Headlines from February 26, 2014

Obesity rates in children two to five years old dropped 43% in the past decade.
Ukrainian journalists launch YanukovychLeaks from documents found at the Mezhyhirya compound.
Study of cursing on Twitter finds that Friday, Saturday, Sunday are consistently the least sweary days of the week.
Bitcoin investors greatly disappointed by grand theft of virtual currency.
The 10th Tournament of Books, presented by Field Notes, starts on Monday—so order your T-shirt now! #tobx
New research claims playing Tetris can help temper cravings for high-fat foods, cigarettes, and sex.
Bottomless brunch is, and has always been, against New York state law.
Potholes re-imagined as champagne coolers, rabbit holes, and large spaghetti plates.
Related: Hyper-realistic close-up paintings of Axe body wash and other beauty products. #tmn
Interview with Roger Federer super-fan about the very human satisfaction of watching beauty in motion, and what David Foster Wallace got wrong.
In case you missed it, the lovely argument—with mucho evidence—from John Jeremiah Sullivan that ska began in Tennessee. #longreads
See also: Modern medicine is miraculous until it consumes you. #tmn
Veterans of Twin Peaks demonstrate that David Lynch is the father of the excellence in today’s TV dramas.
Emily Nussbaum convincingly shreds True Detective as cliché macho nonsense, all style, little substance.
House of Cards gets a lot wrong about money in politics—notably that our system is worse than depicted.
Unrelated: Life-size canvas timeline of all the lint collected from a single clothes dryer during the past year.