February 6, 2012: Afternoon
- New report on Twitter use in Africa reduced to very few characters.
- Breakdown of bride pricing in southern Nigeria.
- Arnold Bread offers 40 varieties, "and that is just counting the sliced breads, not the thins or buns."
- Iran not amused by Samsung ad showing Israel accidentally blowing up an Iranian nuclear facility.
- More on why America can't build Apple products.
- Chart: Penalties for gays in Muslim countries.
- Tips on parenting the French way.
- More international students study on American campuses, paying top dollar so Americans can study there, too.
- Believers rank atheists in sharing a common vision of America.
- Americans who live in "SuperZips"—neighborhoods of wealth and education—have lost touch with America.
- Philip Glass on his life as an East Villager.
- Music samples from yMusic, "at the heart of the current indie-classical overlap."
- Shit people say while watching "shit people say" videos.
- Q&A with Joan Didion on acting, reality, and non-fiction vs. fiction.
- Man behind Faces of Death now reviews movies as one half of "Two Jews on Film."