April 21, 2017
Ahead of Sunday’s election in France, a guide to the candidates and issues, e.g., Brexit, terrorism, Trump, Putin. / The New York Times
Texas Board of Education to vote whether “evaluate” is acceptable in science curricula, or promotes creationism. / The Texas Tribune
German police charge soccer bus attacker—rather than terrorism, his motive was profit if team shares fell. / BBC
“It’s not, like, a nice request. It’s a knock on your door and maybe a knock on your ass. If they can’t threaten you they threaten your family.” Interviews with Russian hackers, who are being targeted by the US but whose government affiliations are often hardly there. / BuzzFeed
Next week Congress must decide whether to pursue an ACA repeal (as Trump wants) or to avoid a budget shutdown. / The New York Times
An interactive tool lets you crunch the data on US mortality rates and causes at a county level. / FiveThirtyEight
Researchers are analyzing brainwaves to create machine music that helps you work, relax...is there anything else? / Quartz
“Every man, woman, and child and domestic animal on this planet that uses medical services is connected to the horseshoe crab.” Only horseshoe crab blood can detect bacteria like E. coli in injectable drugs—a fact that could endanger the creatures’ existence. / Popular Mechanics
Before the creators of This Is Spinal Tap (1984) made their legendary mockumentary, they lost their financial stake in the movie’s future success. / Bloomberg
Calling Mexico City the next Berlin is “the height of egregiousness,” and ignores a vast gap in standard of living. / Tamara Velasquez
A natural language analysis of Redditors talking about marijuana. / Hacker Noon
Recent wars cloud us to fact that future conflicts will be less land-centric, faster, and more resource-intensive. / War on the Rocks
Twitter bot Uncharted Atlas auto-generates imaginary fantasy–inspired landscapes. / Atlas Obscura
When Google provides an answer to a search query via Featured Snippets, it can devastate a data site’s revenue. / The Outline