December 5, 2011: Afternoon
- Notes on Pakistan's "memo-gate," where Zardari is accused of knowing beforehand about the bin Laden raid.
- Secrets of the Taliban's success: America's mistakes, Pakistan's support, unending supply of fighters.
- Scientists recommend—for environmental reasons, and for better bills—a four-minute shower.
- Every human is home to 100 trillion microbes, but what if one of yours yields a new antibiotic? Do you deserve a cut of the profits?
- Looking abroad to find various ways that people think about personhood—what if psychology had begun in Korea?
- Skateboard perspective of Tokyo streets.
- Basejumping in Norway.
- Monday poem (about real estate, sort of): "Developers," by Alice Lyons.
- Trailer for new Wenders' tribute to Pina Bausch.
- Sundance to screen documentary on LCD Soundsystem's final show.
- Publishers don't shy from using gilded covers to demonstrate the value of hardback books.
- Pictures of the Christmas season; #15, of an Amazon fulfillment center, is wild.
- History of carols.
- "Handy guide to getting just drunk enough at your company's holiday party."