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reuters:

Cocoa is a 3-year-old Alpine Pygmy mixed goat who lives with its owner Fakroddin in Summit, New Jersey. They frequently take trips into Manhattan to enjoy the city. Fakroddin raised Cocoa since she was 2 months old and treats her like a human. “She doesn’t like goats, she doesn’t like farms, she likes the people and the city.” Fakroddin said. Pictures taken April 7, 2012. [REUTERS/Allison Joyce]

MORE PHOTOS: Goat on the town in New York City

textsfromhillaryclinton:

Texting with Secretary Hillary Clinton.

(Proof of her submission.) (via: Stacy & Adam)

jessbennett:

oh hai

Hope they’re not on AT&T. 

(Source: textsfromhillaryclinton)

(Source: vimeo.com)

Fresh on my Must Watch List.

alittlespace:

I want to see this but I’m not sure I’m prepared to cry for two hours straight.

(Source: vimeo.com)

reuters:

Interactive: Explore upcoming U.S. Supreme Court cases

discoverynews:

This is a fascinating and thorough look at issues ranging from health care, immigration, Native American rights and so much more.

A great interactive. More, please, Reuters.

futurejournalismproject:

Orangutans, With iPads

The BBC writes of an experiment at the Milwaukee zoo where orangutans are given access to iPads so that they use basic drawing apps, and kick back and watch some primate video.

The next goal is to wire the zoo and have the orangutans video chat with others elsewhere.

Via the BBC:

“Orangutans love looking at each other,” said [conservationist Richard] Zimmerman, adding that one of the apes, 31-year-old MJ, is a fan of David Attenborough programmes.

“The orangutans loved seeing videos of themselves - so there is a little vanity going on - and they like seeing videos of the orangutans who are in the other end of the enclosure.

“So if we incorporate cameras, they can watch each other.”

Other centres, zoos and sanctuaries are said to want to get involved “immediately” and are just waiting for more devices to become available.

“We’ve been limited to Milwaukee because we haven’t been able to get enough iPads,” Mr Zimmerman said.

“We’ve been waiting for the iPad 3 to come out to make the iPad 1 really obsolete, so we can pick up a few.

Image: An orangutan, with an iPad, via ExtremeTech

(Source: futurejournalismproject, via npr)

nevver:

Irene’s birth to death in 18 seconds, NOAAVisualizations

(via discoverynews)