October 3, 2012: Morning
- Chinese firm sues Obama over blocked wind-farm deal.
- Reasons why Massachusetts dislikes Romney—for being detached, overly scripted, and unavailable—may doom his campaign.
- Netanyahu to call for early elections partially out of fear of Obama's post-reelection revenge.
- Study of the distinct species that is the libertarian: cold, calculating, and mostly masculine.
- Due to the availability of computer programs and online matches, far more people make a living as professional chess players today than ever before.
- Front pages from 125 years of the International Herald Tribune.
- Photographs of Monday's ferry disaster in Hong Kong that killed 38.
- Tennis pros dropping like flies in Chinese tournaments due to stomach illness.
- Let the foodie backlash begin.
- Notes on elaborate schemes cooked up by Top Chef contestants to hide their whereabouts during filming.
- Don't be too quick to believe recent studies that say curved glasses make you drink beer quicker.
- You've heard of storing data in the cloud—but how about storing data in outer space?
- Technological review of life with a smart thermostat for 10 months.
- Authors discuss merits and problems of using critic James Wood's prescribed writing methods.
- Method to know whether or not you're in Dallas: all the couples are Scrub + Scrubbed.
- Real Men Swear, a Tumblr featuring male fashion victims cursing.
- This is what it feels like to get older: You start making clever jokes without even realizing it. Which is pretty awesome.
- Story of an extended phone-sex affair that began with a random call and ended face-to-face.
- See also: "Ninety-Nine Bottles of Pee on the Wall."