Of all McDonald’s troubles, a copyright infringement over some in-store wallpapering doesn’t seem so major. But a lawsuit from the family of a graffiti artist is a problem for them, and it should be for us, too, because it’s time to set a precedent on the
Apparently the president and/or his assistants have time on their hands: he edited the latest issue of Wired, wrote a short piece for CNN about wanting to see Americans living on Mars, and a much, much longer and wonkier article for the Economist in which he predicts trouble spots
“A prominent political website calculated how many votes were lost in each departamento, or state, either because of the torrential rains brought by Hurricane Matthew, or by the lack of mermelada that is ordinarily distributed to local politicians at election time. The marmalade, or under-the-table money, is used
As journalists flock to fill more lucrative positions in public relations, stories like this become more common: Denver Post reporter leaves to consult for oil and gas industry, offering tips on how to persuade and shame her former colleagues into covering fracking more positively. / HuffPost A rookie cop listened to
“I am being honest with you when I say that at this rate, we will never break the transmission chain and the virus will overwhelm us.” A narrative tick-tock shows how the global health relief community failed to save thousands of lives from Ebola in West Africa. / The Washington
“Santos’s decision to start negotiations with the FARC did not come exclusively from an interest in further opening the Colombian economy to global capitalism and attracting FDI into extractive sectors, low-wage services, and labor-intensive industries. It also reflects changing dynamics of power and a break in the
Neural networks modeled on theories of emergent learning and decision-making processes in the brain are becoming a near-ubiquitous tool in modern science, used for everything from cracking Go to recognizing gestures. / stanford.edu, The Verge Back in May, the director of public programming at a Kansas City library
President Duterte told a sympathetic audience Wednesday that Obama and the State Department should “go to hell,” intimating that he would take steps to replace American influence with Russian or Chinese support. / Associated Press The World Bank stopped funding coal plants to much ado in the environmental and development communities.
Tim Burton is right about one thing in his explanation of yet another lilywhite cast: tokenism isn’t the solution to Hollywood’s representation problem. / bustle.com “When Charlotte-Mecklenburg eliminated race as a factor in student assignment, it not only meant less diverse schools; it also created a feedback
“Today, we had the chance to finish off the FARC as an armed group, and it didn’t happen.” Colombians rejected a peace deal to end the Americas’ longest war by a mere 2,500 votes, leaving supporters of the deal reeling. / Fusion Cave biologists confirmed that 22 “baby dragons,
