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I’m sorry, what? Someone clearly thought they could lie their way outta this one…

Kellogg’s vice president of nutrition Lisa Sutherland told NPR that Honey Smacks are not marketed to kids and are “seldom eaten by them.”

Not marketed to kids? That would explain Dig’Em, the cereal’s cartoon frog mascot with the funky sideways baseball cap.

No, wait. The opposite.

(via Infographic of the Day - The Daily What)

Fig. 1: Many, many highlighted documents open at once, as if I can read more than one thing at a time.

Fig. 2: Discarded cans of diet coke and an empty tea mug. Rather than reuse this mug, invevitably I will get a new one each time I decide I want a refill.

Fig. 3: Tea-bag disposed of by placing on a coaster. Stay classy.

Fig. 4: Soothing candle (does not help stay soothed).

Fig. 5: Reading glasses, removed to take picture.

Fig. 6: Notebook full of incomprehensible scribbles which I am attempting to turn into a paper.*

[Not pictured: Angsty, emo or indie music playing on the stereo; 15 Herseys Kisses wrappers hiding behind the computer screen.]

*Note that sometimes I can’t even read my own handwriting.

At the moment, lawyers at Facebook and Google and Microsoft have more power over the future of privacy and free expression than any king or president or Supreme Court justice. And we can’t rely simply on judges enforcing the existing Constitution to protect the values that the Framers took for granted.

Reblogged from Fastcompany (via nprfreshair)

At first glance, thought the title of this book was The Impossible Dead Ian Rankin. This is why cover design is so important.