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USA gold medalist Tommie Smith and fellow bronze medal countryman John Carlos courageously raised their fists in a black power salute on the winners podium at the 1968 Olympics to express their solidarity for the Civil Rights movement and to protest the racial injustices of the United States. The moment and the photos became iconic. Today, a counselor at Palm Springs High School in California, John Carlos speaks about that moment, the aftermath and his feelings on it today.
When he and Smith struck their pose, Carlos feared the worst. Look at the picture and you'll see that while Smith's arm is raised long and erect, Carlos has his slightly bent at the elbow. "I wanted to make sure, in case someone rushed us, I could throw down a hammer punch," he writes. "We had just received so many threats leading up to that point, I refused to be defenceless at that moment of truth."
How many of us would have the courage?
This New Yorker cartoon made me laugh as well as desire a stiff drink.
Side bar: If you haven't been paying attention, I just want to point out that the New Yorker's footprint in the digital and social online space has been impressive lately.
[vimeo=http://vimeo.com/39753148] Interesting 7 minute piece on the enormously talented graphics department at the New York Times that does, in my opinion, an exemplary job of providing visuals and interactives that does a fantastic job of supplementing the news in a more digestible and experiential manner for the public.
We all know about the custom painted designs on the noses of the planes during World War II, but I had no idea that a similar tradition existed with the jackets worn by the crew of the bomber planes. Here's a fascinating gallery of these personalized bomber leather jackets. Coming to a men's fall fashion show near you?
Amusing anecdote from Shaq when asked about the time he once purchased three Bentley's at once on a whim.
“I was playing for the Los Angeles Lakers, and there’s a Rolls-Royce dealership in Beverly Hills. I always used to ride by it,” he began. “But one day I just went in. Mike Tyson was in there buying a couple of Bentleys. I had on some shorts and a tank top and flip-flops, and I said to the salesman, ‘Sir, how much does this one cost?’ He said, ‘Can you afford it, sonny boy?’ I was so upset that I bought three Bentleys right there on the spot.”He was too tall, however, to fit into their driver’s seat. “A million dollars gone in 10 minutes,” he added, quite disapprovingly.
Comparisons of the screens of various touchscreen devices when viewed under a microscope.
Our First Lady, 
@J_Marcy snapped this photo of a cat chilling on the steps of the Supreme Court while the judges appointed for life with amazing health care benefits listened inside to arguments over whether President Obama's health care law is constitutional or not.
This is such a crazy story that I can bear-ly believe it. I think he might be lion about it.
Sixty-nine-year-old Robert Biggs set out this week on a usual hike in Northern California when he stopped to observe a mother bear and her cub sitting near a stream bank. Next thing he knew, there was a mountain lion latched onto the backpack he was wearing. Biggs tried to fight off the lion with a rock pick when the bear grabbed the lion by the neck. The animals locked up briefly before the lion ran away.
The Economist’s, now familiar, red and white logo made its debut on the cover of their August 1959 issue. I'm glad to see that they've hired better illustrators since then because Khrushchev and Eisenhower in this cover look rather frightful.
Girl with a Pearl Earring Taking a MySpace Profile Photo.
[If you know who created this let me know so I can provide correct credit.]
Yes, this is a real thing: One Tiny Hand is a single serve Tumblr devoted to newsworthy figures with one tiny hand. And it is brilliant.
This haunting photo taken by Reuters photographer Damir Sagolj in Pyongyang, North Korea on October 5, 2011 won the Reuters Photo of the Year. The photographer explains:
After days of excitement and lots of rare pictures in the provinces, I came back to Pyongyang without big plans for shooting in the capital. All I wanted were some moody general views of the city,” Sagolj wrote. “This is probably the easiest big picture I shot for a long time - it was taken from the window of my hotel room in Pyongyang early morning, just before the sunrise. I knew that portrait was there and I insisted with our hosts to get a room on a very high floor facing that direction. So, all I had to do is to wake up early in the morning, make a coffee, light a cigarette and make sure I exposed well. The scene has this eerie look for maybe 5 to 10 minutes, then the revolutionary songs and propaganda speeches from loudspeakers wake the city up.
It almost looks like a painting to me...
I might have done better on my LSAT if the logic questions were written in a way I can relate to such as these (hilarious) Hipster Logic Problems:
Sebastian, Nico, Julia and Rose have to wait in a long line at the Apple store. There is only one iPhone out for display. Everyone else is also in line next to the iPhone. If Rose wants to mess with the iPhone, Julia wants to fondle Nico, and Sebastian doesn’t want to stand anywhere near Julia because they used to date, how will they position themselves?* * *
Theodore heard of Youth Lagoon before Max. Max heard of them after Cindy, but Cindy heard of them before Don. Who’s the bigger asshole?
The answer is B.
[Hat tip @madeleinepascal]
From The New York Times' Tumblr:
April 28, 1948: This photo ran as part of a two-page photo essay about the “Washington scene.” The hats, piled on an eight-foot mahogany table in the lobby of the East Wing of the White House, were deemed “a barometer of presidential activity,” the caption read. “All but the most important visitors leave their gear here. This collection was deposited by a delegation of magazine editors who obtained an appointment with the president.”
Love this photo.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=-ouOwpYQqic#t=6s] This parody of the classic children's book "Goodnight Moon" is dedicated to all my friends and readers who are now new or expectant parents.
And on that note, as it is currently almost 1 am:
Goodnight work Blackberry, Goodnight flatscreen HDTV And goodnight PBS. Goodnight iPhone 4S. Goodnight YouTube, RSS Google Reader And goodnight Twitter.
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Eric Schiller discovered this hidden compartment originally created to hide booze during Prohibition in his Victorian house on Westminster Road in Prospect Park South. See other New York homes in which all is not what it seems.
My dream someday is to have a home for my family with a secret room behind a bookshelf that I would let my kids discover on their own. How badass would that be?