* "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
* 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
* 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&
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.
* "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
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. Perseids Wikipedia page
* "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
Riley Blakeway shot “Life Therapy” using only available light from dusk to dawn. It has nothing to do with Point Break, but what a great movie that was. For a second there I absolutely thought someone was going to surf off that waterfall. rileyblakeway.com
Social media makes it easy to virtually tour our neighbors’ homes—and really, their entire lives. The hard part: finding the clear divide between entertainment and cyberstalking.
* Video of the Day, Ash Koosha, "I Feel That." * Robots are learning to play jazz—which is great—so they can improvise on the battlefield. Which is, well. * Robert Gagno is Canada's pinball champion. He also has autism. * Ferguson declares state of emergency after police shoot
