July 31, 2014

• Federal authorities at US international airports are watching for passengers displaying Ebola symptoms.
• UN officials accuse Israel of serious international rights violations after it bombed a UN-designated shelter.
• In an interview with a Guardian reporter, Ukrainian rebel commander nicknamed "the Demon" threatens to kill him.
• The housing crisis combined with stagnant wages have conspired to make the middle class ​relatively ​poorer than it was in 1984.
• Economic disparity in Chicago’s public parks.
• Mapping the New York City haunts of Ludwig Bemelmens, the creator of Madeline.
• Agency creates "tipbombing": surprising NYC street musicians with a collective tip larger than what they might make over a few weeks.
• ManServants, a startup that hires out men for "PG" tasks, will launch this fall.​
• An argument for polyamory.
• Researchers find rodents share fears of events only their parents experienced.
• Our memories can become distorted by other people's memories of the same event or by new information.
• Major League Baseball finally explains net neutrality to the FCC.
• Paul Ford on how YouTube reflects America.
• In celebration of Sharknado 2, a 2012 Wired story on intentionally terrible SyFy movies.
• Hollywood studios strike a deal with Kodak, promising to buy movie film and help keep the filmmaker in business.
• See also: Photographer Catherine Leutenegger chronicles the decline of Kodak and Rochester, NY.