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Our CNN Tech colleague John Sutter is heading up an awesome new CNN project: Change the List. Check our their new Tumblr and follow along.

cnnchangethelist:

Another local story with a mention of this project. Thanks, Sherry!

 This isn’t a bug (see my reblog), it’s an ill-advised stunt by Tumblr. Me complaining about it earlier got me a snarky response from one of the site designers (I’m guessing the sharp crayon whose idea or implemenation this was) that did nothing but demonstrate that he hadn’t actually read my extremely brief post. 

— Blogger Principia’s take on Tumblr’s blackout campaign. Here’s her post about her e-mail with Tumblr. 

David Karp, what are you doing in my GQ?

As Stacy would say, it has been A Day (thanks for the late Friday newsdump, Groupon! Those financials sure are purty!).

I left my desk today for lunch in an effort to clear my head, and I brought along this month’s GQ. I flipped through idly, with visions of sugarplums and SEC filings dancing through my head, when I saw it! David Karp, all up in my magazine:

Mr. Karp — who is, of course, the founder of Tumblr — was staring right back at me in a comfy-looking cable-knit sweater from superhot Japanese clothing shop Uniqlo.

It reminds me of the Gap ads a few months (a year?) ago that featured Dennis and Naveen from Foursquare. Forget actors and supermodels — attractive tech stars are the new faces of fashion! -Julianne

 Gumby, a green humanoid figure who looks like an elastic stick of gum with limbs, was created in the 1950s by the late Art Clokey and his wife, Ruth. 

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Gumby attempted robbery suspect surrenders to San Diego police (via reutersexplains)

This may be our favorite Tumblr idea of all time.

Tumblrs we love: Emo Juan Uribe speaks

Editor’s note: The following is a guest post from tech video producer Jason Sanchez, who sends us rockin’ ideas for the Tumblr all the time.

Juan Uribe is sad.  Despite winning a World Series ring with the San Francisco Giants last year, Uribe has gone emo — on Tumblr, of course.  The current Dodgers utility infielder is shown sitting against a wall with a dejected look on his face in a series of topical posts on emojuanuribe.com. 

As a huge Dodgers fan, I wanted to find out why Uribe has grown so sad with his new team.   So I did what any journalist would do: I asked him (or at the least his emo Tumblr self).  Emo Juan Uribe admitted he doesn’t usually do interviews, mostly because no ever asks him.  What follows is an unedited interview with the emotionally-sensitive infielder.

JS: Why did you choose to create a Tumblr dedicat

ed to the ongoing sadness of Juan Uribe?  

EJU: You think just because I’m a jock that I don’t appreciate the beauty of creative expression? Like Steinbeck said, “In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.” Plus, Bud won’t let us tweet during the games.

JS: Uribe won a World Series ring last year and has overall had a pretty respectable, if somewhat unremarkable career.

EJU: I’m sure there’s a question in there somewhere, Jason. Or do you just get off to insulting people via email?

JS: So why is Juan Uribe so sad?

EJU: There it is. Why is Emo Juan Uribe so sad? Why does cancer exist? Why did 20 million men, women and children die of starvation last year while Sex and the City 2 grossed $288 million? Why don’t families eat together anymore? Why does Nickelback sell more albums than Fleet Foxes? Why did the same country that invented space travel also invent the sitcom Alf? Sorry, what was the question?

JS: What can snap Uribe out of his funk?

EJU: Wow, Jason. You’re really getting comfortable around me. The answer to that, Sanchez, I guess would be, getting the chance to play in a real baseball town, like St. Louis. There’s no one famous wearing #5 in St. Louis, is there?

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markcoatney:

Really nice piece (and congrats to @lavrusik !) on Facebook’s outreach to journalists, and how it’s done at Twitter and Tumblr.