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LIVE-GIFFING THE 2012 DEBATES!

This Wednesday evening marks the first presidential debate for the 2012 American elections. Elevating the discourse as only Tumblr can, we’ll have a crack team of GIF artists cranking out instant animations of the best debate moments, from zingers to gaffes to awkward silences. Flooding the GIF zone will be our own Topherchris, as well as Bobby Finger, Lacey Micallef, and Mr. GIF. And joining us to further enhance our coverage will be Election blog guest editor Adam Gabbatt, whose liveblog at the Guardian will bring you the full stories behind the GIFs

The place to take it all in will be the purpose-built Gifwich live-GIFfing blog. Fair warning: Follow Gifwich at your own risk! After all, once each debate begins, your Dashboard could be flooded with animations on a minute-to-minute basis. Your mileage may vary, but if you prefer to just sample the flow, perhaps check out Gifwich directly during the debate and reblog your favorites piecemeal. You can even sample curated real-time selections from the Guardian’s liveblog or Tumblr’s official Election blog.

All debates (and our Gifwich GIF coverage) begin at 9pm Eastern Time:

• Wednesday, October 3 - Presidential debate on domestic policy
• Thursday, October 11 - Vice-presidential debate on foreign and domestic policy
• Tuesday, October 16 - Presidential town meeting on foreign and domestic policy
• Monday, October 22 - Presidential debate on foreign policy

Join Larry David and OUR TIME and sign the ONE MILLION STRONG FOR ONE MILLION JOBS petition today! This is IMPORTANT! Help us get young Americans back to work!

Add your name along with Larry David, Usher, Jessica Alba, Trey Songz, Nas, and Rachel Zoe to show your support for expanding national service jobs (such as nursing, teaching, disaster relief, and more). CLICK HERE to watch the video and sign the petition to create one million new jobs for young Americans. 

For more information, check out www.onemillionnewjobs.org

This graduation season millions of high school and college students will face a lousy job market with record unemployment.   But, instead of feeling helpless, there is something you can do about it right now and it only takes a few seconds. 

Will you sign the petition to create one million jobs?

OUR TIME believes that we can do more when we unite to make our voices heard. Because of this, we are organizing an online petition telling the presidential candidates to support a measure creating one million service positions in areas of national need such as nursing, teaching, technology, environment, poverty and more!

Our goal is to stand one million strong for one million jobs. And we have set an aggressive deadline to get 100,000 signatures by the end of April.

All you have to do is add your name before the deadline.

So, my question is - are you in? 

It’s that simple: even the presidential candidates can’t ignore the voices of one million Americans saying they are ready to work.  So please build the movement and add your name.