Headlines from November 29, 2011

Iranian students storm British embassy in Tehran; semi-official news agency says protesters “conquered.”
Dahlia Lithwick profile of Justice Kagan after a year on the bench.
More and more nondemocratic systems will find it harder and harder to survive. John Stuart Mill, dead thinker of 2011.
Arab revolutionaries top Foreign Policy’s list of top 100 global thinkers.
Stories you missed in 2011, like Asia’s naval boom.
Drawings of Coast Guard ships that frequent New York Harbor.
Back in the fifties, safety-card artists worked with a lighter touch.
Australian safety officials launch probe into iPhone that caught fire during flight.
Lives of drone pilots examined—e.g., they wear flight suits, which annoys pilots who actually fly.
Scientists have created “man-flu” virus that could wipe out civilization if unleashed.
Nudists use social media and theme parties to lure the under-35 crowd.
Profile of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, nation’s oldest birding group.
Just because: San Francisco Mixtape Society.
The conversation about self-publishing too often ignores the role of independent publishing houses in this shifting reading landscape. Reasons not to self-publish in 2011-12.
Korea’s president channels Carter and dons long underwear to conserve energy.
Patagonia ad urges customers to buy less of its clothing, less in general.
Sceptics say the Kenyans have spent more time Tweeting than fighting. Kenya yet to wipe out jihadist militia in Somalia.
Gingrich’s Belgian Congo dissertation mashed up with Tintin au Congo.
Keith Gessen, n+1 editor, reports from jail with fellow Occupy activists.
Miley Cyrus releases Occupy Wall Street support video.
Just as bad: Zack De La Rocha’s Occupy poem.
Captivating obituary for Lana Peters, Stalin’s daughter.
Why we will soon forget about the NBA lockout and possibly the pepper-spraying of students, too.
Among the ideas that died in 2011: “Illegal Mexican immigration is a growing threat.”
Roger Federer loses race for senate seat that he didn’t seek.
“Man arrested at Large Hadron Collider claims he’s from the future.”
TMN’s tips should you accidentally swallow the Higgs Boson.
If you enjoyed Rosecrans Baldwin’s Paris letters on TMN, prepare to like Paris in the springtime, specifically April 2012.
A dummy Paris, “complete with a Champs-Elysées,” was built to fool German bombers during WWI.
Collection of short skits based around classic video games. via
Every Beatles tune played simultaneously, with all 226 songs finishing together.