In Ecuador election, right-wing loser rejects vote, complicating Socialist winner’s friendly campaign and platform. / The Independent Kenny Rogers’ chicken restaurants may be an anachronism in America, but they’re thriving in Asia. / Tedium Investors are slowly realizing airlines make more money off credit cards and loyalty programs than
Seattle starts to dismantle its NIMBY power structure, and old neighborhood groups are right to feel threatened. / The C Is for Crank “It is tragic that the US is so dangerous, but it’s not the fault of the healthcare system; indeed, it’s an extra burden that US healthcare
Earl Weaver after losing the 1969 World Series: “You can’t sit on a lead...and just kill the clock.” via @johnlingan / Twitter Naturopathy could enter the mainstream as a pain relief alternative to opioids. / STAT Reading scientific publications is excruciating, but it’s not the jargon causing problems. It’
Federal criminal law is so vast, it’s easy to unwittingly violate it. Encrypting your email is the cautious choice. / New York Times Ahead of this week’s meeting with Xi Jinping, Trump says the US may tackle North Korea alone without China’s help. / The Guardian Another fallout from
There’s “no future” to ESPN’s current business model. But they’re not really adapting worse than most media. / Bloomberg Congress should go after pharmacy benefit managers, whose margins are so thick “Shark Tank would laugh at you.” / The American Prospect “What’s strangest of all to me is
A brief profile of Maine potter Ayumi Horie, who co-runs The Democratic Cup, turning pottery into a political act. / VICE A Hawaii federal judge places a stronger hold on Trump’s travel ban—all but ensuring it’ll go to the Supreme Court. / USA Today “Chris Sgro, executive director
#ThanksForTyping hashtag finds the many times that wives did all the work for their author husbands. / Buzzfeed The Zombie round opens with Buzzfeed’s Isaac Fitzgerald reading The Nix and The Underground Railroad. / The Tournament of Books Hyperrealistic drawings by Nigerian artist Arinze Stanley, painstakingly rendered in charcoal and graphite.
“In an interview, Gyasi said she made sure to keep each chapter around 25 or 30 pages—and that she was never really tempted to break this rule—but there’s no such economy in The Nix’s logorrheic prose, which coils and spins at least three or four distinct
“Air-Ink” is made from soot captured from car exhausts and chimneys, with a “really deep black tone.” / It’s Nice That An average of 3,600 fewer people would die per year if hospitals always acted like inspectors were overseeing them. / STAT Scientists use spinach leaves to build working
Documenting 18 straight hours of Fox News apologia and rhetorical gymnastics in support of the Trump Administration. / The New York Times
