Batman, finally acting like a REAL hero.
For more on the sexy situation, read Laura’s piece and Andrew’s piece. Both excellent.
Karlie Kloss photographed for the December Issue of Vogue by Raymond Meier
Gold accents are festive, especially with poinsettia-red.
Prada sunglasses, Bottega Veneta gold crocheted bracelet, De Grisogono ring, Givenchy Haute Couture by Riccardo Tisci minaudiere, Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci sandals, Yves Saint Laurent jumpsuit.
One day aboard the USS Franklin
This page from the War Diary of USS Franklin summarizes the events of October 13, 1944, including scrambling fighters for sorties against enemy targets and defending against an attack by Japanese “Betty” torpedo bombers.
Daily chart: wildlife mortality events. On New Year’s Eve in Arkansas, 3000 blackbirds fell from the sky. The incident was alarming, yet not unprecedented: our chart shows the incidents that caused the most wildlife fatalities in 2010.
The art: Goya, Not This Time Either (Tampoco), from “The Disasters of War,” working proof for plate 36, 1810-1814.
The news: “Qadaffi is Dead,” a running roundup of news, links and pictures at The Atlantic Wire.
The source: Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Today, in reasons we love 3rdofMay.
Oh looky here, Evernote have started using SoundCloud for their podcast. They are one of our three featured users this week for SoundCloud Voices, which takes a look at how businesses, specifically web businesses can use SoundCloud to announce product updates, customer testimonials, interviews etc! Read more on the blog.
Presidential ticket hopefuls, LBJ and JFK, stand in their convertible motorcade to greet supporters in front of the State Capitol in Austin, Texas.
Senators John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson campaigning. September 13, 1960.
Scholars (And Their Cute Kids) On Ice
nypl:
All work and no play is no good for anyone. So Thursday morning, a bunch of hardworking Cullman Fellow scholars - including author David Bezmozgis and his ridiculously adorable daughter Mae Young - took a breather and hit the ice at the Bryant Park Skating Rink. There are plenty more pics where this came from on the Cullman Center’s Facebook page, but we figured we’d share one more - Cullman Director Jean Strouse looking just as cool as can be. C’mon Jean! How about a triple axel?!
Once the Bush and Obama administrations decided that you couldn’t let these firms fail and they didn’t want the mess of nationalizing them, there was really only one way forward — and that way was to gift money onto these banks until they’re back on their feet and can function at the center of the economy again. But that, to any normal person who is outside the system, just looks ridiculously unfair. It looks like socialism for capitalists and capitalism for everybody else. So it’s no wonder people are marching in southern Manhattan.
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| — | On today’s Fresh Air, Michael Lewis talks about Occupy Wall Street, the debt crisis in Greece, the Euro, and why he feels like California is having ‘third world problems’ (via nprfreshair) |
