February 3, 2017

The, uh, non-religious aspects of Trump’s Muslim ban—the pause on all refugee settlements for nearly half a year, for example—will have catastrophic effects on America’s “well-oiled” resettlement program. / irinnews.org

Sports economists’ core insight is to use betting lines to enable cross-sport comparison. / arxiv.org

Images of dancers mid-leap flashed on a screen are estimated to last longer than images of the ballerinas at rest. When you’re happy, time lasts longer; the distortion is even greater when you’re mad. And most incredibly, the effect is social—you merely have to be hanging out with active or emotional people for your perspective on time to change. / Nautilus

“The immensity of the pain that Roof has inflicted upon Charleston is not contained by geography.” Jelani Cobb reports from the trial of Dylann Roof. / The New Yorker

A traffic camera caught his car speeding, but he got the police to admit they had no way to prove he was the driver at the time. / Ars Technica

This Trump-themed “game show”/informercial for his now-failed Atlantic City casino is just as awful as it sounds. / The New York Times

The enterprising Belgian prankster bought expired domains that 45 has tweeted links to over the years, replacing original content to make a point. / The Verge

Health officials have no idea what the health effects of being an egg donor are for women—though many report related side effects—because the relevant data on them has, somehow, never been collected or analyzed. / STAT