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Quick Links for May 2016

Bob Dylan: over 3500 shows "and quite famously does not intentionally try to reproduce a song the same way twice"
There's an emoji translation of the Bible
"Our hot list of 20 influential NYC babies" SERIOUSLY!?? NO NO NO
Joe Posnanski took his daughter to Hamilton and now I'm sobbing at my desk
When designers die. "Vignelli had two custom crematory urns. One was inscribed in Optima, the other in Helvetica."
Dr Heimlich, perhaps forgetful, has used his maneuver at least once before
The inventor of Heimlich maneuver had never actually used it on someone choking...until recently, at age 96.
The Trailers for Ghostbusters and the Art of Editing Comedy
How the man who shot President Reagan lives now
Tech Billionaire Peter Thiel Reportedly Bankrolling Hulk Hogan's Gawker Lawsuit
4 Women with 4 Very Different Incomes Open Up About the Lives They Can Afford
A Hungarian physics lab may have found a fifth force of nature
On getting matching tattoos with a friend; "My body was mine to do with what I liked."
Stonewall Jackson's arm has its own gravestone
Frictionless digital payments are causing friction among friends billing each other for small IOUs
Game of Molds
Things both the world's most and least privileged people say. "My children aren't vaccinated!"
NYC Apple shop @Tekserve is closing their Chelsea retail store and doubling down on their service biz
40% of the buildings in Manhattan could not be built today because they don't conform to the zoning code
Cool quiz: watch tennis shots on a clay court and decide...in or out? This was hard.
Google patents self-driving human glue traps
File under PR: Apple needs to put more work into Siri specifically recognizing @gruber's voice
Astronomers crack the secret of this gorgeous poem by Sappho
An extraordinary panorama of Mars. Fullscreen this on a big monitor; it really gives you the feeling of being there.
In India, you can do a surprising number of things with a purposeful missed phone call
Surprise! A new Lena Dunham book is out today. All proceeds go to charity. Your move, Beyonce.
Car alarms don't work. Then why are they so common?
The top of Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador (and not Everest) is the farthest point from the center of the Earth
You don't have to melt sugar to caramelize it
The Intercept is broadening access to the NSA documents in the Snowden archive
20 years after Jon Krakauer published Into the Wild, he's finally discovered how Chris McCandless died
A short history of YELLING IN CAPITAL LETTERS
The Toast is closing on July 1. Great site. A toast to The Toast for a good run!
"Placewire is a new website which is like Instagram for neighborhood news"
Yancey Strickler reordered the songs (and cut others) on Drake's new album to make it flow better
Wikipedia page of nicknames given to people by George W Bush. How had I forgotten about Turd Blossom?
Wow. Hi is closing down but they're archiving the whole site on a nickel plate that will last 10,000 years.
A primer for how to explain without mansplaining
When your phone's cord weirdly spirals in opposite directions, it's called tendril perversion. (Teens: "Cord?")
Ronan Farrow: My Father, Woody Allen, and the Danger of Questions Unasked
The seven deadly sins and their respective social networks, e.g. lust and Tinder
The day two kids discovered their parents were Russian spies living in the US
Dad watches The Goonies with 8-yo son. Son asks, "Where are their parents?" The loss of unsupervised time for kids.
2 men died during a hard cave dive. Recovery of the bodies was improbable, but 4 men went back for their friends
Ta-Nehisi Coates on fame, privacy, security, safety, and going home again
Why do ancient Greek statues have such small penises?
The best MLB team of all-time, according to the Elo rating system, is the 1939 Yankees
Becoming the national mammal is the bison's reward for surviving (so far) human-driven extinction. Congrats!?
Typographica shares their picks for the best typefaces of 2015
How did saying "is that a thing?" even become a thing?
Should sex work be a crime? Feminists say yes. And no.
Dennis Crowley on how he and some friends started a pro soccer team in NY in less than a year's time
Legal weed might get so cheap that bars could give it away to patrons a la beer nuts
Can you sleep train your baby at 2 months? (A: Yes. We did it 2X. It is my #1 new parent tip.)
101 behind-the-scenes photos from the original Star Wars Trilogy
All The Food That's Fit To Cook: NY Times to start meal kit delivery service tied to their Cooking site
TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking
SpaceX wants to send a capsule to land on Mars by 2018. @BadAstronomer thinks they can do it.
MyTransHealth is a database of trans friendly healthcare providers
Early entries from the National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest. These are fantastic.
"Despite the prevailing advice, exercise is pretty unhelpful for weight loss"
What is the most expensive object on Earth?
Claude Shannon, father of the information age, turns 100
Highly anticipated new book from physicist Sean Carroll "On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself"
1 Minute of All-Out Exercise May Have Benefits of 45 Minutes of Moderate Exertion
4 Men with 4 Very Different Incomes Open Up About the Lives They Can Afford
Craig Wright says he's Satoshi Nakamoto, inventor of Bitcoin. Doubts remain.
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