July 29, 2013: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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- The conviction of Manning, in other words, would also be a conviction of Assange.
- The rape-pregnancy myth started as a mythical Nazi experiment.
- To gather data in dangerous, hard-to-reach places—e.g., volcanoes—cheap, disposable drones are one answer.
- As corporations snatch up new top-level domains, Chrysler assures Indians no harm will come to .ram.
- "Unfriend" and other words that are older than they seem.
- The cop who interviewed him said, "Don't worry, we'll catch this guy." 21 years later—they didn't and that's a fucking shame.
- Engineer creates a bot that monitors restaurant reservation sites to nab decent tables for the tech-unsavvy.
- Humorously pointless products.
- For the 20th anniversary of Siamese Dream, remembering the videos that made the Smashing Pumpkins stars.
- China hates its men's soccer team for its hedonism and corruption, at odds with the sport as a symbol of national strength.
- Chinese tourists offend by eating endangered sea creatures.
- Summertime at the Jersey Shore: Asbury Park, circa 1979.
- I do wonder what the rig equivalent is of trying to explain to a stripper why blow jobs in the champagne room are a good idea.
- See also: Five journalists who also worked in strip clubs.
- Gary Shteyngart explores the world through Google Glass.
