July 7, 2017
Rachel Maddow: There’s a classified NSA document being shopped to news orgs—including MSNBC—and it’s probably forged / MSNBC
Observing wild chimps foraging medicinal plants, researchers found seven cancer-inhibiting compounds. / Quartz
Bonkers multi-chapter feature imagining the future of football, replete with interstellar love and tornado-chasing. / SB Nation
One year after the Pokémon GO craze, four out of five players have quit—which is what made it a “craze,” naturally. / Complex
Pretty sure if you open this article we get to punch you—tracking down the inventor of the ubiquitous “circle game.” / VICE
The Choose Your Own Adventure creator shares the schematics of his original books’ possible endings. / Atlas Obscura
Brush up on your drug slang with this new DEA report—e.g., “designer jeans” means cocaine; “blue jeans,” marijuana. / University of Maryland
Congressional Republicans are making a killing by buying stock in health insurance companies. / The Intercept
“The energy stored in a spring is proportional to the square of the stretch distance multiplied by the spring constant.” Breaking down the physics of Spider-Man’s webs. / Wired
Leapfrogging Europe in digital government, Estonia opens “e-residency” to those seeking unhindered data freedom. / The Economist
“It was smaller than I expected it to be. Also wilier. The jetty changed shape and seemed to actively grow or shrink as we drove parallel to it, forcing us to constantly recalibrate our perception of it.” Heidi Julavits takes her family to Spiral Jetty. / The New York Times
The “Didion-esque” appellation only applies to white, female authors—we should do better by them, and Didion. / The Guardian
Radiohead playing “Karma Police” at Glastonbury in 1997, 2003, and 2017, stitched into a single performance. / YouTube
The Handmaid’s cloak is now a potent protest symbol—Hulu unintentionally inspired it with viral marketing at SXSW. / BuzzFeed
“When there is anti-Muslim policy and rhetoric, we see spikes in everyday American Muslims feeling anxiety, bullying, and depression. So, yes. We have been busy. When there is pain in America, we see more volume.” A crisis text hotline founder on the effects of today’s politics. / Hunter Walk
Your new Twin Peaks sleep aid: An eight-hour loop of “This is the water and this is the well.” / YouTube