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In The Trump Era, The Fuck You, Pay Me Ethos Is More Important Than Ever

While most of us will likely never engage in business with the Trumps or their companies, one should be wary that, just as Donald Trumps racist remarks emboldened the bigots of America to come out of the woodwork, so too might his unabashed business fuckery embolden Americas capitalist swindlers.

Source: Why the Fuck You, Pay Me Ethos Is More Important Than Ever in the Trump Era – VICE

‘Toilet Paper’ for Smartphones

Photograph: NTT Docomo

Japan has taken its reputation for hygiene up another notch with the introduction of “toilet paper” for smartphones inside toilets at Narita international airport. In a new take on the meaning of public convenience, users are invited to pull off a piece of paper from a dispenser next to the regular toilet roll and give their phone screens a germ-busting polish.

Source: Swipe Right? ‘Toilet Paper’ for Smartphones Trialled in Japanese Airport Bathrooms | The Guardian

Gold Medal Flour

Here’s an obligatory “I went to the Guthrie Theater” photo of the Gold Medal Flour sign. Seriously, check out this season’s production of ‘A Christmas Carol’. Minneapolis, Minnesota. November 26, 2016

Milton Glaser Still Is a Legend

Milton Glaser’s 87-year love affair with New York is a fable of the city itself, beginning in one era of economic and ethnic division, the 1930s in the South Bronx, and arriving now in another one, with different fault lines and promises. Along the way, his I ♥ NY logo, first drawn on a scrap of paper in the back of taxi, has declared that love in a nearly universal language, understood in every corner of the planet.

Source: Milton Glaser Still Hearts New York | New York Times