Headlines from November 28, 2012
- By the numbers: Hurricane Katrina versus post-tropical cyclone Sandy.
- If we get our acts together, it doesn’t have to go that high. Sea levels rising faster than earlier projections.
- Mapmakers delete an island that never existed and whose origins date to 1875. #maps
- If every U.S. state declared war against the others, which would win? #endoftheworld
- Painful memories surface while raising an Irgun Jewish militia ship sunk in 1948 by Israel’s army.
- Foreign Policy asks readers to help it field test A Reign of Missiles, a game based on the Israel-Hamas conflict.
- Related: When the world ends, MetaFilter will be there. #tmn
- The rumor about Curiosity’s major discovery is a misunderstanding perpetuated by our desire to believe. #mars
- It has been incredibly difficult to square this cruel and twisted notion of the Boy Scouts of America with my own experiences.
- Lululemon rips off a design from TMN’s Jennifer Daniel.
- Yes, you can be sued for committing libel on Twitter and Facebook.
- Responses from NYU students who discovered they could email the entire student body.
- The mushers…swallowed condensed milk by the spoonful, then poured water into the emptied cans and drank the dregs. #tmn
- What Raymond Chandler has to do with Kendrick Lamar and sexual desire.
- The average age of the Rolling Stones is older than the average age of the U.S. Supreme Court.
- It would have been even more fun to have made some money off of it. How MIDI changed music.
- Obama launches PR campaign to avoid the fiscal cliff, escalating an already tense negotiating atmosphere.
- Anti-semitism of senior Hungarian politician viewed as “old school” compared to more contemporary hatred of Islam and immigrants.
- Tales from the contemporary American West, where extreme weather is a killer. #longreads
- These dogs have been bred to stay wild. Dog-sledding across Russia when it’s -39 degrees out. #longreads
- Why do older NBA players pick up more technical fouls? They’re ruder.
- If your time is worth $10 an hour, a penny is worth 3.6 seconds. If spotting and picking up a penny takes you more than 3.6 seconds, it’s a loss.
- Inside story of how Lost was created—mostly anxious improvisation at every step.
- Study finds the more “friends” you have on Facebook, the more stressed you’re likely to be about actually having them.
- How to safely introduce your 13-year-old to Facebook and the internet’s complete lack of privacy.
- The reason some wines taste like “barnyard”—and that’s a good thing—is because pleasure isn’t always better for being straightforward. #opinions
- In case you’ve been asked to assemble a wish list for holiday gifting: The ACME product catalog.
- Corporate booklet of drinking songs for 1930s Labatt employees.
- Documentary makes the case for Cream’s Ginger Baker being the best, and perhaps meanest, rock-and-roll drummer ever.
- Ten episodes of Anthony Bourdain and David Chang’s Mind of a Chef available to view online. #video