Celebrating lesbianism!
Social Sandbox Mega Recap Post
I’m leaving NPR. As a present to myself, I made this guide to almost every single Social Sandbox post from last November to the present, organized by topic. (Here’s the web version if you want to bookmark it or send it to your coworkers or pass along to a friend.) - Mel
(If you want to…
If you dislike someone and they dislike you …
That’s not a problem, it’s consensus.
— My friend Katy
LARGE MARGE POP UP at Son of a Gun was awesome. My boo killed it. I helped with wine and cocktails and menu notes. Follow @largemargecooks to find out about the next one.
We just announced $300 million in commitments to spark the creation of tools researchers need to treat brain disease. Find out why this matters for your brain.
All the photos in this infographic are from my dad’s lab!
Watch 38 years of American unemployment in 120 seconds
If you have two minutes to spare, here’s a crash course on almost 40 years’ worth of U.S. economic data.
On Wednesday, enterprising Redditor @MetricMaps posted this dazzling GIF compiling state unemployment data from 1976 until now. It’s at once a gripping look at national trends — e.g. the Great Recession — and an in-depth analysis of how each region fared at a specific time.


