Go With the Flow
Whatever this video is about, don’t worry about it. It is what it is. Whatever it is. Directed and animated by Masanobu Hiraoka
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August 19, 2015
* German Parliament approves third Greek bailout, as Merkel faces conservative revolt. * Some 2,000 migrants are now arriving daily on the Greek island of Lesbos. * New Orleans, 10 years after Katrina: Officials tout recovery, while 100,000 black residents still haven't returned—and likely won't. * Hillary
Our Imaginary Brother Only Watches PBS
How one family schemed to be the best TV-watchers in America.
August 18, 2015
* "President Obama declared a bank holiday, to the chagrin of President-Elect Trump." * Footage shows the prime suspect in the Bangkok bombings that killed 20 on Monday. * The IRS breach of more than 300,000 taxpayers' records fits the pattern of being worse than initially believed. * States
August 17, 2015
* The NSA's decades-long partnership with AT&T was essential to the agency's surveillance program. * How ProPublica determined the NSA's unnamed telecommunications partner was AT&T. * The Iowa State Fair is hell on a candidate's campaign-trail diet. * Trump wins
August 14, 2015
* US has "credible information" ISIS used chemical weapons on Kurdish forces in Iraq. * Over the past year, ISIS has developed a horrific, systematic market of sex slavery. * On the anniversary of Japan's WWII surrender, Abe expresses remorse, but—significantly—doesn't apologize. * Explained: Why Japan&
The Slaughter
To produce food in the form of meat, an animal will be killed. Obvious but significant: You will realize you are about to end a life.
August 13, 2015
* "The heroin epidemic of the 21st century is largely a white person's scourge." * Connecticut Supreme Court rules death penalty unconstitutional. * Children of incarcerated parents suffer from depression and PTSD—which should be no surprise. * Workers' children are those most affected by unpredictable work schedules. * To
Time-Lapse of the 2015 Perseid Meteor Shower
While you were (probably) sleeping, Earth was treated to its annual viewing of the Perseid cloud, a stream of debris flung behind the Swift-Tuttle comet. See also: NASA’s live coverage of the Perseid meteor shower includes four hours of color commentary by meteor experts.
August 12, 2015
* "Data on use of force by police across US proves almost useless." * Pragmatically, a sixth New York borough will never happen. But what if? * Mapping how bohemian New York's boroughs are along an inverse relationship between income and education. * Clinton Correctional Facility inmates claim beatings and