June 26, 2013: Afternoon
- The war in Afghanistan is now mostly concerned with hostility between India and Pakistan.
- India performs 37% of the world's female sterilizations; patients are paid $10 and misinformed of risk.
- Marvel combines chick-lit with comics and yields The She-Hulk Diaries, a diary-format tale of a super-strong, super-green heroine.
- Why Mary McCarthy's The Group still matters.
- Atlanta school kicks 12-year-old girl off the football team because of boys' "impure thoughts."
- See also: "The Rise of the Minimalist Workout."
- Photos of animals in the news include Iranian dog owners under pressure and Kim Jong-un visiting Breeding Station No. 621.
- Colossal round-up of video art that can be viewed online.
- Metafilter users list "industrial or infrastructure things hidden inside fake buildings."
- Urban, futuristic train-ride short film of the day: "Hyper Drive YURIKAMOME."
- History of media technology scares.
- Snowden put his lawyers' cellphones in the refrigerator because the walls can block radio signals and audio.
- As part of "Etruscanning 3D," the Vatican Museum features a walk-in, virtual reality replica of a 2,600-year-old Etruscan tomb.
- Interview with disco mastermind Gino Soccio, who disappeared in 1984.
- Stephen Fry on depression: "I don’t want to be alone, but I want to be left alone."
- How to be an editor at Playgirl.