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[washingtonpost]

Read more here: “Hidden” no more: Katherine Johnson, a black NASA pioneer, finds acclaim at 98

[mentalflossr]

[npr]

“The middle class is disappearing” has been a standard line during this election cycle. As it turns out, it’s not wrong.

Last year was the first recorded year that middle-income families no longer make up the majority in America, according to the Pew Research Center. What this actually means economically is a mixed bag, but “middle class” in the U.S. has historically stood for something less concrete: the American dream.

Between now and the election, All Things Considered will be looking at what it means to be middle class in America today.

A Brief History Of America’s Middle Class

Photo: A father plays with his children outside their house in 1952. George Konig/Keystone Features/Getty Images

[newshour]

Do you live in a bubble? There exists a new upper class that’s completely disconnected from the average American and American culture at large, argues Charles Murray, a libertarian political scientist and author.

Take this 25-question quiz to find out just how thick your bubble is, here: http://to.pbs.org/1RBSHfp

[popculturebrain]

Harrison Ford is Auctioning Off Han Solo’s Jacket

[broadcastarchive-umd-deactivate]

February 1949 – RCA introduced the 45 RPM record

The former RCA Corporation introduced a snap-in plastic insert known as a spider to make 45 rpm records compatible with the smaller spindle size of a 33⅓ rpm LP record player. Commissioned by RCA president David Sarnoff and invented by Thomas Hutchison, spiders were prevalent in the 1960s and sold tens of millions per year. [more]

[politico]

If I have more popular votes and more delegates, then I think it’s pretty clear that — the people who turned out and voted — chose me to be the nominee.

Hillary Clinton

Read more here

(via politico)

[smithsonianlibrariesarchives]

The Eiffel Tower opened on this day (March 31st) in 1889 as the entrance arch to the Exposition Universelle. Here it is eleven years later all decked out for L’ Exposition de Paris (1900)

[theweekmagazine]

Here are astronaut Scott Kelly’s most jaw-dropping photos from his year in space

While spending a record 340 days in space, the American spaceman snapped some pretty breathtaking views

[pbstv]

Boo! 👻

Have a spook-tacular day! 

[thebackyardigans]

“what do you want to do with your life?”

[agfab68]

20 years later, Keyser Söze lives on - CNN.com

In August 1995, "The Usual Suspects" accomplished two remarkable things: blindsiding viewers with its twist ending and introducing the world to Keyser Söze.

In August 1995, "The Usual Suspects" accomplished two remarkable things: blindsiding viewers with its twist ending and introducing the world to Keyser Söze.

[newyorker]

Bruce Springsteen’s career was transformed when “Born to Run” was released on this day forty years ago. 

Revisit David Remnick’s Profile of “The Boss.”

Photograph by Julian Broad

[huffpost]

Baby Pandas In Baskets Are Your Daily Cuteness Delivery

© IMAGINECHINA/CORBIS

[huffpost]

The Gorgeous, Disappearing Street Signs Of Paris

“Paris is known for its typography,” Louise Fili told The Huffington Post via email. “One needs only to look at the Metro – the signage is iconic.” The award-winning graphic designer has encapsulated her passion for Parisian signs in a book, Graphique de la Rue: The Signs of Paris.

[pbstv]

NEWSHOUR: Old Farmer’s Almanac predicts cold and snowy winter

Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

[agfab68]

Woo Hoo!  I finished the #23 Mobile Things program!  Now I’ll have to find new and interesting things to do with my tumblr account!  it was a fun fun way to learn new stuff!