October 5, 2011: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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- Islamist militant group's suicide blast kills at least 70 in Mogadishu.
- The attack in Somalia had long been predicted; more can be expected.
- Kim Jong Il's grandson prefers democracy to communism, loves Love, Actually.
- Underwear Bomber's case goes to trial.
- From August down to zeppelins, the world is full of eponyms.
- Data for London's 837 murder cases since 2006.
- Bret Easton Ellis on, among other things, doing coke in London, and the twenty-somethings he screws.
- American authors won't win Nobels until they outgrow their solipsism.
- Liverworts and filaria worms from the Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition.
- Mountaineer Conrad Anker, pinned to a rock, tries to figure out why he climbs.
- Nicholson Baker, who rewrites in chain restaurants, bummed to hear of Friendly's troubles.
- Sloane Crosley's travel advice for non-travelers.
- Kickstarter funding authors—another sign of a future determined by billionaires.
- A new, wonderful thing: popsicle stick bombs.
- Tutorial on how to build popsicle stick bombs.
