Kurt Vonnegut’s letter to his family letting them know what had befallen him,

Horrified by what you may have learned from the “Kony 2012” video? Good, you should be. The man is vile and the practice of child soldiers is unconscionable. Want to help do something about it? Well instead of giving to a group that is viewed by many Ugandans as being a pawn of the government and who seem to donate little of what they take in to actual programs and who advocate potentially destructive military actions maybe check out one of these other groups who all do more actual good than Invisible Children:

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/10/pdf/kony_report.pdf

http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/uganda

http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/05/23/uscentral-africa-protect-civilians-lra-abuses

http://www.child-soldiers.org/home

http://www.warchild.org/index.html

http://www.rescue.org/child-soldiers

motherjones:

usnatarchivesexhibits:

Today is National Donuts Day!  

Vitamin Donuts Poster, ca. 1942

Around 1940, the result of 2 small studies set off a panic. A handful of subjects deprived of Vitamin B1 (thiamine) became sluggish and apathetic. One experiment concluded that thiamine deficiency was causing Americans to lack energy and motivation—conditions a country mobilizing for war could not afford. Consequently, the government endorsed products enriched with thiamine. After many letters, it was determined that these doughnuts could be called “enriched flour doughnuts” but not “enriched doughnuts” or “vitamin doughnuts.”

Where can we buy these?

(via theg33k)

hotchicksofoccupywallstreet:

You’ve probably already seen this photo. Taken by David Shankbone.

Aaah the Big Boys. Possibly the greatest band ever.

Earlier generations have weathered recessions, of course; this stall we’re in has the look of something nastier. Social Security and Medicare are going to be diminished, at best. Hours worked are up even as hiring staggers along: Blood from a stone looks to be the normal order of things “going…