NPR Gets An Upgrade

NPR has unveiled a new website, designed to enhance it's overall news service delivery instead of just supporting the radio.

The NYT has the inside scoop, head on over and poke around for yourself.

So Long Sara!

Just wow, have a look...



(thanks Pop)

Read This Now - George Will Still Can't Handle The Truth

George Will has leaped right back into that climate change denier La-z-boy lounger that he finds so comfortable, this time not even bothering to mis-read and represent scientific data but just choosing to cite other climate change denial op-ed writers.

CJR walks you through the mess, again.

Bat Tricks

Seen this around in a couple of different formats as well but this video shows off a ton of the different tricks that minor leaguer Josh Womack has up his sleeve...

Read This Now - Can We Stop The Race To Empty The Ocean?

Seed Magazine has an interesting roundtable style piece up on the global fisheries crisis in conjunction with the film The End of the Line.

The most common refrain is that on a global level we simply have too much fishing effort to maintain fish stocks at sustainable levels (for harvesting or otherwise). Scarily one of the main drivers of this excess capacity is government subsidies to the tune of $30-35 billion annually (at a global level).

Let's Play Ball!

Or at least feast on some kicking baseball info graphics courtesy of Craig Robinson over at Flip Flop Fly Ball.

Here's a teaser, it's still pretty tricky to get into the Hall of Fame:


Be careful, it's a time sink...

Goodbye Walter

Walter Cronkite was known as the most trusted man in America for years, I'm too young to have seen him read the news but everyone who does remember him sitting behind that desk and those of us who have only heard tell were saddened to learn of his death on Friday at the age of 92.

There is more than enough coverage out there, but you should probably start at CBS.