May 20, 2014

• Thailand’s Army declares martial law, but hasn't picked sides between the pro- and anti-government protesters.
• Camille Lepage, inspiring 26-year-old French photojournalist, killed while covering the Central African Republic.
• Everyone should have a museum dedicated to the worst day of their life and be forced to attend it with a bunch of tourists from Denmark.
• Oman, Papua New Guinea, and the United States are the only countries without laws for paid maternity leave.
• Biometrics—"using people’s unique physiological characteristics to confirm their identity"—generated $7.2 billion in 2012.
• Michigan-based Border Collies earn their keep patrolling beaches for E. coli-spreading seagulls.
• Trendy new restaurants ditch reservation policies to the detriment of hospitality.
• For 21st century creepers, Facebook now offers a relationship status "ask" button.
• Anne Sexton writes her lover in 1970.
• Dating in Seattle tougher for some now that Amazon has flooded the city with dudes.
• Amazon, AT&T, and Snapchat rated worst at handling government requests of consumer data.
• Artist censors Mao Tse-tung's Little Red Book to reflect contemporary China.
• George Packer on the errors of Edward Snowden and Glenn Greenwald.
• See also: Caravaggio's life, in 69 short paragraphs.
• Dominique Strauss-Kahn plans defamation suit against biopic that left him "heartbroken and terrified," though he hasn't seen it.
• Round-up of baseball movies better than Field of Dreams.