August 19, 2014
- Ferguson PD—95% white in a city that's two-thirds black—needs more black officers and fewer heavy weapons.
- Ta-Nehisi Coates on America's history of total police control over black bodies.
- No longer Invisible Man: Jordan Casteel's paintings of black men.
- UV light reveals otherwise invisible damage.
- Related: What real-time face tracking looks like.
- Father who put his son's dentist trip on YouTube says all the social-media attention's been fun.
- Study finds dental associations recommending a variety of ways to brush teeth, but none are "more effective than a simple scrub."
- Before buying a company, Google does a "toothbrush test"—is the product used regularly to improve someone's life?
- More elephants are being killed by poachers than are being born.
- "Shark Week" ruined the Discovery Channel.
- Related: At the end of his career, Peter Benchley fought to save sharks from damage wrought by Jaws.
- Los Angeles committee votes for a lottery to reward citizens for voting in local elections.
- Scots should vote for independence next month because "the advantages of self-government outweigh the drawbacks of being a small state."
- Study using Facebook updates finds extroverts saying “party,” “baby,” “ya.”
- See also: Etymological histories of “bae” and “basic.”
- Ira Glass's working methods.
- Various theories on the most expensive way to fill a size 11 shoebox.
- Calling the inquiring and determined: TMN seeks editorial fellows for Fall-Winter.