March 11, 2015
- Towelette that washed up in Western Australia being tested to see if it came from lost flight MH370.
- Utah reinstates firing squad as backup to lethal injection.
- Lebanese TV host pulls the plug on a sexist Islamic scholar after he tells her to "shut up."
- Review of the most controversial moments from Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson.
- FBI goofs references at Tsarnaev trial.
- US child marriage laws more similar to those of Niger and Bolivia than they are to other Western, industrialized countries.
- Indonesian sportswear company prints cleaning instructions on its shirts: “Give this jersey to your woman. It’s her job."
- Alexander McQueen and John Galliano: Two butterflies, one wheel.
- Polar opposites—bell hooks and John Perry Barlow—talk about fear, faith, New York, and Wyoming.
- Approved catcalls.
- Today on TMN: Brief updates to important news stories that have been forgotten by the front pages.
- Predictive analytic policing is cast as dispassionate, but even algorithms are political.
- Haiku writers make $200-$250 an hour composing poetry for corporate clients.
- Louisiana has spent $14 million on the death penalty cases of five men accused of killing a prison guard in 1999.
- Verdict against "Blurred Lines" sets a bad precedent and may have a chilling effect on other artists.
- Due to a legal loophole, drugs like mushrooms and ketamine are legal in Ireland until midnight on Thursday.
- See also: Brief walking tour of the Dark Web.
- "Driverless snowmobile causes hazard on Newfoundland highway."
- Today in the Tournament of Books: Anthony Doerr's All the Light We Cannot See v. Lars Iyer's Wittgenstein Jr.