liamsawthis:

In between walking the first and second Oscar De La Renta shows, Ruby Aldridge sneaks off to a quiet hallway to settle down with a book. This photo was impossible to get without disturbing her, but was truly one of my favourite things I witnessed all week. 

Once she finally noticed me, she yelled ‘It’s science fiction!’ in the most endearing way possible.

And with that, I found a wife.

chicagobusiness:

Why men can — and should — use Pinterest: Men may account for only 20% of Pinterest users, but Crain’s contributor Dan Gershenson says that number can actually work to their advantage:

If we’ve learned anything from another social media tool with staying power, Twitter, it’s that a very small number of voices (10% or less) are responsible for driving most of the chatter on that channel. Similarly, if men are responsible for only 20% of the pinning on Pinterest and it stands to reason that only so many of that population are abundantly active, there’s plenty of room and upside for men to have influence. 

Are you a pinner?

Dudes, if you are going to join Pinterest, do it now.

It may only be 20% male but the guys that are active on the site are ridiculously on point right now. I follow some incredibly stylish, influential and design minded guys. You are missing out.

Also, follow one of my boards. Or all of them if you are into that kind of thing.

I track the Neil deGrasse Tyson tag so I don’t miss beautiful things like this.

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rtnt:

How Target Knows You’re Pregnant

Writing for The New York Times, Charles Duhigg examines how retailers collect your data and, using the science of habit formation, analyze it to make a profit:

About a year after Pole created his pregnancy-prediction model, a man walked into a Target outside Minneapolis and demanded to see the manager. He was clutching coupons that had been sent to his daughter, and he was angry, according to an employee who participated in the conversation.

“My daughter got this in the mail!” he said. “She’s still in high school, and you’re sending her coupons for baby clothes and cribs? Are you trying to encourage her to get pregnant?”

The manager didn’t have any idea what the man was talking about. He looked at the mailer. Sure enough, it was addressed to the man’s daughter and contained advertisements for maternity clothing, nursery furniture and pictures of smiling infants. The manager apologized and then called a few days later to apologize again.

On the phone, though, the father was somewhat abashed. “I had a talk with my daughter,” he said. “It turns out there’s been some activities in my house I haven’t been completely aware of. She’s due in August. I owe you an apology.”

Read the full article here.

Whoa. Whoa. WHOA.

Whoa! 

Great article highlighting on of the creepier sides of our put it all out there culture.

The Beatles Before Crossing Abbey Road

This is one of the coolest photographs I have ever seen.

TREAT YO SELF