Yoga class and running in the park just got a whole lot more interesting.
In a non-related note it’s SUNDAY PLUG DAY featuring:
Had a bad week? Month? Year? Go here. Bunny Food
Our friends at The Yellowberri
AND ONE MORE PLUG: THE CLEARLY DOPE T-SHIRT .. ON SALE FOR ONE MORE DAY!
Body sox… Too funny. Snuggie part 2?
So I found the root of all cancer everywhere. Now I must pull a Superman 4 and throw it into the sun. What? No Superman 4 fans out there?
A new report by the Williams Institute shows that at least one-third of LGBT people are not out at work, and another 38% have reported being harassed on the job because of their sexual orientation.
These numbers are even higher for trans people. A recent study found 78% of trans people had experienced at least one incident of harassment, with nearly half reporting discrimination in hiring, promotion and retention.
“This new data shows that it’s still risky to come out about being LGBT in the workplace,” study co-author and Williams legal fellow Christy Mallory said. “Therefore, it’s not surprising that the GSS data also show that one-third of LGB employees are not open about their sexual orientation to anyone in the workplace.”
The full report is available here.
It’s 2011. Why is it still so risky for LGBT adults to come out at work?
Only this man could pull this off! Actor-turned-musician-turned-artist James Franco has managed to find a way of making money for selling absolutely nothing, or as he likes to call it - “the idea of art”. Franco teamed up with the artist duo Praxis to begin a Kickstarter project entitled MONA, which stands for the Museum of Non-Visible Art. According to the project’s blurb, the Non-Visible Museum “is an extravaganza of imagination, a museum that reminds us that we live in two worlds:
The Defualt Avatar
Or, as I have been calling it, Annonyman.
They have always been of interest to me. Every web company with a community has had to solve the same problem of designing one, and here at GroupMe, I’ve been working on our version of the ever ubiquitous graphic.
While researching, I put together this image of as many as I could find.
The Vimeo avatar is a favorite of mine, as well as CollegeHumor and Flickr.
*Bonus points for being able to spot them above.Here is a great post by Dan Meth, talking about how the Tumblr Avatar may be the most veiwed drawing he has ever done.
Love these. I think I have to go with the Vimeo one being a favorite as well. Though the Unabomber one is pretty great.
Default avatars… Never thought about it.
This Bobcat was photographed by nature photographer Curt Fonger sitting on top of a 40 foot cactus while seeking refuge from a nearby Mountain Lion.
One of the things I’ve always hated about ads on the web is just how little attention is paid to the way they actually look. Instead, ads are shoved in any and all available white space. This makes both the ads and the content look like shit.
Flipboard will take a different approach. Ads will only be full-screen, and will reside in between stories, like a traditional magazine.
Will that work? I don’t know, but I certainly appreciate Flipboard’s firm stance to keep the reading experience as pleasant and as beautiful as possible.
Flipboard rethinks online ad formats
The Advocate.com link above is a great summary of yesterday’s Senate hearings of the possible repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act. Here are a few of the biggest, most emotional moments. All quoted sections are from the Advocate.
An elderly California man testified, at risk of losing his home after the death of his husband:
Ron Wallen, a 77-year-old resident of Indio, Calif., who in March lost his husband, Tom Corrollo, and may lose his home because he does not qualify to receive survivor benefits as a result of DOMA, told the committee, “After a lifetime of being a productive citizen, I am now facing financial chaos. Tom and I worked hard, and together we tried to live out our own version of the American dream. … And yet, as I face a future alone without my spouse of 58 years, it is hard to believe that it is the American government that is throwing me out of my family home.”
Sen. Al Franken totally owned Focus on the Family official Tom Minnery about his incorrect citing of a key study:
“Isn’t it true, Mr. Minnery, that a married, same-sex couple that has had or adopted kids would fall under the definition of a ‘nuclear family’ in the study that you cite?” Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota asked Minnery of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report.
“I would think that the study, when it cites a nuclear families, would mean a family headed by a husband and wife,” Minnery replied.
“It doesn’t,” Franken retorted to audience laughter. “The study defines a nuclear family as one or more children living with two parents who are married to one another, and are each biological or adoptive parents to all the children in the family. And I frankly don’t really know how we can trust the rest of your testimony if you’re reading studies these ways.”
Freedom to Marry founder Evan Wolfson summarizes the whole shebang:
“Congress can remove this sting, eliminate this pain, end this harm — by enacting the Respect for Marriage Act, repealing the so-called Defense of Marriage Act, and standing up for American values of the pursuit of happiness, personal responsibility, and treating others as you want them to be treated,” Freedom to Marry founder and president Evan Wolfson said in his remarks to the committee.
Not bad. Not bad at all.
Great summary of DOMA testimonies. #fb
It’s a baby monkey playing with an iPhone, what more could you want?
So cute! Baby monkey playing with iPhone!
