September 5, 2013: Afternoon
- Putin tells leaders at the G20 summit that Syria is a topic best left to dinner discussion.
- Assessing the Assads' Instagram account.
- Profiles of scientists responsible for the world's chemical weapons.
- Latest Snowden leak shows Al-Qaeda’s leadership asking engineers to find ways to shoot down, jam, or hijack U.S. drones.
- The people Republican members of Congress follow on Twitter help to explain their misinformed, kooky thinking.
- Giving your baby a Twitter account now perceived as "intellectual capital investment."
- Map of New York City's tweets in multiple languages.
- New Yorker's Adam Gopnik cherry-picks from an old essay to retell the story of his misunderstanding the term "LOL."
- NYPD commissioner vows to catch the driver who lapped Manhattan last week in 24 minutes.
- Former drug dealer critiques Breaking Bad.
- Voices of gang members in Grand Theft Auto 5 sound realistic because they're the voices of real gang members.
- Haunting photos of abandoned amusement parks.
- See also: "The Ghosts of Shopping Past."
- Blueberries, apples, and grapes significantly associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes.
- A basic summary of what happens in each part of your brain during meditation.
- Study finds dementia to be more common in countries with better sanitation and less disease.
- Even for buzzed North Koreans, there are few opportunities to fall out over religion or domestic politics.