July 25, 2017

While lambasting the Washington Post, Donald Trump may have tweeted the existence of a covert CIA operation. / The Washington Post

Your favorite independent fact-checking site, Snopes, is battling a service provider and in danger of shutting down. / Save Snopes

The rise of automats sprouted from a dislike of waiters, “one of the necessary evils of an advanced civilization.” / Atlas Obscura

Heeding a “duty to warn,” psychiatry group lifts embargo on speculating about Trump’s mental health. / STAT

Reddit is ground zero for opioid addicts to connect, recover, or relapse—and sometimes mourn lost members. / The New York Times

An outpouring of social media love spares MS Paint, but no one’s upset over the demise of Outlook Express. / BBC

“If not evidence of malicious deception, the story reveals a young man who is in over his head and out of his depth to such a degree that he does not know he is in over his head and out of his depth.” In his testimony, Kushner claims incompetence—an appealing quality to Russians looking to infiltrate the White House. / The Washington Post

After a reader backlash, medical journal retracts a paper that used only male pronouns to refer to surgeons. / Retraction Watch

Cracking down on designer furniture knockoffs, in 2016 customs agents confiscated $4.2 million in fakes. / Quartz

For the first time since 1974, eight tropical cyclones were active in the north Pacific on Saturday. / The Weather Channel

“Go out there, play it up. Find some scouts, tell them how bad it is—and be really theatrical about it, make the badness part of its appeal.” At the 2014 Jamboree, Eagle Scout Rosecrans Baldwin learned how to trade the lamest patch ever. / Oxford American