Dec 03 2009
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13-Year-Old Girl Commits Suicide After Classmates Spread Nude Photos
Getting out the rage.
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(via fuckyeahslightlyamusing)
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Pathetic Tumblr Habit
I regularly refresh Tumblr even when the little “new post” bubble isn’t there, because I know that usually a post or two flies under the radar for 10-20 seconds before the bubble shows up.
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According to the Boston Globe, the FTC’s new mandates for bloggers went into effect on Tuesday, requiring them to disclose any products which they had been sent by companies eager for a little digital love. The Globe explained this bold new paradigm thusly:
Beginning today, bloggers, Twitterers, and others who write online reviews or endorse products using new media must disclose it when they receive free merchandise or payment for writing about an item. The guidelines update the FTC’s 1980 guide addressing the use of testimonials in advertising, remapping marketing rules for the digital realm, where it’s hard to know if the exclamatory musings of fashion hounds and best-disposable-diaper posts by suburban moms are inspired by a great product or a free product.
“Endorsements in print ads or on television are clear, because it is obviously the company’s advertisement,’’ says Mary Engle, the FTC’s associate director of consumer protection. “It became very clear to us when we began our regular periodic review of guides in 2007 that because of all the social media going on we’d need to update them.’’
Dec 02 2009
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GMH
Today, my grandmother died. I took a walk to try and calm down but ended up sitting on a park bench crying. Someone tapped me on the shoulder and a man handed me a beautiful bouquet of flowers. He said, “I walked past here earlier and you were crying, so I got you these flowers”, and walked away. Kind strangers like him GMH.
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Gumpert Apollo (via calians.sevan)
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Johan Lorbeer is a German street performer. He became famous in the past few years because of his “Still-Life” Performances, which took place in the public area. Several of these performances feature Lorbeer in an apparently impossible position.
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The largest hot-air balloon gathering in the world, Chambley, France. (via gbatistini)
