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Quick Links for August 2016

August 31
In defense of fine dining (penned by Will Guidara, owner of fine dining establishments)
Jenna Wortham writes about using Instagram as a travel guide; it's great for seeing what places are actually like
In elections, ballot position affects results; candidates listed first have an advantage
Self-driving car engineers don't think the trolley problem is much of an issue; just "slam on the brakes"
August 30
Tinybop shares 10 books for adventurous, brave & strong young girls
This guy sold his house, all his possessions, built his own camper van, and now travels around the country
Is Maps by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs the most influential pop song of the 21st century?
Whoa dang my closet floor is worth several thousand dollars!
August 29
Tolkien Influenced Rock More Than The Velvet Underground Did
Ssam Bar turns 10. I believe this undersells its larger influence. Anyone write a proper appreciation?
Gutted to hear that Three Lives bookstore might have to look for a new location. Love that place.
August 25
Nextdoor reduced racism on their forum by making users think about their possible bias at key points
D.A. Henderson, Doctor Who Helped End Smallpox Scourge, Dies at 87
Blank windows (somehow hours of fun)
The US National Park Service is 100 years old today!
August 23
Seeing the Great Lakes up close by cargo freighter
Instapaper sold to Pinterest
Five chefs on how to doctor up frozen pizza
You can now check wifi hotspots out of the library for free
August 22
The first episode of Halt and Catch Fire season 3 premieres tomorrow night, but is available online right now:
August 21
What would Olympic races look like if they took place in your neighborhood? Check out the maps here.
August 19
All Gawker wants before it's shut down is for someone to send them Trump's tax returns
August 18
The US Justice Department plans to end its use of private prisons
World's leading atmospheric scientists say chemtrails aren't real (duh)
Whoa, after 14 years Gawker.com is shutting down next week
Bill McKibben argues we need to mobilize against climate change as if it were World War III
TIL that actress Geena Davis qualified for the 2000 US Olympic Trials in archery
August 17
If you must have a book for every movie, the screenplay for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is available
A glossary of terms related to campaign finance in the U.S.
August 16
Univision is buying Gawker Media for $135 million. Sounds like a good home. Hope they finally ditch that logo!
Incarceration rates for black men in the US have been falling since 2001 (and since 1999 for black women)
Portraits of English people and buildings from the 1970s
August 15
Usain Bolt 2016 would not even have medaled in the 100m dash in 2012
The rise and fall of the Gopher protocol, the Web before the Web
The Nosyhood, a new kids book from McSweeney's
Kylo Ren is really looking forward to Rogue One
August 13
Trump in private: sullen, erratic, barking, grumbling, brooding, exhausted, frustrated, bewildered, raging
Olympic swimming is only timed to hundredths because they can't build pools precisely enough for thousandths
August 12
Twitter still has an abuse problem (meanwhile, I saw a photo today of their cafeteria's 4 diff kinds of fancy salt)
Haha, a "real" wandshop in the UK is turning away Harry Potter fans for being poseurs
Gaaaaahhhh, I played this new clicker game, Spaceplan, all the way to the end. (A pox on your house, @waxpancake.)
The Merits of Reading [Paper] Books to Your Children
August 11
A Visual Introduction to Machine Learning
Huge feature in the NYT Magazine this weekend about how the 2003 invasion of Iraq affected the Arab world
Foster Kamer takes a crack at explaining why Gawker was so important and special
August 10
The first cartoon the New Yorker ever published
The Guardian referred to a 16-year hunger strike as a "fruitless struggle". LOL.
August 9
"I grew up thinking journalism was just for rich white people. I was mostly right."
A bunch of things to look forward to after the 2016 US Presidential election
The 50 Best Action Movies Of The 21st Century So Far
August 8
Instead of IPOing or selling to a larger company, VC-backed Kickstarter is paying their investors dividends
This arrived recently and is in my "to read" pile: Overcomplicated: Technology at the Limits of Comprehension
A "lucky iron fish" in the dinner pot can help populations with iron deficiencies
On a Scale from 1-100, Milton Glaser Rates Every Single Olympic Logo Design in History
August 7
There is no song of the summer for 2016
August 6
Investors have bet big on Uber. But is there a way to short it?
August 5
More than 2 million copies of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child were sold in the first 2 days
Barack Obama on feminism in Glamour: "the idea that when everybody is equal, we are all more free". Amen.
No one really knows how Faraday cages work; even Feynman got it wrong
Oprah's newest book club pick is Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad
Ridiculous: the EU has extended the copyright on furniture from 25 years after the designer's death to 70 years
August 4
Foursquare data shows visits to Trump businesses down significantly since last year
"Just about all Negro spirituals are written on the black notes of the piano"
August 3
Moon Express is the first approved private mission to the Moon; planned landing by end of 2017
I've been thinking a lot about this. My feeling: if Trump loses (even big), he won't concede. What happens then?
The American mall is dying. But high-end malls (called plazas, centers, shops...anything but "malls") are thriving.
The atmosphere of Jupiter's moon Io collapses and then rebuilds every single day. Cool!
Face the Nation's @jdickerson is out with a book of memorable moments in American presidential campaign history
August 1
30+ foods you should make at home instead of buying at stores or restaurants
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