November 2, 2012: Morning
- New issue of Bloomberg Businessweek gets it—"It's Global Warming, Stupid" means prepare for weather on steroids.
- Related: The Bloomberg cover if you haven't seen it yet.
- "Nation Suddenly Realizes This Just Going To Be A Thing That Happens From Now On."
- U.S. Marines tackle zombie-invasion exercise since characteristics are similar to other catastrophic events.
- Anger rising over fuel shortages around New York; 20,000 people still trapped in their homes in Hoboken.
- Twitter builds map to illustrate people’s reactions to tweets from Romney and Obama.
- Round-up of lighthearted political stories for your weekend reading on Kindle, iPad, iPhone, etc.
- Algorithm called MOGO (Making Order Using Google As an Oracle) processes data to track drug-cartel activity.
- Reporter plays round of golf at Louisiana’s only maximum-security prison.
- Sherlock Holmes fans annually recreate their idol's fateful encounter at the Reichenbach falls.
- Giants-Lions series viewed in economic history.
- Chicago offers gift cards to parents who pick up their students’ report cards and participate in parent-teacher conferences.
- Goldman Sachs scans internal emails to prove it doesn't call its clients "muppets."
- Guide to the queer teen stars of YouTube.
- Lunch-break math exercise: A walk through the Hilbert Hotel, or, how to think about infinity.
- Photograph of 84 million stars snapped by a telescope in Chile.
- TMN's Anthony Doerr dispatched to hike the wet side of Hawaii with his brother.
- See also: Doerr on the autumn pilgrimage of insects heading underground.
- Oldie but goodie: Vonnegut visits Biafra.