Headlines from August 28, 2013

At first, there is only a little sound, a metallic ping, almost a click. At the front lines of the chemical attacks in Syria.
Another look at the “red line”: When chemical weapons are worse than conventional killing.
Kosovo didn’t escalate. / This isn’t Kosovo. An internal debate over bombing Syria.
The pro-Assad Syrian Electronic Army takes down the New York Times, attacks Twitter and HuffPo in the UK.
The FBI operative behind William T. Vollmann’s forensic profile seems to have enjoyed the work.
If the NSA sent apology notes to citizens whose correspondence they mistakenly flagged. #tmn
A roundup of reasons why conservatives around the nation think Obama should be impeached.
The Arlington parking garage where Bob Woodward met with Deep Throat will be demolished.
Shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker, and tits: a brief history of censorship and entertainment. #longreads
My Oprah, my girl, she can act. Obama reviews The Butler. #movies
In Peru, archaeologists are using drones to survey ruins and monitor threats from squatters and developers.
Why so many airline pilots seem content these days to let the automated systems do so much of the flying for them is a little baffling.
The water is now inside my ears and I’m completely cut off. An astronaut recalls nearly drowning on a spacewalk.
The Bay Area is home to some of America’s brightest entrepreneurs as well as the nation’s worst community colleges. #longreads
Two designers in New York try to change their bad dating habits by dating each other for 40 days.
To keep an up-to-date, complete hardcopy Wikipedia, you’d need six printers that never stop printing.
Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson credited for encouraging King to speak about his dream.
Related: Jackson sings “Closer Walk With Thee” at the Newport Jazz Festival, 1970. #video
California rim fire that threatens to disrupt Yosemite and San Francisco water supply can be seen from outer space.
In Thailand, “yaba”—a potent caffeine-meth mix—is being disguised as candy and sold on Facebook.
With simplified HIV care and lower treatment costs, South Africa is beginning to combat AIDS successfully.
An old easel, a battered chair, empty plinths. Abandoned art museums stifle cultural life in Belgrade.
Scientists claim to have discovered new element that would classify as atom 115 on the periodic table.
Researchers send a brain signal from one human to control another’s hand over the internet.
Impressionistic tablet paintings juxtapose bucolic Swedish landscapes with science fiction motifs.
Deep-sea squid with “wimpy” arms attract prey because their wriggling generates bioluminescent light. #video
“Omnishambles,” “twerk,” “internet of things,” and other new entries to the Oxford Dictionary database.
Related: In the internet of actual things, every chair in the world will tell you to stop slouching. #tmn
South Korea’s latest plastic surgery trend is cutting the corners of the mouth to create a perma-smile.
The ubiquity of the verb “to step out” in tabloids.
From 1987, excerpts from satirical Jean-Paul Sartre cookbook that vows to “put to rest all notions of flavor forever.’’
Related: Interactive map compares food based on its flavor compounds.