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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is arrested after Ecuador withdraws its asylum after seven years. 1/23

“From his alleged interference in other countries’ affairs to accusing his hosts of spying, the WikiLeaks founder finally has to face life outside.” 2/23

See also: How the Trump administration stepped up its pursuit of Assange. 3/23

"It’s an unusual time in Trump’s Washington... with Senate Republicans weighing how hard to try to contain the president." 4/23

Warner Brothers blocks Trump from using the Dark Knight soundtrack in campaign ads. 5/23

Why can’t policy nerds be charismatic? The academic research is clear: They can. "It’s just easier when the nerds are men." 6/23

Related: A list of whiskeys made by women. 7/23

"Nuclear Family," a new series of paintings about marriage, parenting, and female identity by Amy Bennett. 8/23

Now trending, particularly among women: slumber parties for adults. 9/23

Shelly Winters showed up for Debbie Reynolds's 1983 workout tape, but refused to participate. 10/23

It's tricky to enjoy a new staging of Oklahoma! without remembering 1921's Tulsa massacre or 1943's "Reign of Terror." 11/23

Arguments against the Electoral College from 1969, when it wasn’t clear which party benefited from it. 12/23

The American suburb dates back much further than European colonization, and also has an anarchist past. 13/23

A poem for your lunch break: W. H. Auden's "Crisis" from 1939. 14/23

No Russian meddling required: Two candidates in a high school election get disqualified for large-scale voting fraud. 15/23

FiveThirtyEight judges its own forecasts against unskilled forecasts for the same events. 16/23

A mixed-reality segment from the Weather Channel puts meteorologist Jen Carfagno in the very flooded year of 2100. 17/23

Amazon employees say the retail giant needs to lead on climate change and stop helping Big Oil extract more fossil fuels. 18/23

"Flygskam" is the new Swedish word for flight shame, or feeling guilt over the environmental effects of flying. 19/23

Electric velomobiles—a recumbent tricycle with aerodynamic bodywork—are up to 80 times more efficient than electric cars. 20/23

The international sport you didn't know about before today: Octopush, or underwater hockey. 21/23

How to destroy the internet? Maybe start with Manhattan's self-sufficient internet exchanges. 22/23

A conversation around shoplifting and the aesthetics of scamming. 23/23


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