Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Video Killed The Recipe Star

There's no telling how many guns we have in America — and when one gets used in a crime, no way for the cops to connect it to its owner. The only place the police can turn for help is a Kafkaesque agency in West Virginia, where, thanks to the gun lobby, computers are illegal and detective work is absurdly antiquated.
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SYSTEM ERROR
IT DOUBLE'S AS AMERICA'S LARGEST MAZE
Inside America's Maddening Gun-Tracing System
gq.com
There's no telling how many guns we have in America — and when one gets used in a crime, no way for the cops to connect it to its owner. The only place the police can turn for help is a Kafkaesque agency in West Virginia, where, thanks to the gun lobby, computers are illegal and detective work is absurdly antiquated.
ENDING SUMMER BREAK
Fixing America's Broken School Calendar
theatlantic.com
The Atlantic asked education experts how much time they think kids should spend in class. Here's what they had to say.
WHY YOU'RE NOT LEAVING NEW YORK
The High Cost Of Big-City Living Is Bad For Everyone
newyorker.com
While city planners assumed that the rich would eventually leave the city for greener pastures, the exact opposite has happened.
SAVINGS WE DIGG
Money Magazine Didn't Call This 'The Best Checking Account In America' For Nothing
aspiration.com
Did you know the average Big Bank customer spends $194 a year in ATM fees? Aspiration reimburses ATM fees worldwide and lets you earn up to 100x more interest than typical checking accounts. You can even set your own account fee (even if it's zero) and they donate 10% of all revenue to charity. Yep, that's a bank we'd want to do business with.
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF PIE
TOO MUCH TASTY?
Are Viral Recipes Ruining Cooking?
firstwefeast.com
What we have to lose when cooking tutorials become shareable content.
A SEAT AT THE VEG TABLE
The Fancy Veggie Burger Is Here
nytimes.com
After decades as an amateur player eager for a big break, the veggie burger has made its ascent, becoming a destination dish and hashtag darling as never before.
PHILOSOPHERS USE OCCAM'S RAZOR
How Do Mathematicians Cut Cake?
priceonomics.com
Does your cake-cutting procedure guarantee that no one will leave the party feeling that they got a lesser piece than anyone else? And have you taken steps to ensure that each cake-eater is deriving equal joy from his or her allocated slice?
VIDEO OF THE DAY
FINDING A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK
Deep Diving In The Atlantic To Photograph NSA-Tapped Underwater Cables
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Trevor Paglen is an artist and experimental geographer who travels to secret military bases and far-flung locales to showcase the modern mass surveillance state.
IN THE NEWS
Chicago Police Push To Fire Officers Involved In Shooting Of Laquan Mcdonald
Chris Brown Taken Into LAPD Custody, To Be Booked On Suspicion Of Assault With A Deadly Weapon
Trump To Meet With Mexican President In Last Minute Trip
Finland Is About To Experiment With A Radical New Form Of Welfare
If you're feeling stressed this Wednesday, take that long lunch break. Look at some clouds. You're on your way.

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

It's All A Lie. Everything You Thought You Knew.

Exercise is actually bad, smiling can't make you happy, and more commonly-accepted truths that science has overturned this week.
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WELL THAT JUST CAN'T BE RIGHT
HAPPY MONDAY
Almost Everything You Think You Know Is Wrong
digg.com
Young people hate bar soap, exercise is actually bad and smiling can't make you happy — these are just a few commonly-accepted truths that science has overturned this week.
THE MESSAGING CURE
Facebook Keeps Suggesting A Psychiatrist's Patients Friend One Another
fusion.net
Facebook was inadvertently outing people with health and psychiatric issues to a psychiatrist's network. And she couldn't figure out why.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE PHRASE CAME FROM
The Mystery Of Ancient Brain Surgery
bbc.com
Thousands of years ago, people were performing a form of surgery called "trepanation" that involves boring holes through a person's skull.
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The Most Comfortable Clothes You'll Ever Own
onepiece.com
Just in time for fall, Onepiece has expanded their line of ridiculously comfy clothes to include sweatpants, hoodies, jackets and tees. Stylish clothes that feel like pajamas? We'll take one of everything, thanks.
END OF THE LINE
GONE WITH THE WINDS
The Way We Retire Hurricane Names And Jersey Numbers Is Eerily Similar
thebaffler.com
The all-time greats are hanging from the rafters of the Hurricane Hall of Fame.
WAIT, WHO'S THE MAN NOW?
Who Killed YTMND?
gizmodo.com
In its heyday, You're The Man Now Dog (YTMND) rode the cresting wave of early mainstream online communities, alongside its brethren like 4chan, Something Awful, and Newgrounds. Today, it lies in digital ruin. What happened?
RIP
WATCH: Gene Wilder Was The King Of Flipping A Shit
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We're gonna miss this guy and his amazing ability to freak out on cue.
THE TIMES, THEY ARE A-CHANGIN'
WA-OH-WA-OH REALLY?
The 'Millennial Whoop' Is Taking Over Pop Music
thepatterning.com
The Millenial Whoop is a sequence of notes that alternates between the fifth and third notes of a major scale, typically starting on the fifth. A singer usually belts these notes with an "Oh" phoneme, often in a "Wa-oh-wa-oh" pattern. And it is in so many pop songs it's criminal.
GO, CHECK YOUR DRIVEWAY
Why Electric Cars Will Be Here Sooner Than You Think
wsj.com
Adoption of electric vehicles will not be gradual, because the factors required to unlock demand for them are in place.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
IT PROBABLY ALSO SMELLED LIKE SWEAT
Watch Nirvana Play 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' At A Tiny Club In 1991
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This concert is from a small Connecticut show on September 26, 1991. Two days prior, the band released the album "Nevermind" which would later become one of the greatest albums of all time and sell approximately a bajillion copies.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
European Regulator Rules Ireland Should Recover Up To $14.5 Billion From Apple
Israel Quietly Legalizes Pirate Outposts In The West Bank
WATCH: Stuntwoman Makes 'American Ninja Warrior' History With Absolutely Dominant Run
Russian Telescope Detects 'Strong Signal' From Sun-Like Star
Everything else may be wrong, but Tuesday is still confirmed to be a bad day of the week. Stay strong.