Albert Einstein & Niels Bohr in Belgium, 1930 Photo by Paul Ehrenfest pic.twitter.com/INQ3fqaKET

— History In Pictures (@HistoryInPics) January 19, 2015

Albert Einstein (pictured here in fluffy slippers) was asked to be the president of Israel, which he declined. pic.twitter.com/s9qdjtADZ7

— History In Facts (@HistoryInFacts) January 17, 2015

After failing for months to persuade Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder to meet with Native Americans opposed to the team’s name, a prominent civil rights organization that works closely with the National Football League is calling for the moniker to change.

• The Fritz Pollard Alliance is getting ready to play hardball
• the director of Dan Snyder's outreach to Native Americans isn't really all that sympathetic

Reported at The Washington Post

Opponents of the local NFL team’s name are launching a robo-call campaign in our area. http://t.co/xUDHi6bHgo

— Washingtonian (@washingtonian) January 15, 2015

Laudable effort, but I'm not sure that asking people to listen to an unsolicited one-minute pitch is going to be effective.

Australia Post: “If you really want to touch someone, send them a letter”. pic.twitter.com/7D4TckIhvd

— Brilliant Ads (@Brilliant_Ads) January 12, 2015