Headlines from October 15, 2015

Obama to halt Afghanistan withdrawal, where troops have now been deployed for 14 years.
Obama sends 300 troops to Cameroon to aid the fight against Boko Haram.
Russian hackers attribute their NATO server attacks to Islamic militants—they didn’t reckon on getting caught.
Russian strikes in Syria give Putin a chance to show off new weaponry—and the West a chance to notice.
Solutions possible yesterday are not available today. Interview with Mosul Eye, secret blogger of life under IS.
Clinton’s Snowden stance betrays a lack of whistleblower law knowledge—or a skin-deep dedication to civil liberties.
The Democratic debate was fundamentally shaped by five years of post-Occupy protesting.
Chinese environment advocates may have a rhetorical foothold: air pollution’s damage to male fertility.
This is reminiscent of the Ku Klux Klan. Group waving Confederate flags beside birthday party indicted on terror charges.
Why it’s the duty of every white American to burn a Confederate flag.
Legal hurdles await surge of personal rating apps, from Chinese “social credit” programs to Klout and Peeple.
The web doesn’t have the perfect memory we assume it will—innovation could wipe the slate clean.
“Aliens should always be the very last hypothesis you consider, but this looked like something you would expect an alien civilization to build.”
Salvation won’t come from any ethical program, even Peter Singer’s altruism.
A person could sleep here quite soundly while the world burns. An interview with billionaire preppers’ outfitter of choice.
See also: “Doomsday Slackers.”
Nancy Drew never mentioned Hollywood, but that doesn’t mean there wasn’t commerce between them.
Benedict Cumberbatch’s Hamlet is streaming live from London to a movie theater near you today.
“[Cumberbatch] looks from a distance like he’s wearing an opera mask of someone even more handsome than himself.”
Dig near Stongehenge finds evidence of the stone movers’ meals: meat, cheese, and possibly yogurt.
Last night, Toronto nearly rioted over baseball. (Not hockey!)