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Headlines from May 22, 2012
- The scene here over the last couple of days has resembled the aftermath of a battle. Four confirmed dead in two days on Everest.
- Eight hurt in shooting following NBA playoff game in Oklahoma City.
- Deadspin finds Yahoo! Sports writes at a lower reading level than Sports Illustrated for Kids.
- Specially made atlas to teach geography to the blind.
- American speech grows more homogeneous as regional accents die out.
- The technology behind California’s strawberries could irk organic purists.
- The National Air and Space Museum’s collections of aviation and space objects. #galleries
- The first commercial flight to the International Space Station is underway.
- After neighbors quash Skywalker Ranch expansion, George Lucas sells land to low-income housing developer, which annoys neighbors even more.
- The number of children biking to school has diminished to the point that at least one school wouldn’t allow them on campus. #longreads
- The rules of the road, for two and four wheels alike: How to not kill a cyclist. #tmn
- The cast of Law & Order, eating sandwiches.
- Avengers assemble for shawarma.
- The University of Texas makes an “eggregious” typo on its commencement program.
- ANC goes to court to remove the satirical Zuma painting, thus ensuring painting’s celebrity.
- Putin shifts especially unpopular ministers over to the Kremlin.
- IAEA chief says Iran nuclear inspections deal not far off.
- According to The Atlantic’s Iran War Dial, there’s now a 37% chance the U.S. or Israel will strike Iran in the next year.
- Twitter is permanently changing how Bollywood’s celebrities are viewed—a change for the good. #opinions
- Recruitment ads in the Guardian for torturer, kidnapper, abuser.
- Crime is not what it was in Capote’s day. Book on kidnapped Tokyo hostess shows how policing differs in Japan.
- Translator of the fantastic HHhH explains how he got the job without academic training.
- Women protest completely male line-up of directors at Cannes.
- Why nations differ in wealth: Extractive institutions and the politics that keep them in place.
- Gallery of maps includes 1931’s “The Histomap”—2000 years of world history on a single page. #tmn
- Web entrepreneurs forced to go local in Russia, where customers pay in cash.
- New phone app hopes to shame Russian “parking douches.” #video
- The Skartorialist: Pictures of the world’s skateboarders’ fashion.
- Heavy-hearted dance tunes listed in honor of Robin Gibb, Chuck Brown, and Donna Summer.