Neat moment at the Webbys last night. Fresh off the $1.1 billion sale of his company, David Karp was there with his mother, Barbara. Though I’d never met her before, Barbara came over to my seat and gave me the world’s biggest hug. She kept saying: “I am so, so proud of you.”
I said to David: “Your mom just made me feel like the most special guy in the world.”
He said: “That’s how she’s made me feel my whole life.”I attest to the veracity of this.
We adore you, Barbara.
Here are the 20,000 shipwrecks in US waters. Some of them are still leaking oil, because of Hitler. (No, really, they were sunk by German U-Boats—it’s a serious environmental problem.)
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While working on the bio for Millard Fillmore for the next issue, we noticed something…uncanny.
Cautiously optimistic. But a lot of ways this could end badly.
Their Instruments May Be Garbage, But the Music Will Bring Tears to Your Eyes
In a Paraguay slum, a children’s orchestra makes do with what it’s got—with inspiring results.
These kids are awesome.
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Abandoned Amusement Park in New Orleans
too cool!
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I’m delighted to announce that we’ve reached an agreement to acquire Tumblr!
We promise not to screw it up. Tumblr is incredibly special and has a great thing going. We will operate Tumblr independently. David Karp will remain CEO. The product roadmap, their team, their wit and irreverence will all remain the same as will their mission to empower creators to make their best work and get it in front of the audience they deserve. Yahoo! will help Tumblr get even better, faster.
They really executed this announcement well — right down to the GIFs.
