At least 25 states’ unemployment compensation funds are insolvent or will be within six months according to a study by ProPublica.org, a non-profit investigative journalism organization founded two years ago. (via a colleague)
Bookbook by Twelve South: a MacBook case that looks like a well-loved hardcover book. Gorgeous. (via FunkyPlaid)
do not even be afraid of fear itself (via pictures for sad children)
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We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say — and to feel — ‘Yes, that’s the way it is, or at least that’s the way I feel it. You’re not as alone as you thought.’
John Steinbeck (via delgrosso)
Wuthering Heights repackaged as “Bella & Edward’s Favourite Book”, via lekevbo. This does not offend me as much as you might guess. It points readers toward classics that they may not have read otherwise.