That is the point.
Election, elections, elections: Europe goes to the polls, Modi wins in India, Britain enters chaos post-May, and South Africa’s results reflect widespread disillusion. 1/17
Nevada may become the 15th state seeking to break from the Electoral College in favor of a popular vote. 2/17
“If POTUS stopped negotiating legislation, would anyone even notice?” Why Trump is a weak president in danger of a failed one-term presidency. 3/17
ICE routinely puts immigrant detainees in solitary confinement. There are many reasons to find that disturbing. 4/17
The median estimate is 200,000,000 climate refugees by 2050. The high estimate is a billion. 5/17
San Franciscans lament the latest viral eulogy for their city while acknowledging that it's pretty much exactly right. 6/17
If you’re tired of reading eulogies about San Francisco, try this: “In a Constantly Changing San Francisco, Change is Constant.” 7/17
The latest woo-woo in Southern California? Celery juice, promoted by a "medical medium," causing celery prices to spike. 8/17
In case you missed it: The time TMN’s Rosecrans Baldwin accidentally wound up in a cult. 9/17
Sherlock Holmes views people as "objects to be studied, predicted and managed." To be less racist in your life, be less like Holmes. 10/17
In pictures: Oakland's queer skate scene. 11/17
“The most iconic modern Everest photo since 2012” finds roughly 320 people trying to summit at the same time on Thursday. 12/17
Women perform better at warmer temperatures, men at cooler. Who's in charge of your office's thermostat? 13/17
"It took me five days to get through the first two pages." From a collection of one-star reviews of Mrs. Dalloway. 14/17
See also: Excerpts from one-star reviews of books from Time’s list of the 100 best novels from 1923 to the present. 15/17
A grim but good conversation with the great David Milch, creator of Deadwood, who’s now in the middle stage of Alzheimer’s. 16/17
Watch: A video from a man who put a camera on a sushi conveyor belt. “Every table has a little story!” 17/17
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