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Monday, November 5, 2012

BuzzFeed FWD: What Your Books And Websites Say About Your Politics And More!


What Your Books And Websites Say About Your Politics

Conservative readers love Drudge and Ayn Rand; liberals like the Times and Noam Chomsky; and there's not much in the middle. The last infographic from Engage.

The Most Brilliant Use Of Amazon's Wedding Registry

For Hurricane Sandy relief.

Facebook's Easily Mockable Ads Continue...

Now, cakes and pools are like Facebook. New photo-ads posted to Facebook's Facebook page read like 6th grade book reports. Does Mark Zuckerberg "like" this campaign?

How Election Day Will Break Twitter

The central channel for America's political conversation is likely to be all but unusable on Tuesday. A strange bookend to the Twitter Election.

Instagram Is Turning Into Facebook

Instagram's new Web profiles just changed everything. Expect cries of "Instagram is ruined!" and get ready to lock your account.

See The Mid-Atlantic Blackouts From Space

The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on a NASA/NOAA satellite compares light emanating from the Mid-Atlantic before and after Hurricane Sandy. Wow, New Jersey.

37 Voters On Twitter Who Really Need Your Help

Well, America, we had a pretty good run.

The Social Media Election According To "Saturday Night Live"

It's not far from the truth. But that doesn't mean it's the whole truth.

Knife Wielding Robot Created To Chop Salad

Nothing terrifying about a robot with the dexterity to slice cucumbers. Nope, completely safe technological advancement, right here.

An Impossible Shot

There are a lot of remarkable things about Iwan Baan's cover photograph for New York magazine, showing a divided New York City — half brilliantly lit, half plunged into darkness in the wake of Sandy — but one of them is that Baan says the shot would've been impossible to take before a camera like Canon's 1DX (or Nikon's D4). (He shot it wide open with a 1/40 second shutter speed at 25,000 ISO.)

The 9 Most Dangerous Ways To Text

A recent study shows kids are getting hurt while texting and walking. Don't do this! Here are 9 other things to avoid when (and we know it's a "when") you text and walk.

Where Presidential Candidates Stand On Tech Issues

Tech issues are more prominent in politics than they ever have been before, with net neutrality, legislation like SOPA and PIPA, space and energy and other issues all out on the table. The Verge's guide to where each candidate stands on tech is probably the most comprehensive and digestible at once.

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