Stay in school, kids.

Stay in school, kids.:

Stay in school, kids.

Final Exams

Final Exams:

I think some of you college students are familiar with these, so here’s a reminder on how much you really need to study.

Game of Thrones Featurettes of the Day

The Game of Thrones season 1 Blu-ray includes a series of excellent animated history lessons that fill viewers in on the backstory of the houses of Westeros, the Night’s Watch, Mad King Aerys and more.
Even better, they’re all online (for now, anyway) and an industrious YouTuber has put them all in a playlist for your perusal.
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Amazing Spider-Man Trailer of the Day

Marvel Entertainment has released the most action-packed Amazing Spider-Man trailer yet, with less teenage spider-drama, more fight scenes, and more hints about the mystery of Peter Parker’s parents.
The Amazing Spider-Man, starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans and Denis Leary, opens in 3D July 3.
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Agreement groups in the US Senate

PhD student Adrien Friggeri demonstrates a new clustering algorithm with a visualization of the agreement groups within the United States Senate over time.
As you might imagine, there are two obvious groupings, Republican and Democrat. It gets interesting though when you look at Democrats classified as Republicans and vice versa. For example, the 11 Republicans placed in the Democratic group of the 110th Congress:

Most of whom are either moderates or closer to the Democrats than to their own party. Charles Hagel was critic of the Bush Administration which he described as "the lowest in capacity, in capability, in policy, in consensus — almost every area" of any presidency in the last forty years. George Voinovich has been known to oppose lowering taxes and frequently joined the Democrats on tax issues. John Warner is a moderate Republican and has centrist stances on many issues, to the point that he once faced opposition of other members of his own party when he decided to run for re-election.

Be sure to click on the gray boxes to follow the trajectories of different cohorts.

I made this chart after reading an article that informed me that...

I made this chart after reading an article that informed me that sitting more than six hours a day was effectively killing me. I immediately flipped out and started eating lunch standing up (which I still do pretty frequently). However, that only brings my daily sit time down to about 23 hours.
Anyway, learning this fact made me wonder what other things were lowering my lifespan.
Explanations and sources for each fact can be found here: http://bit.ly/IAPhpl
…and yes, you read that right…NOT drinking alcohol (in moderation) supposedly reduces lifespan.

We Prefer Hipsters Over Hellcats

(Retail | Toronto, ON, Canada)
(A customer comes over to the small cosmetic service station that I am posted at. All the while, she’s talking on her phone and sounds quite upset.)
Me: “Hello, ma’am. What can I do for you today?”
Customer: *to phone* “Sorry, got go.” *hangs up*
Me: “Ma’am—”
Customer: “SHUT UP YOU, D*** HIPSTER!”
(Note: I’m wearing prescription Ray Bans and have a eyebrow piercing.)
Me: “Uhm—”
Customer: “You heard me the first time! Not another word! You probably don’t even need those glasses!”
(Without warning, the customer rips the glasses from my face. She throws them on the ground, shattering the lenses.)
Me: “Oh my God!”
Customer: “Look! You are fine!”
(My coworker comes over to see what all the commotion is about.)
Coworker: “What is going on?”
Customer: “This b**** was trying to look like a hipster!”
Coworker: “Ma’am, she actually needed those to see. Now get out before I call security!”
Customer: “F*** you! F***ing hipsters taking over!”
(Enraged, the customer grabs a makeup display, tips it over, and starts throwing around items from a nearby shelf. Security rushes over and takes her out of the store while she screams profanities. The total damage cost is over $200 worth of products, not including my glasses.)

Batman Physics

Batman Physics:

Batman Physics

Classic.

Classic.:

Classic.