February 17, 2012: Afternoon
- Pulitzer-winning article about the Iraq War from Anthony Shadid, who died yesterday in Syria.
- Foreclosure quilts: Our current economy mapped using remnants and found cloth.
- Former Liberian first lady introduces bill to kill homosexuals.
- Trackers and rangers stalk each other in a war over the worth-more-than-cocaine rhino horn.
- Six Democrats want to establish a “Reasonable Profits Board” to control gas profits.
- Society for News Design names five newspapers, representing four countries, World’s Best-Designed Newspaper.
- Documents reveal how Facebook screens dark content—and pays people $1/hour (plus commissions) to do so.
- Portion of Last Shop Standing, documentary about UK record shops.
- Scrupulosity: A psychological disorder characterized by pathological guilt about moral or religious issues.
- "Top of the World" has pictures of rich people enjoying themselves in St. Moritz.
- Turns out that last week's video of a wooly mammoth was a hoax.
- Not a hoax: Piggyback Bandit banned in five states.
- Mobile phones are banned in New York schools, thus trucks offer students short-term curbside storage.
- The web helps cartoonists go viral, but not get paid.
- E-books bring us closer than paper books to the essence of the literary experience; they are a medium for grown-ups.
- Chat with Geoff Dyer.