Headlines from August 23, 2013

Despite warnings, when doctors prescribe antibiotics, they usually prescribe big—and often shouldn’t prescribe at all.
Dentist buys one of John Lennon’s teeth at auction, hopes to clone the late Beatle. #audio
Regarding Manziel, in defense of NCAA rules: Most of the athletes actually want an education.
ESPN ends Frontline relationship ahead of concussion films, denies it’s out of allegiance to the NFL.
If you never got into Six Feet Under, here is the episode that will change all that. #tv
See also: David Foster Wallace predicted our current era of TV binge-watching. #tmn
Read the last paragraph of this 1983 Times article predicting the future of the NSA in a computer-dominated society. via
Gladwell: I think that it is a mistake to assume that the 10,000-hour idea applies to every domain.
Greatest tricks over the years from yo-yo competitions and promotions. #video
Adaption explains why some silences seem more silent than others—physically impossible, but psychologically true.
Brief history of technology in paranoid delusions shows cultural developments starting to mirror the accidental inventions of psychosis. #longreads
Volunteer tourism criticized for being “a perpetuation of colonialist behavior.”
Yuck it up. Dopp kit. List of the best phrases and words contributed to the English language from Chicago.
Saturday Night Live actors explain what it’s like to audition for Lorne Michaels, who doesn’t laugh.
So it’s a perfect joke, perfectly delivered. See also: Analysis of an 18-word Mitch Hedberg joke.
Man wants to make love to a woman like they do in the movies.
A profile of EDM legend Andrew Weatherall at 50. #video
Assessing the media’s trouble with pronouns after Bradley Manning became Chelsea Manning.
Whenever we killed innocent civilians, we elected to hide behind the veil of classified information. Chelsea Manning’s statement on day of sentencing.
American photographer tells of torture and seven months’ imprisonment with jihadi rebel fighters in Syria.
Photojournalist gang-raped in Mumbai.
No one is going to put money [into India] until a new government is in place.
British government orders the Guardian to destroy bourgeois lifestyle articles.
“Amateur historians” on Reddit add color to black-and-white photos from the 1800s to the 1960s.
Photographs of William Burroughs’s stuff. #tmn
New software can detect photo manipulation by examining inconsistent shadows.
Mario Batali launches app where users donate meals to at-risk South African schoolchildren by uploading their foodie pics.
Interactive maps show every political upheaval in the world since 1979, visualizing patterns of how unrest spreads. #maps
Radioactive isotopes from Fukushima are worse than authorities claim because they are in the water.
Japanese names intended to sound more international found to be popular yet illegible.
Almost 60% of tuna sold in the U.S. is not actually tuna; 84% of “white tuna” is actually escolar.
Scientific American talks to Breaking Bad‘s chemistry consultant about balancing drama and scientific fact.
Clock that measures time based on atomic vibrations may be accurate enough to test Einstein’s Theory of Relativity.
Looking for normality within the framework of a crime is not a syndrome. It is a survival strategy. Brief history of Stockholm Syndrome.
Downloads of Canadian composer’s 1997 song “Blurred Lines” skyrocket due to shared name with Robin Thicke hit.