Lip service.
President Donald Trump used his second State of the Union address to make repeated calls for bipartisanship, much to Democrats’ puzzlement. 1/23
Last week the president called bipartisan negotiations a "waste of time." 2/23
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi trends on Twitter after she “invented this weird walrus clap that was mocking, aggressive, and delightfully surreal all at the same time.” 3/23
"I think the danger is to be timid." David Axelrod assesses the Democrats' candidates for president. 4/23
A moment Trump probably didn’t expect: Congresswomen clad in white standing “in jubilant celebration of all that women have accomplished.” 5/23
A group of black women talk about the pop culture they identify with, and the stereotypes they don’t. 6/23
Disinformation poses a threat to Nigeria’s upcoming elections, with no signs of it being addressed seriously. 7/23
Ian Parker makes a convincing case that Dan Mallory, author of the bestselling The Woman in the Window, is a lying cheat. 8/23
Trend report: Book covers are being designed with "statement wallpaper and fatty text" to appeal to online shoppers. 9/23
This year's Lunar New Year will be a litmus test for Chinese shoppers. In 2018, they spent $137 billion (!) during the holiday. 10/23
One argument for billionaires being good for democracy: the "independent, thickly muscled web of institutions" they fund. 11/23
One argument for California's high-speed train: it could help to alleviate the housing crisis, like it did in Japan. 12/23
Half of Earth’s oceans will change color by 2100, a result of marine phytoplankton responding to climate change. 13/23
(Not mentioned once in the president’s remarks last night: climate change. Though he did boast about fossil fuel development.) 14/23
Of the 2,041 nuclear detonations that occurred in the last century, over 1,021 took place in Nevada. “Nuclear tourism” is on the rise. 15/23
In pictures: a travel photographer's trips across Northern Vietnam. 16/23
A British photographer captures six "snow rollers," a rare phenomenon where wheels of snow are rolled by the wind. 17/23
The happiness of Canadians and Scandinavians suggests that Americans should embrace winter better, if simply on a design level. 18/23
A short film from 1965 about making axes in Maine, before automation wiped out manufacturing things by hand. 19/23
How did Instagram bridge the gap between normal people and famous idiots? Porcelain veneers for $1,000 a tooth. 20/23
At pro sports events, nearly half of fans will place a call while using the restroom; eight percent will eat food. 21/23
Energy bars used to be for athletes. Now everybody uses them to replace meals. 22/23
A baseball killed a woman at Dodger Stadium last summer, the MLB’s first foul-ball death in nearly 50 years. About 1,750 fans per year are injured. 23/23
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