August 2, 2013: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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- Beijing scalpers dominate Apple Genius Bar appointments, then sell appointments online.
- Austerity be damned, most Europeans refuse to work through their plentiful, sacred holidays.
- MetaFilter collects Queen Elizabeth's nuclear war speech and other undelivered speeches.
- Because Breaking Bad is so probing about morality, the finale also raises the inevitable question...of what Walter White deserves.
- On Pakistani TV, a talk show scores big ratings by giving away abandoned babies live on air.
- He made a bow toward the mountain...suddenly, he became aware of the presence of two other people inside his own head.
- Psychotherapy over the internet is more efficient than on the couch—and potentially more effective.
- This month "Depressed Cake Shops" will take over many UK bakeries to sell all-gray cakes.
- Why Latin America loves K-pop.
- Japanese traders know that when an anime movie airs at the same time the U.S. jobs report is released, "bad things happen."
- The Harry Ransom Center unpacks the McSweeney's archive, 15 years of materials now ready for preservation.
- Jailed Pussy Riot member boycotts "an essentially mandatory beauty contest for female prisoners."
- For actors, becoming a superhero comes at a cost.
- For superheroes, the cost of living has jumped dramatically.
- An abandoned Walmart in McAllen, Texas, is now the largest single-floor public library in the U.S.
- Blueprints for the U.S. Space Team's Up Goer Five, "explained using only the 10 hundred words people use the most often."
