Month: October 2017

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/358/6360/210?rss=1

https://jezebel.com/heres-how-not-to-critique-romance-novels-1819188174

http://www.theonion.com/article/emotionally-abusive-social-media-site-continuously-57189?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds

MENLO PARK, CA—Warning her that she’d have nobody if she walked away now, an emotionally abusive social media site has been continuously manipulating a woman into staying, sources confirmed Thursday. “Are you sure you want to deactivate your account? All your friends will miss you,” said the controlling website, warning the woman that she was turning her back on everyone who cared about her and would be totally bereft of happiness without them. “Your 395 friends will no longer be able to keep in touch with you. Would you like to log out instead of deactivating your account?” At press time, the woman still had not opted out of receiving future emails, and the site, sensing her weakness, had reportedly filled her inbox with promises that this time would be different.

An Ode to Reading on Public Transit

http://titsandsass.com/if-you-want-to-understand-the-violence-white-men-are-capable-of-ask-any-sex-worker/

we should all be extremely distraught by the fact that our entire country would have much more information about the Las Vegas shooter if sex workers could come forward without fear of immediate arrest

Source: Fresh Clues Could Reveal Magic-Trick Writer Who Pulled a Disappearing Act a Century Ago – WSJ

On S. W. Erdnase and The Expert At The Card Table

Source: The Real Work of Magic | The New Yorker

http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/chinablog/hong-kong-bad-day-karen-fangs-arresting-cinema/