A good van is hard to find.
In 2017, the US extracted a top spy from Russia, worrying that Trump’s cavalier handling of intelligence information might expose them. 1/19
David Leonhardt: If Democrats insist on ending private health insurance and decriminalizing border crossings, they’re playing into Trump’s hands. 2/19
Some Democrats see Trump using the presidency to enrich himself as their "new path to impeachment." 3/19
No one knows when Trump will be gone, but his legacy is clear: “an angry, paranoid scrap of the country eager to buy what he’s hawking—and an heir who knows how to keep the con alive.” 4/19
NOAA’s chief scientist will investigate why the agency backed Trump over its experts on Dorian. 5/19
A New Orleans pothole finally gets fixed after appearing as a rental home on Airbnb. 6/19
“You should be talking about the plants." White people object when plantations—i.e., forced-labor camps—try to teach them about slavery. 7/19
Some languages—e.g., Japanese, Italian—are found to be spoken more quickly than others, but that doesn’t mean the rate of information transfer is heightened. 8/19
A study finds that students learn more in "active learning" classes, though they dislike it and think they're learning less. 9/19
Feist's Sesame Street version of "1234" has many, many more YouTube views than the original. 10/19
Heinz repositions its labels to teach people (in Canada) how to pour ketchup better. 11/19
America’s most subscribed-to YouTube channel in July was a 21-year-old woman traveling around California in a van with her pet snake. 12/19
Coming soon to Southern California: Upgrade Labs, a chain of gymlike facilities devoted to biohacking. 13/19
Most people think brain-hacking devices are fine for treating illnesses, but not for enhancement. 14/19
A “cyborg magician” uses 26 microchips and magnets implanted in her body to perform tricks. 15/19
Robot priests can bless you, give advice, even perform at funerals. 16/19
"In Virgil Abloh’s universe, everyone is comfortable." The fashion designer gets a landmark exhibition in Chicago. 17/19
Remembering Georges Simenon, France’s one-man fiction factory and creator of the archetypal fictional detective. 18/19
“Even at this stage, Nadal plays like he’s broke.” Fifty parting thoughts from the 2019 US Open. 19/19
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