October 8, 2015
- Senate Democrats will block all legislation until new gun-control bill is heard—and then of course killed.
- San Francisco's last gun shop closes up for good.
- The NRA's gun museum is as awful as it sounds.
- The last time Russia involved itself in Syria, it was a political disaster—don't be surprised when it happens again.
- Independence Day in Transnitiria, a country near Moldova that no one recognizes but itself.
- In the past 25 years, two dozen nations have been recognized—as Somaliland proves, secession is a long road.
- "Wikipedia is a good example of what happens when you build something so incredibly simple that anyone can use it, and then everyone does."
- ESPN's Disneyfied view of the world ensures that The Undefeated—the "black Grantland"—will never succeed.
- Hamilton, Trump, and Mr. Robot: The year we obsessed over identity.
- When your keyboard turns literal and the toothpaste attacks—it's another one of those days.
- Vince Staples and Mac Miller on white rappers.
- The London Underground uses recycled energy from braking trains.
- Another predicted apocalypse passed us by yesterday: a timeline of recent and upcoming ends of the world.
- An illustrated guide to when some very awful disasters are likely to happen.
- Expert advice on just how terrified we should be of world-ending disaster scenarios.