July 9, 2014

• Israel calls up reservists to replace those on duty in the West Bank, to free them for a possible ground invasion of Gaza.
• Hamas fires long-range missiles into Israel, with dozens more in store.
• San Francisco hates techies, techies hate being despised, and the war rages on between public process and tech culture.
• Studies find kindness makes people healthier and happier.
• Google employee says smart people suffer from too much confidence, and "Imposter Syndrome" is valuable.
• Business-book ghostwriter quits the game, encouraging others to stop "making rich white dudes seem more thoughtful than they are."
• Report from a funny-music conference finds many (white men) who never stopped loving Weird Al.
• Bubba Sparxxx defends his legacy.
• When genetic disease looms, we’re more like our parents than we think—and when we become parents, that fear only grows.
• Roxane Gay answers relationship questions while baking a cherry pie.
• In defense of "tranny."
• Redheads will not go extinct because of climate change, as reported by the Daily Record.
• West Africa's Ebola outbreak continues to run rampant, due to lack of funding and poor communication.
• Highlights of Germany's humiliating defeat of Brazil in the World Cup semifinal, 7-1.
• Related: After losing, there's nothing left to distract Brazil from increasing political unrest.
• It’s a horrible place and we were lucky to get out of there, but it’s also a wonderful place and I’m lucky to have returned.