Headlines from October 24, 2012
- More people around the world are at risk of getting sick from toxic pollution than malaria. #health
- The president is directly responsible and should be held fully accountable. The foreign policy lies we believe.
- McGovern to Obama: We tend, as lawmakers and as citizens, to drift along with the familiar ways of thinking.
- The history of horses and bayonets in the army.
- On stage after the third debate, President Obama shakes hands with Mitt Romney’s grandson. #photos
- Two nights before the election, Obama will have a primetime role in the Weinstein-backed SEAL Team Six. #tv
- Nighttime calls to random U.S. towns to find out what’s going on. #tmn
- Millions of Muslims begin the annual journey to Mecca. #photos
- Munich society seemed to function quite well, despite what must have been the most unbelievable hangovers known to man. #drinking
- Superman quits the Daily Planet, turns to blogging. #journalism
- Dior ad banned for photoshopping Natalie Portman after a complaint by repeat offender L’Oréal.
- Explained: Lance Armstrong probably won’t be legally obligated to return his yellow jerseys. #cycling
- When the going gets tough, you need to reach down and find those obscure, untested, oxygen-boosting drugs that nobody has ever heard of. #tmn
- This is the last story ever written about cycling.
- The Flannery O’Connor soundboard.
- Ira Glass ties balloon animals, answers questions about blow jobs. #video
- Obama and Romney enter final two weeks; Obama publishes 3.5 million copies of a 20-page agenda pamphlet.
- Republican Senate hopeful says pregnancies caused by rape are intended by God.
- Broad survey of International reactions to America’s presidential race.
- In pictures: Fitness center opens in Pyongyang and Vice-Marshal of the Korean People’s Army makes a speech.
- Caffeine in energy drinks officially out of control as “a seismic shift is occurring in beverage consumption.”
- Food and drink now banned anywhere in Rome of “particular historic, artistic, architectural and cultural value.”
- Work by Roman street artist Borondo recalls classical painting techniques. via
- Academic assessment of pornography star James Deen in light of his Jewishness.
- Lettuce bot kills weeds and excess heads, and feeds remaining crops at the same time.
- Scientists discover that apes won’t have human-size brains until they learn how to make dinner.
- Critics say Montana’s “castle” law has provided a way to kill people without consequences.
- Round-up of five terrific horror movies you’ve never seen. #tmn
- Long article on the costs of product failure and why everything breaks down eventually.
- In contrast: Expect news soon that Voyager 1, launched in 1977, has exited the solar system.
- If you were trying to design a friendlier Petri dish for infectious agents, you couldn’t do better than a spacecraft.
- Tribute to the graphic design and gameplay of the fabulous but forgotten card game Mille Bornes. via
- Improv Everywhere hosts unauthorized boardroom meeting in a Staples office-chair section. #video
- Anil Dash and Paul Ford report on everything you need to know about yesterday’s Apple event.
- Related: Paul Ford writes six-word reviews for 1,302 mp3s. #tmn