Headlines from November 20, 2013

If Walmart wanted workers to have a living wage, it could end stock buybacks that don’t improve the bottom line.
Oil companies try to stay hush on spills—it almost worked in Mayflower, Ark., until people started getting sick. #longreads
Scientists unearth ancient seawater, which they discover has twice the salt content of today’s.
John Edwards returns to personal injury law, but his onetime skill at wooing juries may now be gone.
Endlessly watchable, Rob Ford is a politician for the gif age.
The seduction of conspiracy is the way it orders chaos. From JFK onward, 50 years of conspiracy theory.
See also: An illustrated guide to every person, plot, and nefarious group linked to the JFK assassination. #tmn
He also had a very bad record of wanting to go to bed with every woman he ever met. Sex in the Senate. #longreads
Because brevity, a short history of the internet’s latest favorite vernacular. #language
Manipulated photos of dead rock stars—e.g., Kurt Cobain, Karen Carpenter—to see how they’d look today.
Lou Reed and John Cale had a day job playing Batman and Robin at birthday parties.
Recent hazing incidents—and deaths—show frats and their universities haven’t enforced serious change.
Florida Fish & Wildlife sting operation nabs off-season hunter with a robotic decoy deer.
It’s impossible to craft an op-ed about the Monty Python reunion that isn’t crammed full of classic lines.
Over the next 10 years, we walked at least three miles a day…a minimum of 11,000 miles.
A playlist by Martin Aston to accompany his new book, a history of legendary music label 4AD.