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Infographic of the Day: TIL the plastic tags attached to loaves of store-bought bread aren’t just for show, but are actually part of a color-coded system indicating the day the bread was baked.

The more you know.

[consumerist.]

We don't know each other, and it's probably better that way. But, if you want to email me, here you go. I also write a blog called History of These Things, among others.

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Frank O’Hara and Edward Gorey

Poet Frank O’Hara and macabre writer and illustrator Edward Gorey were roommates at Harvard in the late ’40s, where they furnished their...

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fisselig

adjective • rhymes with “thistle fish” • flustered to the point of incompetence

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curiositycounts:

Long before Los Angeles became the driving capital of the world, many Angelenos relied on the local rail lines like most major cities. This short...

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mpdrolet:

OLD SCANS image no. 25

Part of a dig through my old negatives, with absolutely no attention being paid to the scanning quality.

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Good ole flowers for Milner!

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Junot Díaz: “Miss Lora”

You were at the age where you could fall in love with a girl over an expression, a gesture. That’s what happened with your girlfriend Paloma—she...

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Etsy wants to know: Are you a woman looking to become a better developer?

nycdigital:

New York City startup Etsy, in conjunction with New York-based Hacker School, just...

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getthatlook:

theawl:

Oh, look, here’s something new for you to read.

Snaaap!

FYI: Not a longread, but this is a new site co-edited by Longreads managing editor Mike Dang

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“New York State Senator Eric Adams and his colleagues honored Trayvon Martin on Monday by wearing hoodies to the March 26, 2012 Senate legislative session in Albany.”

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