Infographic of the day

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Via NPR’s Planet Money team, this is very cool:

If you’ve been paying attention, you’ll know to look for Medicaid/Medicare down at the bottom undergoing massive growth.  And as for defense, there’s clearly something to be said for ending the cold war (though, we could probably cut further still).

It's kind of shocking to see that Social Security hasn't really budged as a proportion of the federal budget in the last quarter century. International Affairs is exactly where you'd expect it, though.

Harvey Milk Street is a go!

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With all the stress of the North Carolina Amendment One vote today, we have some good news.

After a uninamious vote by the City Council Tuesday, San Diego will become the first city in the United States to name a street after Harvey Milk. Blaine Avenue, the street leading to the San Diego LGBT Community Center in Hillcrest, will be renamed Harvey Milk Street…

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"Harvey Milk Street" sounds so great.

Fab CEO to entrepreneurs: learn to break up with a bad idea

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Design-centric commerce site Fab.com is going global in a big way. In a blog post today, the company announced that it is now available in 13 more European countries, bringing its worldwide total to 16 countries.

“Design is a universal language. It’s a lifestyle,” the company said on its blog. “Great design exists in every country and in every region of the world.

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Fab.com fascinates me on multiple levels (aside from remembering when I knew Bradford Shellhammer as just another blogger in Baltimore). I was a member of the original Fabulis.com, though every effort they made to monetize the service felt slightly scuzzy to me. When I learned about the "pivot" from a gay social network to a daily deals design store, I thought they were crazy. But their success shows why something that seems completely illogical to your existing users can sometimes be the key to saving the company. I never once paid for anything on the original Fabulis, but have bought a ton of stuff on the new Fab.com and have been happy with every purchase.