August 17, 2016
By The Morning News
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- Hackers appear to have accessed the NSA's hacking tools, which the agency uses to hack into foreign governments.
- "When Zillow starts warning about sea level rise, it may be time to start worrying about sea level rise."
- Baltimore PD consistently applies sexual violence to coercive ends, but there's no one to call when your abuser is a cop.
- Black incarceration is still higher than it was in 1990, but at least it's come down.
- Restrained interview with Colson Whitehead, whose painfully funny depictions of racism come to a head in The Underground Railroad.
- "Erdogan's government has shut down or taken over at least 45 newspapers, 16 television stations, and three newswires in the past three weeks."
- Are narcissists conservative, refusing to affirm beauty in others, or are they explorers who leave behind anything that's not their best?
- Univision wins auction for Gawker.
- New research shows déjà vu might occur when the brain detects memory errors.
- Troubleshooting déjà vu.
- "The loss of natural water purification capacity is systematically increasing the cost of water treatment around the globe."
- Almost every baby born in an American hospital gets the same pink-and-blue blanket. Its designer got his start making butchers' aprons.
- Brief recap of the Olympics' failed redemption.
- The Cold War is over, but America's antipathy toward Russian people and culture remains.
- Seniors are particularly susceptible to computer abuse because they don't have anywhere to learn about security.
- TMN's Rosecrans Baldwin goes to adult camp.
