Emily Trunko, 15, lives in Copley, Ohio. She is the creator of The Last Message Received, a Tumblr that posts screenshots of final text messages from people. She receives the messages anonymously. Some of the messages are from people who died shortly after sending the messages. Others are from romantic breakups. She's got a book, deal, of course, and the New York Times profiled her.
As a wise man once said, "It's funny cause it's true." (r/funny) READ THE REST
This brilliant billboard on the Gardiner Expressway in Toronto, Canada is actually a PSA to discourage texting and driving. After this, if Wathan Funeral Home were real, people would be dying to get in. (Sorry.) Excellent work from the john st. advertising agency and Cieslok Media. (Adweek) READ THE REST
Plenty of games have cell phones in them, but the best is when we're made to think about our relationships to those devices and what we use them for. READ THE REST
A good parent doesn't raise their child on a constant diet of fast-food hamburgers and other junk. Yet, many pet owners may be feeding their dogs even worse culinary horrors without even realizing it. While there are strict guidelines about the types of by-products and chemicals that can find their way into food consumed by… READ THE REST
Thanks to Netflix's wildly popular series, The Queen's Gambit, chess, a game invented about 1,500 years ago, is surging back into public consciousness. But while the Game of Kings may be riding a wave of increased awareness right now, it is, by no means, the only game that has survived the test of time into… READ THE REST
Only 20% of American students learn a foreign language. While that's low, it ends up feeling downright pathetic when you consider that more than 9 out of 10 European students are schooled in at least one other tongue. Sure, there are so many languages in Europe that residents there have to learn a few to… READ THE REST