Jeb Bush’s anticipated campaign for President may have a logo, and it’s an enthusiastic one. Bush tweeted one out this morning ahead of the official launch of his presidential campaign, expected tomorrow:
Business junkies might note the logo’s similarity to that of Taco Bell operator Yum! brands, but the more historically-minded note that Bush used a similar logo during all three of his campaigns for Florida Governor. Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander also used a similar one in his ultimately unsuccessful 1996 campaign for President. GOP consultant Mike Murphy had a hand in both:
jeb couldn't even be bothered to come up with a new logo for his presidential run? pic.twitter.com/cOQ8IU2loj
Suspect sought in fatal shooting of 4 at Ohio home Washington Post COLUMBUS, Ohio — Police investigating the fatal shootings of four people at a home in central Ohio say they are still searching for a suspect a day after the killings. Columbus police said Sunday that the investigation continues into the deaths of four people ...
Amiibo Mr. Game & Watch, R.O.B., Mii Fighters, and Duck Hunt (and maybe more??!) ⊟
All coming this September, except for Falco, due later for the holiday season. The Game & Watch Amiibo has different poses and accessories that can be swapped out! *swoon* And the Mii Fighters’ in-game look can be customized just like your own Mii Fighter. Nintendo says that “Eventually, all playable characters in Super Smash Bros. will have corresponding amiibo figures, including Mewtwo, Lucas, Roy and Ryu.”
After the break, see some more (probably) upcoming, unannounced amiibo discovered on the Nintendo Europe website, posted by Gunstarheroes.
Wouldn’t be surprised if that 8-bit figure is for Mario Maker, and the Animal Crossing ones will release alongside Happy Home Designer.
Whether you enjoyed Jurassic World or not, there are going to be sequels, and Chris Pratt is signed on to grace the screen once again. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Pratt talked about how he’s in for another Jurassic World movie, saying, “They have me for I think 38 movies or something.”
Given the movie’s indomitable $511 million international box office take, and its new spot at #1 biggest box office opening weekend, 38 movies might seem totally reasonable. Not really. You can only rebuild Jurassic Park so many times, guys, until someone finally says, “Maybe we should stop cloning dinosaurs.”
The Red Sox were supposed to be very good this year. The Red Sox have not been very good this year. The Red Sox have been especially not good Sunday.
Four guys. One ball. No catches. At least that's just an isolated incident thou-oh okay no it's not:
That was from a day earlier, but clearly they still haven't learned their lesson. The good news is they play in a gentle, understanding town like Boston, so the fans have been very kind abou-oh okay that's wrong, too:
Boos cascade down on Fens as another popup falls between four players and another run scores
Some people—particularly those who missed our article about it last year—might be surprised to learn that Sony is making another Smurfs movie. However, anyone familiar with Smurf lore knows that Gargamel, one of the most powerful wizards in all the land, has been trying to kill the Smurfs for decades, and he’s never been able to kill a single Smurf. So what chance do we have of stopping the release of further Smurfs movies? The collective disgust of the world’s film critics obviously won’t do it, so it’s about time we just surrender to the power of the Smurfs and embrace our little, blue overlords.
So, anyway, there’s going to be a new Smurfs movie. It’s going to be all computer-animated, it might be some kind of prequel, and it’ll be called Get Smurfy. Seeing as how today is apparently Global ...
Located in Enderby Wharf, the Greenwich Preservation Kitchens secure complete food self-sufficiency through the preservation of food stuffs on a city scale, storing goods for the whole of London in anticipation of food shortage. Fresh produce is delivered by boat via the River Thames, where it enters the building, a flooded dock landscape, where food is stored and readied for distribution. Flanked by towering walls of cookbooks, the produce travels to the kitchens, preservation islands or smoking towers. Here it is frozen, pickled, jammed, cooked, smoked or dried before being stored within deep concrete walls. Due to its monumental size and numerous functions, the building created and facilitates a series of micro-climatic habitats that are populated by constantly evolving ‘drying vessels’ that are designed to thrive on the buildings unique thermal and ventilation conditions.
by Maddie Stone on Gizmodo, shared by Andrew Liptak to io9
Did you know you could spot the International Space Station from an airplane? Neither did I! But photographer and aspiring astronaut Trevor Mahlmann had an inkling on a Southwest flight last week. So, he got out his gear and managed to shoot this gorgeous, long-exposure photo of the space station zooming by like a shooting star.
As a kid growing up in Houston, John Culberson wanted to be an astronaut. But he had “flat feet, bad eyes, and I was no math whiz,” as he puts it, and so he went into politics instead.
'According to Declercq, the high rates of surgery and other unneeded interventions have led to increased interest in the midwifery model, which is lower-tech, less invasive, and less inclined toward intervention without a clear medical need; a 2011 study in the journal Nursing Economics found that births led by midwives in collaboration with physicians are less likely to end in a C-section than births led by obstetricians alone. According to Ginger Breedlove, the president of the American College of Nurse-Midwives, the real reason for this difference is in the approach to care: Midwives typically promote patience with the natural progress of labor and discourage intervention to speed the birth process. “It’s a different model,” she explains.'
'Though still a relative novelty in the U.S., midwife-led maternity care is the norm in other developed countries, including most of Europe.* In England, for example, midwives are the lead care providers at more than half of all births. (There, midwife care is considered fit even for royalty; last month Kate Middleton gave birth to her daughter Charlotte under the care of two midwives.) “In England, what they say is, ‘Every mother deserves a midwife, and some need an obstetrician, too,’” Declercq says.'
Why a growing number of U.S. mothers are turning to midwives, rather than physicians, for prenatal care, labor, and delivery.
Scientists for the first time observed the bears feasting on white-beaked dolphins in Svalbard in the Norwegian Arctic. They theorize the dolphins, coaxed northward by warmer waters, were trapped under the ice and killed by the bears when coming up for air through a small hole, they wrote in a new study.
Globally, the movie posted the largest weekend bow in history, eclipsing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2 ($483.2 million) and becoming the first film to ever cross $500 million in one weekend.
Emotions are high during Game 5 of the NBA Finals after J.R. Smith was called for a Flagrant 1 after delivering this shot to Draymond Green. Smith didn't attempt to avoid contact with Green, sending him to the ground with a thunderous shoulder.
Metallica exited the light and entered the night to shred the national anthem on two guitars at Game 5 of the 2015 NBA Finals. Darkness soon imprisoned Oracle Arena, and horror was all they could see. Game 5 is so close, no matter how far. Obey your national anthem masters.
(Seriously, this anthem was awesome. More metal bands doing national anthems, please).
A pristine copy of J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel The Hobbit has sold at auction for a record £137,000 (just over $213,000 US), more than double the record for the previous record, set in 2008.
LeBron James did everything for the Cleveland Cavaliers in the second quarter. That isn't a turn of phrase or hyperbole, he really did everything. Every ... single ... thing.
Since LeBron James joined the NBA, no one has ever had 20 points, 8 assists and 8 rebounds in a first half. Until tonight. He did.
Moths to a flame, raccoons to a trash can, the Bay Area to Jamba Juice. There are unassailable attractions in life that cannot be tamed, and the prospect of free juice was SO EXCITING to a lot of Golden State Warriors fans at Oracle Arena during Game 5.
A fan just made some 3 pointers and wins Jamba Juice for EVERYONE in the audience! He looked Pinoy too!
For the second year in a row, Portland is the only city in the United States that is even basically livable, though just barely, according to Monocle, a London-based culture and global affairs magazine.
"Portland has gone from obscurity to an exemplar of US urban good life," writes the magazine for its annual Quality of Life survey, sponsored this year by AKZONobel, a sustainable paint and chemical company. "Farmers' markets and restaurants overflow with hallucinogenic bounty thanks to the Willamette Valley, and, as important, urban sprawl controls that preserve land."
The review was written by Monocle contributor (and Portland Monthly editor) Zach Dundas, who writes that one of the reasons why these denizens of London believe Portland to be a possible location to live, if one MUST leave the continent, is that people swim the Willamette on their lunch breaks. "Can you bring a towel to work (for a cheeky outdoor lunchtime swim)? The Willamette is safe to swim in after a major environmental clean-up. Go for it."
But don't get too excited, Portland. This year the monocled ones have dropped us from 23 out of 25 to 25 out of 25, saying that if we want to stay livable by British standards, "Public transport should continue into the night, while neighbourhoods on the city's fringes should receive basic amenities such as pavements."
So, let's get this together, guys. If we slip off this list, it may be impossible for true citizens of the world to visit our country while maintaining the quality of life they require. Invest in pavements (sidewalks? actual pavement? bands from Stockton?) and busses. Do it for America. Do it for the world.
While I’m sure there are people too lazy to spin a fork, keep in mind people like this person who may be suffering from arthritis or a neurological disease or nerve damage or a thousand other conditions that might impair their ability to do things as simple as spin a fork to eat spaghetti.
These are used with people who can’t grip well:
This is for Parkinsons’s:
For people who can’t even bend their joints:
Here’s a product that guides your hand from your plate to your mouth
This one holds a sandwich
Like I get it. I used to see things like the fork and think “that’s fuckin’ lazy” or that product that holds a gallon and you just tip it and pour. But then I started working around the disabled and impaired and found out that these products aren’t meant for lazy people, they’re meant for people who need help.
So maybe next time you see something, instead of thinking “Wow, are people that lazy?” just be grateful that you’re able to do the things you do every day and take for granted, like being able to feed yourself and wipe your own ass because you have enough coordination and bendy joints to do it.
Tens of thousands of people either marched in the annual Pride parade today or cheered on from the sidewalks along the route. From little kids on parents' shoulders to senior-citizen couples holding hands as they marched, people enjoyed the parade. You could tell some people were really having a ball:
Some people dressed up for the occasion:
Skaters gonna skate:
How in the world did these people get through the parade without suffering heat prostration?
These people, however, were just chillin' out:
A number of schools, churches and temples had contingents:
Of course, what would a large assemblage be without the Jesus is Lord guy?
Boston 2024 sent some people:
Not everybody was thrilled to see them:
Not everybody was thrilled with the parade. The Rainbow Times reports "about a dozen LGBTQ activists of Color and allies participated in a sit-in to disrupt and shut down the 45th Annual Boston Pride Parade."
Super Opinionated.
