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WHEN SOMEONE SITS DOWN NEXT TO ME ON THE METRO

wheninwashington:

explore-blog:

What Pangea would look like mapped with modern political borders – a modern mashup reflecting cartography’s long history as power, propaganda, and art.
(↬ It’s Okay To Be Smart)

explore-blog:

What Pangea would look like mapped with modern political borders – a modern mashup reflecting cartography’s long history as power, propaganda, and art.

( It’s Okay To Be Smart)

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“What good is it to save the planet if humanity suffers?”

—   ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson, in making the case to shareholders that burning oil is the best means for human progress, and that cutting emissions is a fools errand.  (via climateadaptation)

Boneheaded comment of the day

putthison:

Our Beloved Sponsors

Twice a month, we like to thank our sponsors for supporting our site. Our sponsors this month include Cottonwork, Flint & Tinder, Frank Clegg Leatherworks, and The Hanger Project.

Cottonwork sells custom-made shirts over the internet. You can order by either submitting your measurements online or sending them your best fitting shirt to be copied. From there, they have a nice online interface for you to work with as you design your shirt. Basically, as you make selections for the collar style, fit, and cloth, you get to see your shirt being built in real-time, so that you have an idea of what it might look like. They also have a free starter kit you can order from their website. In it, you’ll find some coupon codes for your first order, some sample fabrics, and a measuring tape.

Our second sponsor Flint & Tinder specializes in American-made undergarments, including undershirts, boxers, briefs, boxer-briefs, and socks. This summer, they’re also launching something they’re calling The All-Summer Board Short. It’s basically a pair of swimming trunks that you can also use as regular shorts (they have belt loops, pockets, and don’t have any crazy patterns that would limit them to the water). The idea is to give men the option of buying a pair of swim trunk that they can actually wear all summer long, even if they don’t go near water that often.

Our third sponsor is Frank Clegg Leatherworks. Frank Clegg, the proprietor, has been making leather goods for over forty years. Today, he makes a range of leathergoods and accessories out of his workshop in Fall Rivers, Massachusetts. He has a pretty big selection of things he sells in his online shop. There are briefcases made out of a sturdy harness belting leather (which is a kind of vegetable tanned leather treated with extra fat liquors during the condition process), some travel bags made from shrunken leather, and some wallets, card cases, and iPhone sleeves for people looking for small gifts.

Finally, our last sponsor is The Hanger Project. As their name suggests, they specialize in high-end hangers, but they also sell a range of other things, such as Saphir shoe care products, closet organization accessories, and neckties.

So thanks to all four of our sponsors for their support. We genuinely appreciate their support.   

If you want to advertise on Put This On, just email us at contact@putthison.com.

buzzfeed:

“I didn’t read the book.”

My foreign language proficiency

whatshouldwecallme:

“I will spend more time with myself in this lifetime than anyone else. Let me learn to be the kind of person I would like to have as a friend.”

—   Courage to Change: One Day at a Time (via toteardown)

(Source: onlinecounsellingcollege, via toteardown)

Tomorrow:

whatshouldwecallme:

Download a Free Song from Los Amigos Invisibles

univisionnews:

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Repeat after me: Ca-ra-cas. Ve-ne-zue-la.

By NURIA NET

Our Los Angeles contributor Pili Montilla had the lucky task of going arepa eating with the boys from Los Amigos Invisibles yesterday (for more of that, click here.)

Are you catching them live in Southern California this week? If so (or if you’re missing out) listen to and download their song “Robot Love” here. It’s from Los Amigos’ new album “Repeat After Me.”

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WhatsApp is bigger than Twitter

courtenaybird:

According to WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum, the service now has more than 200-million users, making it a larger overall network than Twitter. Moreover, it is being employed heavily by those users, with 8 billion inbound and 12 billion outbound messages every day and no reported drop off since its decision to charge $0.99 a year. With competition growing from Chinese rival WeChat and its 300 million users, of whom 40 million live outside of China, it will be interesting to see how WhatsApp’s growth continues going forward.

(via We Are Social)

(via emergentfutures)