Headlines from January 14, 2013
- [Young boys] need to be taught to value girls as people. How to fix India’s male-superiority complex. #opinions
- Photos find the link between India’s textile and dance traditions. #tmn
- Report from the beheading of a Sri Lankan maid in Saudi Arabia, where sexual abuse of domestic workers “seems not uncommon.”
- Even though they are ineligible to vote, some states count detainees in their census. Llewellyn Hinkes-Jones, “Privatized Prisons: A Human Marketplace.”
- Beijing residents urged to stay indoors as air pollution reached record levels this weekend.
- GunBroker, an eBay-like auction site, boasts more than 1.8 million registered users and 2.5 million unique monthly users. #longreads
- We think of Stephen Hawking as an isolated genius, but his success is largely due to tech and collectivism. #opinions
- Whatever problems Aaron was facing, they will go unsolved forever. Cory Doctorow remembers internet activist Aaron Swartz.
- Anonymous hacks MIT website for their apparent complicity in Aaron Swartz’s death.
- How to think like Sherlock Holmes: Renovate your brain attic and be sure to make it very big. #books
- The Atlantic remembers when it first published Jack London and asked him to change his byline to “John.”
- Glenn Beck to build Ayn Rand-inspired community/theme park/reality TV center.
- But it is not meat, it is prosciutto cotto. A non-meat-eater encounters nonplussed locals on her trip to Emilia Romagna. #food
- How to salt-cure pork in a tiny New York apartment. #tmn
- France says its military intervention in Mali is “developing favorably,” and it has no intention of “staying forever.”
- Footage of 340,000 who marched in Paris against gay marriage.
- Norwegian Seafood Council ad campaign features performers who act out sushi recipes with dance. via #video
- Far-away photographs of police and soldiers doing training drills in the Netherlands. #tmn
- As its political power fades, the South may become simply a cultural draw for the rest of the country. #opinions
- Glenn Beck to build new planned community inspired by Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged.
- Armstrong will confess drug use to Oprah today, but he’s worried about lawsuits that may follow as a result.
- Having a gun now is like having a time bomb. In Japan, even gangsters are terrified of being caught owning a gun.
- Japanese philanderers prefer “infidelity phones” to smartphones in order to better conceal their cheating.
- The White House officially—and charmingly—responds to a public request to begin construction of a Death Star by 2016.
- Scientist explains whether it’s better for President Obama to fight 100 duck-sized horses or one horse-sized duck.
- The truth about the airplane industry’s illogical request that you shut down your computer device before a flight. #video
- I don’t experience imaginary maladies—my maladies are real. Woody Allen on his own hypochondria.
- Martin Sheen from Badlands demonstrates the best way to put on a denim jacket. #video