#FlashbackFriday
Site visit to Mammoth Lakes, California, 20 years ago, with renowned coaches Bob Larsen & Joe Vigil, led to establishment of Team Running USA and its later achievements, most notably 2004 Olympic Marathon silver & bronze medals by Meb & Deena. 🌄🥈🥉🇺🇸 #AGT
She was, and remains, one of cinema's most brilliant stars. Norma Jeane Baker, known to the world as Marilyn Monroe, died in 1962 at age 36, but she left a legacy of classic films, fashion and a carefully-crafted celebrity image.
To mark the centenary of her birth, @AcademyMuseum is launching an exhibition, "Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood Icon." @thattracysmith talks with those studying the sex symbol's life and career and those who are preserving her film persona. https://t.co/5f5Re6Zm38
#Milestone
On this day, 25 years ago, in one of the greatest prep performances ever, Alan Webb set the still standing U.S. high school Mile record of 3:53.43 at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, breaking legend Jim Ryun’s 36-year-old record. ⏱️🇺🇸🙌 https://t.co/1lY4LT4oLM
In Finland, bold graphics have become the trademark of Marimekko, the company whose fabrics, housewares and fashions have been adding vibrant colors and design to the world for 75 years.
Correspondent @sethdoane reports.
COLBERT: How dumb do you think it is for people to say that I should run for president?
OBAMA: Well, you know, the bar has changed. I think you would perform significantly better than some folks we've seen.
COLBERT: Is that an endorsement?
OBAMA: It was not
#OTD
“Brasher went into the lead and I slipped in effortlessly behind him, feeling tremendously full of running. My legs seemed to meet no resistance at all, as if propelled by some unknown force.”
Thursday evening, May 6, 1954
3:59.4 Roger Bannister (GBR), Oxford, GBR ⏱️✨🙌
For centuries, the English city of Newcastle was a hard-scrabble industrial powerhouse that built ships. It was also the hometown of the rock musician Sting, who as a young man witnessed the city's shipbuilding business dry up.
He's paid homage to his town's heritage by writing and starring in @LastShipMusical, which he's now taking on an international tour. He talks with Mark Phillips about his long career, and why he can't stop working. https://t.co/54XajmX0g6
A growing number of young people see themselves as “forever renters” because they can't afford to buy a home — due, in part, to short supply, high mortgage rates and incomes that haven’t kept up with rising home prices.
Across the U.S., @jolingkent met with families looking toward the American Dream of homeownership.
Is your phone listening to you?
When ads for products pop up on your phone after you’ve mentioned them, it may make you question whether advertisers are eavesdropping. David Pogue dives into the inner workings of highly-targeted advertising.
Seven-year-old Ben O'Reilly is the only deaf student in his Campton, New Hampshire, school district. His aide said that he felt isolated at school — until the other students decided to change that.
His entire class learned sign language and now, nearly every student and staff member at the school knows some: "You could just watch his world open up with communication. It was amazing." https://t.co/HmtSm2rJon
On this day in 1929, Roger Gilbert Bannister, future Legend to be, was born in Harrow, Middlesex, England. 👶✨ #Sub4
Here's Roger Bannister aged ~18 months with mother Alice and sister Joyce, three, circa 1930.
Signs educating visitors about the nation's past have been a key element of our national parks and historic sites. But following an executive order from President Trump, the Department of the Interior has removed dozens of signs that the administration claims promote "divisive narratives" and "corrosive ideology" – information on such topics as race relations, slavery, women's history, Indigenous peoples and climate change.
Hundreds more signs, books and pamphlets have been flagged for review. @JimAxelrod looks at efforts to remove lessons about America's complicated past. https://t.co/FpXaJ2SXSx
Finland is the Happiest country in the World for the 9th year running. We also climbed up the world brand index from 7th to 5th.
I am often asked why we do well in these rankings.
I do not think there is a magic potion, but it helps to have a society which strives towards freedom, equality and justice.
The basis of it all is a welfare society, a robust education system, a sense of security and a close attachment to nature.
There is no such thing as a perfectly happy society, but providing some building blocks that give us a chance to live a meaningful life, to help others, will nudge us in the right direction during the journey of life.
When Russia invaded Ukraine, the Kremlin's propaganda machine framed the war as a heroic calling, drilling the message into children at every school in the country. One brave teacher turned his camera onto that indoctrination. The result: a remarkable Oscar-nominated documentary, "Mr. Nobody Against Putin."
Elizabeth Palmer talks with schoolteacher Pasha Talankin, now living in exile, and his co-director David Borenstein, about the moral choice Talankin made as an act of resistance to expose Putin's lies. https://t.co/nNp3Br8nOs
In 1971, the origin story of Apple began with the friendship of engineering prodigy Steve Wozniak and computer enthusiast Steve Jobs. The machine they built and sold five years later would lead to what became the first trillion-dollar company.
David Pogue, author of the new history "Apple: The First 50 Years," talks with Wozniak, CEO Tim Cook, and others about how the tech company's products and services have reshaped life, technology and culture in the 21st century.
For the past 33 years, mailman Joe DiTore has truly delivered for the residents of Demarest, New Jersey, as a helpful hand and watchful eye to everyone on his route.
And now that he is retiring, the people on DiTore's route shared with @SteveHartmanCBS some of the many ways he was a source of comfort and inspiration. https://t.co/m8141vR9rL