May 28, 2014

• Following the Elliot Rodger shootings, American women organize "Yes All Women" movement to expose harassment and mistreatment.
• Short French film reimagines life in a society dominated by women who act like contemporary men.
• Customers at the 9/11 museum gift shop explain what their purchases mean to them.
• Every other modern country has suffered from the same kinds of killings and every other country has changed its laws and it hasn’t happened again.
• Ugly truths about white male privilege can be found easily in gay male privilege, too.
• The way wars end today is a lot like yesterday: vaguely, ingloriously, semi-ceremonially.
• Republicans' record of being "not serious about legislating" makes it easier for Democrats to raise money and encourage voters.
• People who comment on things they haven't read or watched are more obvious than ever, made louder by the din of social media.
• Single corporate tweet takes 45 days to plan.
• Scientist with a track record of deflating others' work claims there's nothing special about Einstein's brain.
• China's best young runners head to Kenya to train at sweet-spot altitude and learn from the Kalenjin.
• Haruki Murakami relates walking to Kobe, Japan, after the massive 1995 earthquake.
• A history of "sexy walking," and why Disney felt the need to stick it in Frozen.
• Where the tubist’s sacrifice differs from other instrumentalists is in the effort and expense of getting two tubas to the audition.
• Online quiz tests how well you read the emotions of others by only looking at their eyes.
• Profile of First Look Media’s “digital bodyguard,” tasked with keeping the Snowden files a secret until publishing.
• Snowden tells Brian Williams he was trained as a spy.
• Idaho couple passes $1 million goal on Indiegogo to fund their "solar roadways."
• Smart birds figure out how to use automatic doors.