#slatemagazine

[museumnelson]

Why the Internet Is So Convinced That Queen Elizabeth Is Secretly Dead

The (mostly) joking conspiracy theory, explained.

I am posting this less for what it is about and more what is says

I am not sure how I feel about the fact that they think this place is abandoned because we are still making clowns as far as I know

[baseballasaroadtogod]

"Now, it needn’t be baseball, Sexton is clear to point out, that takes us out of ourselves. Organized religion can sometimes work. So might music or art. But Sexton’s hope, in chapters that follow the innings 1 through 9—with room set aside, as well, for a pregame show, a seventh-inning stretch, and a return to the clubhouse—is to reveal that this game can evoke the very 'essence of religion,' that 'inside the game the formative material of spirituality can be found.'"

Slate magazine (http://slate.me/105DBVe)

[whopaysphotogs]

Slate Magazine

Offer: $0. I have a friend that works for Slate. I proposed a photo essay (on fashion) I had shot as a web feature but she told me they don't pay for photography (outside of wire service subscriptions)."