chicago schools are reintroducing recess after nearly three decades without. studies show that recess and play benefit childrens’ learning. so let’s all go outside for brain recess!
<em>art direction: holly allen</em>
slate: the rebirth of recess, by nicholas day
![okay, this is just a reuse of my slate piece about draw something, however, it got picked up by newsweek japan. how freaking cool does this article look in japanese? i am not much of japanophile, but i do find something wonderful about magazine and book layout in non latin formatting. to my myriad of japanese followers and readers[1. i’m huge in japan.], be sure to pick up a copy of newsweek japan, on newsstands now!
Original Article](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3v2x4xfEZ1qz8fd8o1_500.jpg)
okay, this is just a reuse of my slate piece about draw something, however, it got picked up by newsweek japan. how freaking cool does this article look in japanese? i am not much of japanophile, but i do find something wonderful about magazine and book layout in non latin formatting. to my myriad of japanese followers and readers[1. i’m huge in japan.], be sure to pick up a copy of newsweek japan, on newsstands now!
oh farhad, what have you gotten yourself into now? farhad manjoo attempts to quit google for a week. while bing holds up admirably for searching, he finds himself dependent on the other and varied offerings of the ubiquitous tech company.
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slate: i ditched google for a week, farhad manjoo
the new hot app for iphone/ipad/facebook/android/whathaveyou is draw something, a social pictionary* style game in the vein of words with friends, the latest and greatest way to use your device to scratch your butt. according to the farhad manjoo, the joy comes from the ease of play and lack of rules. according to me, i signed up, started a random game with somebody who drew what were presumably shoes, then drew an arrow pointing at said shoes, and then wrote: ‘goes on feet’.
slate: better than words with friends, by farhad manjoo.
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*i am a bit of a grump about this as i have always hated pictionary.
a new study run by facebook shows that people on social networks are not just hearing and sharing the same information or what they want to hear. now of course this survey was run by facebook, but interesting all the same.
slate: the end of the echo chamber, by farhad manjoo
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a piece for slate about 9/11 conspiracy theories and theorists.
slate: where were you when you first heard? by jeremy stahl
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president obama has made epic use of the autopen to the point of signing a bill into law with it. this, however, opens up a constitutional problem. the mechanically recreated signature itself is not an issue, but using this machine (or any proxy) without the president being in the room, according to article I of the constitution, is. anyway, go to slate to read the full nitty gritty, i just draw the pens running amok.
semi related: sometimes i have know the authors of slate articles, have emailed with them, or just recognize their names. this article was written by someone i don’t know, terry l. turnipseed. terry, your name is awesome. that is all.
slate: all the president’s signatures, by terry l. turnipseed
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a tasty illustration for a slate article about a dinner party featuring rancid food, and the types and likelihood of actually getting food poisoning. delicious.
slate: poison party, by anastacia marx de salcedo
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a tasty illustration for a slate article about a dinner party featuring rancid food, and the types and likelihood of actually getting food poisoning. delicious.
slate: poison party, by anastacia marx de salcedo
ad: natalie matthews-ramo
