetish. He’s friendly with women too but more flirtatious with guys. He doesn’t even really mind children. The only things that can deter him from socializing are vacuums, swiffers, mops and other loud or sticklike household appliances. He runs from these beasts but then hides under something and keeps a close eye on their progress, it’s kind of a love/hate fascination, especially with his #1 nemesis the vacuum.”
Usefulness: F
“If I could give Raffles a negative score here I would. He is a huge drain on household resources due to various pricey medical problems and over the years has ruined many things by barfing on them. If you are reading this and have a young cat, heed my wisdom and get pet insurance while you still can! It will come in handy when your cat is 10 and needs *all his teeth removed*”
Huggability: C
“As he’s aged and mellowed Raffles has begun to tolerate being picked up and held like a baby for less than a minute but I’m the only one who is really allowed to do it and he still doesn’t love it, just tolerates it. All kinds of petting and head-bumping affection is appreciated, just not Elmira-style hugging and squeezing and loving.”
Overall Grade: B
it occurs to me that if Raff could read he’d be humiliated. Luckily he is a cat
I loved every last bit of this.
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