May 13, 2014

• Scientists say the melting of the West Antarctica ice sheet, now underway, will begin an "unstoppable" chain reaction of rising sea levels.
• India, the world's largest democracy, goes to the polls.
• Iran claims to have replicated an American drone.
• Underwater explorer might have discovered Christopher Columbus's Santa Maria.
• Iranian women, forced to wear hijabs in public since 1979, post photos of themselves without the garment on a Facebook page called "Stealthy Freedoms."
• One man's 600-day motorcycle journey through 36 countries, in selfies.
• A defense of selfies.
• Private email user discovers that by replying to so many Gmail users, he doesn't avoid Google's snooping.
• With a few small changes Monopoly can be a space where we can play at being in control of the economic system. All it takes is a few new rules.
• A cheap date—a taxi ride, McDonald's, and a couple of beers—costs $121 in London.
• There are 11 ways to cheat a slot machine, and one involves the old "monkey paw."
• Hillary Clinton's new memoir is comparable to Selina Meyer’s vapid, empty book from Veep.
• This year’s Eurovision Awards winner—an Austrian bearded drag queen—is a push back against Russia’s antigay policies.
• This highlights another key reason the country's leading think publications lack diversity: the industry's reliance on social networks for hiring.
• People whose twitter accounts should be de-verified: dead celebrities and disgraced journalists á la Lara Logan.
• After losing his massive fortune, Claymation's founder turns to Kickstarter to fund his animations.
• How to make a salad from possessed vegetables.