October 25, 2013: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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- Acela passenger spies on former NSA head, live-tweets overheard phone call.
- Europeans gather in a London gentlemen's club to discuss the U.S.'s aggressive spying techniques.
- Countries that suffer the highest burden of malaria tend to be the least motivated to do much of anything about it.
- Partial to displays of government largesse, China spent $2.6 million on a seven-story office for eight people.
- Russell Brand: "Apathy is a rational reaction to a system that no longer represents, hears, or addresses."
- Archaeologists in Peru discover adult and child mummies that are more than 1,000 years old.
- Photos of Bolivia's North Yungas Road.
- In Bhutan, basketball is the sport of royals—low average Bhutanese height prevents global b-ball success.
- An interview with the Intern Nation author confirms unpaid internships predict the end of America.
- Mother employs clothes, sheets, scarves, and stuffed animals to create adventures for sleeping son.
- Lionel Shriver: "I have grown perversely nostalgic for my previous commercial failure."
- See also: Hundreds who write books and try to get them published are preyed upon by scam artists.
- A tour of the world's largest housing bubbles: Israel, Norway, Switzerland, Canada, and Germany.
- Israel is poised to become a major tech disruptor.
- Arcade Fire, once CMJ darlings, ruined this year's festival by upstaging the great unsigned masses.
- When electronic artists from Eno to Aphex Twin take inspiration from classical music.
- The least popular, yet nevertheless used, baby names from 1880 to 1932.
