Headlines from January 30, 2013
- Updated Google Maps of North Korea reveal gulags, nuclear complex.
- Related: “North Korea Won’t Be Liberated in a Day” by Mike Deri Smith. #tmn
- More of 2012 best nonfiction in Conor Friedersdorf’s annual journalism roundup.
- Why Palestine should take Israel to the International Criminal Court for war crimes. #opinions
- California budget cuts create backlog of nearly 20,000 felons and mentally ill gun owners yet to be disarmed.
- “Long data,” with massive historical sweep, can be more meaningful than big data ever will. #opinions
- Kevin Fanning on Facebook: The internet was a pretty magical place to find yourself in the late ‘90s and early ‘00s.
- A map of Facebook data depicts the geographic locations of NFL fans across the U.S.
- Texan lawmaker files a bill that would require the University of Texas and Texas A&M to renew their annual football game.
- Gruyere? Save it for grilled cheese. The right way to build a plate of nachos.
- In Paris…my nachos were made from crepes, and smothered in crème fraiche, rosemary and white beans.
- Inside the Ghanian suburb that’s produced five world champion boxers.
- A lip reader deciphers the profanity-laced conversations between baseball coaches and umpires.
- Researchers discover that people are twice as likely to cough during classical music concerts as any other time.
- Researchers find British embarrassment over health symptoms is resulting in lower cancer survival rates. #health
- See also: Peculiar to Britons, the fear of conversation and other personal contact. #tmn
- Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt’s “Oblique Strategies” in motion—pause for your answer. #video
- TMN’s Liz Entman Harper on her late-‘80s girlhood dream of becoming a fighter pilot. #tmn
- The domestic cat [is] one of the single greatest human-linked threats to wildlife in the nation.
- Be our intern: The application deadline is this Friday. #tmn
- Brief guide to players, groups, and motivating factors in Mali’s political crisis.
- Four issues about “securing the border” that won’t figure in the debate—like increased drug trafficking not leading to “spillover” violence.
- Brazil’s nightclub tragedy—230 dead—has some faulting a national culture of leniency and fatalism.
- Zimbabwe finance minister says the government has $217 in the bank.
- Environmental artist transforms British beaches with a garden rake. #photography
- Despite recently hitting “Beyond Index” air-pollution territory, Beijing is merely China’s 21st most polluted city.
- Are you a cilantro person? Man found preserved in Brooklyn pickle factory surprised to meet “conceptual artists.” #spoofsandsatire
- Group of men has been playing “Tag” for 23 years; being “It” lasts for 11 months of shame.
- Astonishing story of one Russian family’s decline after being cut off from humanity for 40 years.
- Alexander Chee on exclusive artist colonies, where it’s not just work, booze, sex—it’s also picnic baskets. #longreads #tmn
- Artist invents clothing to hide you from drones, makeup to avert face-recognition software.
- Studies find helmets on ski slopes protect brains and don’t increase risk-taking, but aren’t popular with beginners or ski patrollers.
- Five-year-old practices boxing. #video
- One-third of Southerners believe God plays a role in determining which team wins a sporting event. via
- Lefty author and football expert offers primer on what’s wrong with the NFL. #tmn
- Man in Saudi Arabia pays wife $13,000 so she’ll forgive him for making out with their Ethiopian maid.
- “Teenage Girl Blossoming Into Beautiful Object.”