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kingtrash:

Sticks Angelica, Folk Hero 6

Every Sunday

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Journal of a Journalist: So Tumblr Just (Allegedly) Sold For A Billion Dollars →

journalofajournalist:

Well done, David Karp, Mark Coatney, John Maloney, and all the other Tumblr board members and employees past and present who contributed to a massive sale of a blogging platform for more than a billion dollars.

The blog I write, Journal of a Journalist, has more than sixty thousand followers on…

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npr:

In her classic ’60s documentary, Shirley Clarke profiles a loquacious 33-year-old gay hustler who dreams of having a nightclub act. Her subject could hardly be more complex — and in examining him, she raises important questions about the relationship between fact and fiction.

— Peeling Away The Layers In A ‘Portrait Of Jason’

Photo: Milestone Film

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glaad:

GLAAD intern Hannah takes on NOM’s Brian Brown’s claim that young people support marriage equality because they’re naive: “Belief in the value of marriage equality springs from belief in love, respect, justice, and equality. Which, I guess according to Brown, only kids believe in?”

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motherjones:

longreads:

“Schizophrenic. Killer. My Cousin.” Mac McClelland, Mother Jones

We are a little biased, but we recommend this.

The Latest 'Downton Abbey' Addition →

“Downton Abbey” has cast Gary Carr to play the show’s first black character, a jazz singer named Jack Ross.

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todaysdocument:

“This is the private box in Ford’s Theater, Washington, where President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, on the night of April 14, 1865. “

For another perspective on that evening,  see the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police blotter of April 14, 1865.

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kingtrash:

Sticks Angelica, Folk Hero 1

New weekly. Every Sunday.

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capegraphicnovels:

It certainly feels like we’ve been in winter mode for, oh I don’t know, about eight months. Hope the King of Spring hurries up…

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shortformblog:

theatlantic:

A Map That Shows the Dramatic Spread of Legal Weed in the U.S.

Very pertinent today, with a bill awaiting Maryland governor Martin O’Malley’s signature to legalize medical marijuana.

4:20, present day… —MD

FRANCE: Senate Approves Section One Of Marriage Bill By 179-157 Vote! →

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todaysdocument:

“An eager school boy gets his first experience in using War Ration Book Two. With many parents engaged in war work, children are being taught the facts of point rationing for helping out in family marketing.”, 02/1943

The rationing of meat, butter, and cheese began during World War II on March 29, 1943. 

via the National Archives at Kansas City on Twitter

todaysdocument:

usnatarchives:

Get ready for Major League Baseball’s 2013 Opening Day with a new, free eBook from the National Archives!

“Baseball: The National Pastime in the National Archives” tells the story of baseball in America through documents, photographs, audio, video, and other records preserved at the National Archives.

The book can be downloaded for free on your iPhone, Android, iPad, and eReaders.

Learn about the two world wars, contract disputes, civil rights, equal access and opportunity on and off the playing field, the steroids era, Presidential involvement, improvements to the sport, Little League, Opening Day, and more.

(Today’s Document may be quiet the rest of the afternoon as we’re off to see the Nationals take on that expansion team from the Bronx.  Go Nats!)

Excellent — on the eve of one of the coldest Opening Days in the history of Minnesota Twins baseball.