August 9, 2013: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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- China’s big airports have the worst delays in the world, with only 18% of flights from Beijing departing on time.
- North Carolina has one of the U.S.'s highest unemployment rates, but its lawmakers are more worried about banning Sharia law.
- Email service reportedly used by Snowden shuts down, wanting to avoid "being complicit in crimes against the American people."
- Former competitive runner Malcolm Gladwell on the state of his favorite sport.
- Linguistics, studies, and a brief history of how American teenagers assign and receive clique names.
- See also: Portraits over years of two girls' friendship.
- "The Rise and Fall of Katharine Hepburn's Fake Accent," a style of speaking that has all but disappeared.
- Werner Herzog makes a 35-minute documentary about the dangers of texting while driving.
- See also: Greatest Vine videos of 2013.
- Hollywood's science-fiction films, for the most part, show Hollywood's hatred of science fiction.
- Interview with Bruce Sterling about Omni, science-fiction publishing, and "the future."
- TMN's Nicole Pasulka on the formation and current existence of The Village People.
- Related: Oral History of Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.
- Brief history of the most important taco of the day: the breakfast taco.
- Friday's favorite Tumblr: Notes, photographs, and general advice offered to our 13-year-old selves.
- For your weekend reading, a round-up of TMN stories about how we commute, including "How to Not Kill a Cyclist."
