Headlines from May 29, 2014

There was nothing in Rodger’s background that would have prevented him from being able to buy a gun.
In the wake of the Santa Barbara shootings, women create a website aggregating articles showing what happens “When Women Refuse.”
One reason men were surprised by the #YesAllWomen stories: Men hide their misogyny from other men.
He doesn’t understand the details. Snowden wasn’t entirely correct when he said the NSA could turn on your phone.
Here’s the latest on insect repellent: DEET won’t kill you and those wristbands still don’t work. #science
Ninety percent of Wikipedia medical articles tested contain significant errors.
When the libertarian at the heart of the bitcoin community was hacked, rather than paying a ransom he put a bounty on the hacker’s arrest.
Emails from his frat days reveal Snapchat’s co-founder is “kind of a dick”—and as it turns out, his own ideal user. #technology
Google’s new self-driving car—built without a steering wheel—could be the safest on the road. #video
A study of worldwide test scores among 15-year-olds correlates higher marks with more books in the home.
London’s 10 richest boroughs are worth more than Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland put together.
Whether breast milk benefits adults is up for debate, while those who want it must navigate contaminated supplies and creepers.
Many think that writing sort of clears the air. It doesn’t do that at all. Maya Angelou in conversation with George Plimpton.
At age 14, Maya Angelou became San Francisco’s first female African-American cable car conductor.
Maya Angelou reads her poem “And Still I Rise.” #video
Be courageous, but not foolhardy. A letter Angelou wrote, at age 78, to her younger self.
A lovely NYT profile of poet Patricia Lockwood, author of “Rape Joke.”
Related: Lockwood’s “Rape Joke.”