The Morning News

The GOP's first step towards abandoning expertise was its embrace of supply-side theories rejected by economists.

↩︎ The New Republic 6h

The stock boom Trump takes credit for is really driven by international gains.

↩︎ The Atlantic 7h

Mattress giant Casper might have caught something from Peter Thiel—they're suing critical bloggers out of existence.

↩︎ Fast Company 7h

I’m not special. That is the point of this campaign. As one woman put it on Facebook: “Guys, literally, it’s all of us.”

#MeToo may be “the most depressing party of the century,” but it’s valuable—especially if it becomes #HimThough.

↩︎ Quartz

7h

In efforts to sow racial discord, Russian agents duped US activists into organizing protests on American soil.

↩︎ BuzzFeed 7h

An on-the ground account of the final days of ISIS in Raqqa.

↩︎ The New York Times 7h

The rule of law is shifting toward empirical arguments, yet our current Supreme Court appears "allergic" to numbers.

↩︎ FiveThirtyEight 8h

Most doctors endure bigoted remarks from patients, questioning their credentials or altogether refusing treatment.

↩︎ STAT 8h

France is a country of regicidal monarchists. It is a paradox: The French want to elect a king, but they would like to be able to overthrow him whenever they want. The office of president is not a normal office—that is something one should understand when one occupies it.

French president Emmanuel Macron explains why French people love to disparage, insult, and mock their leaders.

↩︎ Der Spiegel

9h

Palladium replaces platinum as world's most expensive metal. (Both are used to curb auto emissions.)

↩︎ Quartz 9h

The "Dear David" Twitter ghost tale is creepy, but its meticulous pacing makes the story difficult to swallow.

↩︎ The Awl 9h

One possible trend in Europe's elections this year: "Conventional political parties are out and movements are in."

↩︎ The Atlantic 9h

Gavin leans in and whispers in my ear, in what must be the only time when this is an appropriate thing for a teacher to tell a student: “Choke him like a motherfucker.”

One reporter’s quest for the toughest workout in Los Angeles.

↩︎ Outside Magazine

10h

Missing since the 1930s, a Rodin sculpture of Napoleon has been "hiding in plain sight" in a New Jersey town hall.

↩︎ True Jersey 10h

Ireland is the only objector to the international definition of tea—because who adds milk prior to pouring the tea?

↩︎ International Standards Organization 1d

Humans are more likely to confide in cute robots. (We should expect robots will use this to plot against us.)

↩︎ The Conversation 1d

Incredible photos from Sonoma and Napa, where the wildfires have often nothing left to return to.

↩︎ The Atlantic 1d

Road "zippers" can change the configuration of lanes on a highway that has highly variable traffic patterns, like the Golden Gate Bridge. Plus 99% Invisible has a collection of other pleasing videos of large road machinery, like cone layers and bridge droppers.

1d

Some leftists hesitate at gun control because harsh laws fall on the poor—others promote Panthers-era self-defense.

↩︎ The Outline 1d

Magnets targeted behind your right ear can suppress the "theory of mind" factor of your moral judgments.

↩︎ MIT News 1d