“George Saunders Reference (Annotated).”
Massage parlors are a $3 billion-a-year industry with thousands of women “ensnared in a form of modern indentured servitude.” 1/16
Teenagers who struggle to stay safe in their neighborhoods annotate a crime article to offer tips for journalists covering murder. 2/16
The Pew Research Center moves its polling online as the response rate for phone calls falls to 6 percent. 3/16
About 48 percent of people mooching Netflix say they get the login from their parents; 14 percent get it from a sibling. 4/16
In 2018, 35,880 robots were shipped to the US, Canada and Mexico, up 7 percent from the previous year. 5/16
MIT develops the first four-legged robot to do a backflip. You've been warned. 6/16
Since the 1880s, American society has deliberated about whether button pushing is a desirable or dangerous form of interaction with the world. A brief history of pushing buttons finds confusion, complaints, chaos. 7/16
The “World’s Greatest Art Thief” explains his primary motivation: an absent father. 8/16
Interior decorators complain that Instagram and Pinterest have turned their clients into “trend monsters.” 9/16
An in-depth tour of the most interesting locations used in Michael Mann's Heat. 10/16
Examples from around the world of public transit upholstery that dazzles. 11/16
A federal judge says the government can't strip the violent Mongols motorcycle club of its insignia. 12/16
"The single weirdest logos" in the history of each team in Major League Baseball. 13/16
A playlist of songs for restaurants that charge $27 for a small plate of roasted cauliflower. 14/16
See also: Rejected song titles from the new Vampire Weekend album. 15/16
A good read for the weekend: “How Grits Got Weaponized Against Cheating Men.” 16/16
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