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Do All Hipsters Look Alike? Man's Goof Suggests Yes
Hipster Scolded Mag for Using
His Pic. It Was Another Hipster
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Mar 10, 2019 4:40 PM CDT

Hipster Scolded Mag for Using His Pic. It Was Another Hipster

Story that the bearded man was ranting about was about how all hipsters look alike

(Newser) - A February article in the MIT Technology Review spotlighted recent research by Brandeis University mathematician Jonathan Touboul on "the hipster effect," specifically how "the population of hipsters initially act randomly but then undergo a phase transition into a synchronized state." That's a fancy way of...

Skittles Pic Trump Jr. Used Was Taken by Ex-Refugee

Ironic

(Newser) - Donald Trump Jr.'s tweet comparing Syrian refugees to Skittles didn't go over well with the public, the candymaker, and now, the UK photographer who took the photo he says Trump stole for his tweet, the BBC reports. David Kittos says he took the pic of the colorful...

Fruit Shopper in Stock Photo Backs Al Franken

Minnesota senator still has a sense of humor

(Newser) - Al Franken's office has sent off a peculiar endorsement email—from a "Woman Picking Out Fruit in Supermarket." Nope, this is not a real person who's calling for voters to support the Minnesota senator. She's one of countless generic people doing generic things in stock...

Latest Weird Web Trend: Stocking

Is it the new owling?

(Newser) - A few months ago, planking —taking pictures of yourself lying down in odd places—was totally in. Then came owling , cone-ing , and Batmanning . Now, all the cool kids (or at least a few of them, at Mashable) are stocking. That means finding a stock photo like the one here...

Amateur Photogs Hit the Big Time Online

(Newser) - Online image libraries combined with widely available pro-quality photographic equipment are creating a new—and potentially lucrative—outlet for amateur shutterbugs, USA Today reports. Stock photo behemoth Getty Images officially joins forces with Flickr today, but the screening process is tough: From Flickr’s online library of 3 billion...

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