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Quick Links for July 2015

July 31
A brief visual history of booze
July 29
Richard Feynman vs. Murray Gell-Mann
6 of the top 15 Vine stars live in the same building on Vine St in LA (& this profile is AMAZING)
July 28
Reminder: Killing A Lion Is The Most Cowardly Thing You Can Do
GQ profile of Jeffrey Tambor, who is of course amazing in both Arrested Development and Transparent
Will Smith's drama Concussion, which is about the NFL's brain trauma problems, is coming out Christmas Day
The White House response to a petition to pardon Edward Snowden is sad but typical
How to shake someone who's tailing you
July 27
Hey cool, the Electric Objects EO1 digital art screen is available for pre-order on Amazon
Mike Monteiro: guns can't be well designed. "If a thing is designed to kill you, it is, by definition, bad design."
NYC! Don't sleep on this! Christopher Nolan in conversation w/ Quay Brothers, Aug 19 at Film Forum
New York Magazine: 37 women speak out about being sexually assaulted by Bill Cosby
July 24
Oliver Sacks: "I have tended since early boyhood to deal with loss ... by turning to the nonhuman."
American calorie intake has fallen for the past 9 years; sugared soda consumption is down 25% since the late 90s
A profile of mathematician Terence Tao, a prodigy who grew into a great mathematician
July 23
For almost a year, obsessive frequent flyer Ben Schlappig has been in near-continual motion around the world
Conor Friedersdorf's annual (and excellent!) list of the 100 best pieces of journalism from the past year
July 22
Everything I Am Afraid Might Happen If I Ask New Acquaintances to Get Coffee
Psychology Today: Why French Kids Don't Have ADHD
Artist Ai Weiwei got his passport back from the Chinese government after 4 years
There's going to be a Minecraft movie. Even if it sucks, every kid in America will see this.
July 21
Barack Obama has run out of fucks to give
July 20
How NASA got to Pluto; "The quickest way to Pluto is to take a left turn at Jupiter."
The making of the Penicillin, a modern classic cocktail
July 15
First episode of The Awl podcast: an interview with Jenna Wortham
Will Saletan on GMO foods: they are entirely safe and the case against them is full of lies and errors
The design of the camera on the New Horizons Pluto probe
July 14
Dr. Strangelove is streaming for free on Amazon for Prime members. If you haven't seen it, now's your chance.
July 13
From the WSJ, an excellent Field Guide to the Solar System
"Reddit, to put it bluntly, is a case study of how not to build a community."
"An earthquake will destroy a sizable portion of the coastal US Northwest. The question is when." http://t.co/z14LC5KtvN
Berkeley Breathed might be bringing Bloom County back
Pluto continues to come into sharper and sharper view
July 11
In which we discover that Michael Bloomberg didn't read the What Is Code? issue of his own magazine
Here's what facing a 150 mph tennis serve looks like
July 10
29th Street Publishing: "We make shipping apps as easy as blogging."
A new Japanese weather satellite captured some amazing views on its first Earth orbit
Greatest pie fight in cinema history rediscovered; it's an early Laurel and Hardy short
Read the first chapter of Harper Lee's new book, Go Set A Watchman
July 9
"As with diamonds, cocktail ice is judged by its clarity, density, size and cut" *rolls eyes*
The Verge profiles indie band The Awl; "Our entire economy is just a giant science fiction writing prompt"
"After a hospital error, two pairs of Colombian identical twins were raised as two pairs of fraternal twins." WHAT!
July 8
In 1903, a hacker disrupted a demo of Marconi's wireless telegraph to expose the technology's flaws
What it's like being in the Blue Man Group, an interview with a long-time member
July 7
What's the best medium for a storyteller in 2015? Films? TV? Games? Comics?
Fun profile of Billy Mitchell, the first person to perfect Pac-Man and one of the best video game players alive
Before radio navigation, airplanes navigated by railway or via a network of lighthouses & giant concrete arrows
The Myth of Big, Bad Gluten
July 6
Summer 2015 edition of Gout "Our Deputy Editor Married a Finance Guy; Check Out the Sick Kitchen In Her Weekend Home"
Amazon will try to 1-up Black Friday with Prime Day deals for members only
Thomas Piketty: "Germany is *the* country that has never repaid its debts. It has no standing to lecture..."
Taylor Swift is fighting the wrong part of the music industry (glad someone finally pointed this out)
The Dissolve reviews Pixar's entire catalog of films
July 5
Three reasons the American Revolution was a mistake (1. Slavery would have been abolished earlier...)
July 2
Nation's Amateur Skateboarders Haven't Landed Trick In 12 Years
Didn't know it was an open secret that indie developers can't make a living on the App Store
Is the fish kick the fastest swimming stroke yet? http://t.co/F2RPo7Q8Sl
In the "it's getting better" column, Lewis Hine photos from 100 years ago of child laborers
July 1
A Fairly Comprehensive List of Anti-Vaccination Celebrities (Donald Trump, Jim Carrey, Jenny McCarthy, etc)
Between 1900 and 1930 in the US, chlorinated water reduced infant mortality by 74%. Incredible.
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