A great documentary about them, 'Herb and Dorothy,' has been available on Netflix (US) instant queue for a while now. They are a really cute couple and I enjoyed it, even though I'm not a particular fan of minimalist art.

@Miss Cellania, many Facebook users make use of content-limiting privacy lists. Unless you're white-listed for some peoples' specific posts/photos, you will not be able to view them. The employers are requesting the passwords to go in and look at the 'real' content of the Facebook that might otherwise be hidden to the general public.

There has been an unusual amount of reposted content recently. John Farrier shared this on the 4th. Is there no link duplication check in the neatorama back end? Do updaters read the site as well?

This is stupid as 'science' but interesting as 'art'. I would be a bit unsettled, were I one of the artist's gastroenterologist/nutritionist helpers, to have her label it a "clinical study" and include my name in any context.

John, they have turned away from Latin in the plant's description but not in their names. Your headline reads "Botanists turn away from Latin plant names" -- which is not true in any sense. That is why the headline is misleading.

Was one of the rare fat kids growing up in an era when it was ok to make fun of the fatties per Dennis X, and already felt shitty enough about that as it was. Better to emphasize reasonable portion-sizes and meal components. Most of these kids already think of themselves as too worthless or so fat that it's not worth bothering about. Honestly, the ads aren't that bad -- the kids hear and think far worse about themselves as it is. But does it foster change in them? No, probably not. And shouldn't that be the goal?

I appreciated the link; I'd heard before that there were no surviving recordings of first-generation "rebel yells." I'm about as far left as you can go and think a lot of present-day southerners are deluded by historical revisions regarding the Civil War, but the history belongs to us all.

I work at a charter school with a mixed-race student body (although given our location it's 75% Hispanic with Spanish as a first language, and 85% of families fall below the poverty line).

Honestly, I find this inspiring. The flatly-stated expectation that students from the school DO go on to college mirrors my own experience in a private, tuitioned college prep school--and yes, I do think that in itself encourages a certain student culture. Similarly, I like the intra-school competitions between each "pride". In going over their website, I think the Harry Potter comparisons have more to do with ignorant media and publicity, but nonetheless, you tell a student that they are part of an elite for being selected (even by random lottery!) for a school and then challenge them to meet that bar ... inevitably, if it's a part of the peer culture, the students will meet you there.

cont. from prior comment (and please do pretend this is bold allcaps):

(ii) When reasonably necessary to avoid conditions (including but not limited to, fixed or moving objects, motor vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, pushcarts, animals, surface hazards) that make it unsafe to continue within such bicycle path or lane.

@mikecc - the man in the video never broke the law. Here is the relevant portion of NYC code:

34 RCNY § 4-12(p) Bicycles.
(1) Bicycle riders to use bicycle lanes. Whenever a usable path or lane for bicycles has been provided, bicycle riders shall use such path or lane only except under any of the following situations:
(i) When preparing for a turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway.

The boy's actions fit Illinois' legal definitions of cyberstalking (class 4 felony, 1-3 years/fines up to $25,000) and depending on the language it could qualify as any number of things.

But no, surely it's just big bad government infringing on his first amendment rights to harass people. Kids will be kids but not all kids are little sociopaths.

Oh god, is this going to kill me like their "Dannie & Annie" one did? (Link in my name)

Hertzfeldt refuses to do ad work; unfortunately I think this is just a rip-off of his style. A good concept ruined by that fact, in my view. :(

Not a bad ad, but it should definitely be preceded by the Mustafa ad. Not all the spin-offs, but the original at least. And frankly, that should've been their campaign in the US before running a good thing into the ground anyway.

Old Spice cologne is fantastic; I feel like they've done harm to their brand by pumping out ads that equate Old Spice with Axe.

ted, say what you want about her morals or relative responsibility, but Paris Hilton turned her well-to-do upbringing into a multi-million entertainment entrepreneurial venture in its own right. Clothes, perfume, music, acting ... she's raking it in. Of course the true test is whether or not any of that will be left in 20 years, but Paris Hilton isn't stupid. She knows full well what will sell and panders to her target demographic.