March 2012
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Drag Queens: Drag Queens Will Endorse the... →
Drag queens. Wilson Phillips. Sticking it to the famously homophobic Chick-Fil-A. This video is objectively perfect. Willam Stars In Hilarious New Chick-fil-A ‘Commercial’ [New Now Next]
YAAAAASSSS.
Art: New Van Gogh Painting Discovered(via... →
Still life with roses and field flowers. That’s the name of this unsigned painting. After nine years of intensive research, scientists have finally cracked its code using a new technique called Macro Scanning X-ray Fluorescence Spectometry.
Aww: Your Morning Cry: Marine Reunites With Combat... →
U.S. Marine Corporal Megan Levy has been fighting red tape and petitioning the military to adopt her combat dog, Rex, for the past several years. Both were injured while defusing a bomb in 2006, an incident that earned Levy a Purple Heart and cost Rex his sense of smell.
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Image Cache: iPad Workers' Faces Still Ruined... →
Late last year, workers in a Chinese factory, toiling to polish the back of iPads, were the victims of an enormous explosion. Apple’s industrial blast killed four and injured over 50.
“Understanding is the very foundation of love. When you understand someone, you...”
– Thich Nhat Hahn (via thefreenomad)
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Charity: Think Twice Before Donating to Kony 2012,... →
You’ve seen the video, now read this article. And make your own decision. I admit, I was one of the ones immediately touched by the video, and had me reaching for my wallet. But I stopped, slept on it, and read this today.
Not saying the campaign is all bad, of course it’s not. It’s genuinely trying to do something to change the lives of people.
I admit that I...
Confessions: The Myth Of Bisexuality, the Shame of... →
Fascinating read.
The new resident Gawker therapist, Anonymous, is a licensed therapist who treats many different patients, but specializes in teens and couples therapy.
Psychology: Finally, a Reason to Stop Trying So... →
Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night and have a conversation in hushed tones with yourself about whether driving so hard to be a success in your professional life is really worth it?
Science: The Miracle Tree That's Making Dirty... →
We take clean drinking water for granted, but in the developing world it’s a big and expensive problem. Now, scientists are turning to a plant known as the Miracle Tree to create a new way of purifying water. The Miracle Tree—or Moringa oleifera, if you’re into Latin—has always had…
