Juicebox Phone and Other Stories

theeconomist:

Daily chart: how long leaders stay in office in different countries. Countries in the Middle East tend to hold on to their leaders longer than anywhere else (a little over eight years on average). Africa comes next at more than seven years.

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good:

There Are No Ethical Electronics, So Buy Less Stuff

In a piece on Salon last week, writer Andrew Leonard laid out the raw truth: There is no ethical smartphone. The sins of Apple’s iPhone factories, where laborers literally and figuratively kill themselves in pursuit of faster gadgets, are well-documented. Just as the problem isn’t only Apple’s, neither is it relegated to phones. Laptops, televisions, digital cameras, and every consumer electronic in between wreak havoc on people and environments at every point in their lifespan—save, of course, for when you own them.

Read the piece on GOOD→ 

(Source: jeremiahchristopher, via neoafrican)

afrographique:

100 People: A world portrait infographic. Data from www.100people.org.

Bear with me…I just discovered afrograpique and think its the most amazing tumblr ever. 

inothernews:

TINY GLANCER   A six-week-old marmoset, abandoned when her mother could no longer produce enough milk, is seen with a staffer at Western Sydney’s Wild Animal Encounters in Australia.  Moments after this photo was taken, the marmoset ate that dude’s finger.  (Photo: Newspix via the Telegraph)

stop. i want it. 

(via npr)

nijireiki:

thisisthelist:

toofamoustobeadog:

onlyanartist:

I am crying.

I forgot how to breathe

a long con… love it

yassss

(Source: asherlockian, via cosmicyoruba)

thedailywhat:

This x That:

Know This:

• Unemployment down to lowest level in three years, Dow closes highest since 2008.

• Komen backlash earns Planned Parenthood $3 million in donations.

• Syrian forces reportedly kill over 200 in Homs.

• RIP: Zalman King, 9 1/2 Weeks director, dead at 69; Associated Press Vietnam War correspondent George Esper, at 79.

Read This:

• Justice Department drops doping investigation against Lance Armstrong.

• Man caught stealing five metric tons of ice from glacier.

The Other:

• NewsFeed: Most Singles Are Perfectly Content That Way, Study Finds.

• Tea x Time List: 61 Things We Learned From the Armageddon Commentary.

• Above: Baked Egg in an Avocado.