October 18, 2013: Afternoon
- Snowden says he didn't bring any NSA secrets to Russia—he left all classified documents with journalists in Hong Kong.
- MTA says this year's projected record number of track deaths doesn't signal a trend.
- Whenever you hear a quote about Obamacare, it's more illuminating to remove the "care" part.
- America's debt history.
- Mexico struggles to meet its deadlines for flushing local and federal police departments of corrupt cops.
- I gave little thought to what changing my sleep schedule in relation to the solar day every few weeks might do to me.
- The House stenographer's husband explains his wife's outburst: She'd been fighting a moral conflict for months.
- Hundreds are suing Suave in a claim that use of a hair-smoothing kit resulted in "significant hair loss."
- At the female orgasm conference.
- An investigation of Japan's love industry, from Tokyo's cuddle cafes to Yakuza-sponsored prostitution rings.
- See also: A photo tour of Japan's love hotels, replete with a Hello Kitty S&M room.
- Watching the digital objects stretch, spin, pulse, and swell on a 60-foot screen is like witnessing the live birth of digital babies.
- A chat with Sire Records founder Seymour Stein, who signed the Ramones and the Talking Heads and made '80s New Wave happen.
- Trailer for Wes Anderson's new film, The Grand Budapest Hotel.
- The untold history of Starbucks' Pumpkin Spice Latte.
- Tumblr of the day: Buzzfeed minus gifs.