Headlines from June 7, 2013

Anonymous leaks NSA documents, including Defense Dept.‘s plan for “controlling the internet.”
Today’s jobs report contains mixed messages—a hint at the harm being done by sequestration.
Archaeologists unearth an escape tunnel at the Sobibor death camp in Poland.
A theory of airport security: the first official you meet is an indicator of that nation’s economic regulations.
Nineteen years ago, Stefan Sagmeister introduced his new design studio by mailing a nude postcard of himself to potential clients.
There was a nitrous room, a keg room, and a weed room. An oral history of UCB Theater.
So, are the Dollar Shave Club’s butt wipes any good? No, they’re f**king so-so.
A behind-the-scenes look at how the Radiolab podcast comes together. #video
Catching up with the career of Terence Trent D’Arby, who captured attention with bold assertions, then seemed to disappear.
What’s it like being in a band that you think is amazing and everyone else is completely indifferent to?
Watch the xx’s beautiful new video for “Fiction.” #video
Now available: Jessanne Collins’s memoir of her days as a Playgirl editor.
Related: Jessanne Collins remembers when Infinite Jest was the anchor her post-collegiate life needed. #tmn
I can spot someone who’s going to go far with us. From the New Yorker archives: Stories about summer jobs.
How to make a mini bow and arrow—and a flaming mini bow and arrow. #video
See also: Photos of scenes from Dr. Strangelove recreated using household objects. #tmn
NYT on Obama’s terrorism justification: “The administration has now lost all credibility on this issue.”
This is the second story in the past twenty-four hours with deeply troubling constitutional and privacy implications.
What’s PalTalk? Since at least 2009, it’s been the video-chatting service of choice for terrorist recruitment.
Six months ago, an NSA whistleblower said the government has access to the email of everyone in the U.S.
From 2007: “The NSA built a special room in San Francisco to receive data streamed through an AT&T Internet room.”
ProPublica’s reading guide to the best stories on the U.S. government’s growing surveillance.
See also: “Re: Cephalopod” by Matthew Baldwin. #tmn
Google files patent for a more secure system than typing a password—sticking out your tongue in a sequence of goofy faces.
Sean Parker responds to wedding criticism, says no “ruined castles” were constructed for the event.
Artists create personalized knitted garments that represent the wearer’s cognitive state while listening to Bach. #video
The powder could be subbed in for bread crumbs. Bioengineering professor proposes a way to make wood edible.
The questionable science around the student experiment that showed a plant didn’t grow near a WiFi router.
We don’t usually see anything horrific. Researchers perform CT scans and X-rays on a 3,000-year-old mummy.
Hyderabad doctors notice burqa-clad women are more prone to vitamin D deficiency, which can cause osteoporosis and dementia.
Americans pay more for colonoscopies than people in other developed countries pay for childbirth or appendectomies.
Project Wordsworth was conceived by 17 Columbia Journalism students as an experiment to find out what their longform stories were worth.