by Trina Stout
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Bicyclists do it better
Commute by bike, get lucky 7
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago From a Hungarian PSA (No translation necessary. Mostly safe for work; use headphones):
Rarrrrrr. Turns out, Hungary has an entire government position devoted to promoting bicycling.
In Hungary, the Ministry of Economics and Transport actually has a Deputy Minister for cycling by the name of Adam Bodor. Bodor's job, put simply, is to get people on their bikes.
Now, why can't the U.S. do that? Read More
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Water, world 9
Posted 1 year, 9 months ago Nifty:
Left: All the water in the world (1.4087 billion cubic kilometres of it) including sea water, ice, lakes, rivers, ground water, clouds, etc. Right: All the air in the atmosphere (5140 trillion tonnes of it) gathered into a ball at sea-level density. Shown on the same scale as the Earth.
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Me Huckabee, you Jane
GOP (and Dem) candidates: red-meat-lovin’, veggie-hatin’ 3
Posted 1 year, 11 months ago From a compilation of responses given to AP reporters throughout the year:FAVORITE FOOD TO COOK
DEMOCRATS:
Clinton: "I'm a lousy cook, but I make pretty good soft scrambled eggs."
Edwards: Hamburgers.
Obama: Chili.
Richardson: Diet milkshake.REPUBLICANS:
Giuliani: Hamburgers or steak on the grill.
Huckabee: Ribeye steak on the grill.
McCain: Baby-back ribs.
Romney: Hot dog.SHUNNED FOOD ITEMS
DEMOCRATS:
Clinton: "I like nearly everything. "I don't like, you know, things that are still alive."
Edwards: "I can't stand mushrooms. I don't want them on anything that I eat. And I have had to eat… Read More -
Thanks, all!
Shout-out to Grist donors 0
Posted 2 years, 2 months ago Grist reader, donor, and prize-winner (See? We really do give that stuff away!) Irvin Smith of Rochester Hills, Mich., sent in this adorable photo of his son and nieces eating ice cream out of the ice-cream maker he won. A big, public Grist thanks to Irvin.As I was looking at the photo, I thought to myself: Self, what a fabulous opportunity to give props to all our wonderful donors. So thank you, Grist donors! We are but a humble nonprofit, and without your generosity, we'd all be sitting here in the dark.
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The war on chocolate
Willy Wonka would be pissed 1
Posted 2 years, 7 months ago The FDA is thinking about allowing Big Chocolate to pass off waxy imitations as the real deal: Read More -
Local climate skeptic mocked on Daily Show
Some of the funniest stuff I’ve seen in a long time 2
Posted 2 years, 7 months ago Remember that wacky Federal Way, Wash. father who opposed showing An Inconvenient Truth in public schools? ("Condoms don't belong in school, and neither does Al Gore!") Well, he's back, and on the Daily Show: Read More
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