“When, then, is the appropriate time to talk about gun violence? According to gun advocates, it wasn’t after another black teenager was shot in a parking lot because he was listening to loud music. It wasn’t after another mass murder at one of our schools, shopping malls, or movie theaters. It wasn’t in a year when another 11,000 Americans lost their lives to firearms, or in a country where 1,800 women like Kasandra Perkins are killed in gun disputes and another 5,000 are treated for assault-related gunshot wounds every year. It wasn’t during presidential debates. It wasn’t after Trayvon Martin was killed for wearing a hoodie, after Jared Lee Loughner shot a member of Congress in the head, after the Dark Knight Rises theater shooting, or after the latest murderous weekend in one of our nation’s biggest cities. So if those weren’t the right times, and this isn’t either, when?”
Why Bob Costas was right to talk about gun violence during Sunday Night Football <— Read more. (via think-progress)
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The President is Unimpressed
[Image: Flickr user: The White House]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdnhdcLmyW1qcokc4o1_500.jpg)
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You might be a feminist if you’re really tired of everyone being astonished by the talent of a sixteen year old female athlete.
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Why You Should Have a Crush on Olympic Swimmer Nathan Adrian
He is adorable. Um, have you seen his Twitter avatar? Even for those of us bigger than such superficial things, that is some pretty freaking jaw-dropping anatomical perfection. And the thing is, in the Olympics, this matters! […]
He is charming. The Twitterverse agrees that Adrian’s reaction to his world record win was graceful, sweet, and even a tad bit adorably awkward, maybe. This is the Olympian who can’t even believe he quite deserves it, who’s surprised to have seen himself get so far. It doesn’t seem like an act, but even if it is, it’s working […]
He is smart. He graduated with honors with a degree in public health from UC Berkeley. And he wants to be—swoon—a doctor.
He’s grounded, too. Via USA Today, after his win: “‘My life may change now,’ Adrian acknowledged. ‘I’m just taking it all in for what it is.’” […]
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Why You Should Have a Crush on Olympic Swimmer Nathan Adrian
- He is adorable. Um, have you seen his Twitter avatar? Even for those of us bigger than such superficial things, that is some pretty freaking jaw-dropping anatomical perfection. And the thing is, in the Olympics, this matters! […]
- He is charming. The Twitterverse agrees that Adrian’s reaction to his world record win was graceful, sweet, and even a tad bit adorably awkward, maybe. This is the Olympian who can’t even believe he quite deserves it, who’s surprised to have seen himself get so far. It doesn’t seem like an act, but even if it is, it’s working […]
- He is smart. He graduated with honors with a degree in public health from UC Berkeley. And he wants to be—swoon—a doctor.
- He’s grounded, too. Via USA Today, after his win: “‘My life may change now,’ Adrian acknowledged. ‘I’m just taking it all in for what it is.’” […]
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What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light?
This new xkcd series answering hypothetical questions with science … well it may be my favorite thing.
Coincidentally, the batter would pass through 2.3X as much time as the baseball, probably allowing the baseball to more completely disintegrate, due to the principles of time dilation.
(via xkcd)
