Headlines from October 2, 2014

Dallas Ebola cleanup hampered due to the difficulty in finding people to clean up a contaminated apartment.
Freelance NBC cameraman in Liberia tests positive for Ebola.
Former Chicago police commander, jailed for perjury over torturing 118 black men, released after four years.
As a black man, you know, Barack can get shot going to the gas station. On the Secret Service’s failures.
Most “anti-psychopaths,” aka ultra-altruists, give themselves low scores for empathy.
Claim: Kim Jong Un broke both of his ankles. Emergent.info tracks stories to see if they’re true. via
Justice department finds “unabated” culture of sexual abuse at women’s prison, and state investigators subsequently do nothing.
Fleeing melted sea ice, 35,000 walruses land on an Alaskan beach.
Perfect storm of urban change—lots of traffic, lots of sex work—made midcentury Kinshasa the starting point for HIV.
Federal court decision shutters 13 more clinics in Texas, leaving the state with only eight abortion providers.
Etsy increases number of female engineers by 500% after committing to changing its lopsided gender ratio.
United Nations-supported men-only conference on gender equality to now include women at some sessions.
Starbucks fan spends 17 years and more than $100,000 visiting 11,733 branches on six different continents.
Would-be web designer rides Amtrak trains for half a year somewhat by accident. #longreads
See also: Would-be designer’s guide to riding Amtrak’s rails, with camping tips.
Tuition fees are socially unjust. All German universities now free of charge.
College football players only report four percent of head injuries.
Profile of “the football,” aka the black briefcase that has accompanied every US president since JFK.
Animals do all the drugs we do, plus psychotropic beetle oil.
Your weekend poem: “The Expendables 2,” by Sam Riviere.
Ebola races across Sierra Leone, where the government appears to seriously undercount victims.
Man diagnosed with Ebola in Dallas visited the ER last week, only to be sent home.
America’s secret weapon against Ebola: Obamacare.
Grand jury convened over Ferguson investigated for misconduct following tweets of “leakage.”
Atlanta had become the nexus. And OutKast was to thank. OutKast, contextually.
Louisiana, the boot-shaped state, is no longer shaped like a boot.
Nathaniel Rich on being a New Yorker in New Orleans, a city “being swarmed, occupied, and rendered unrecognizable by New Yorkers.”
Thirteen perspectives on the big Scottish “No,” from cautious optimism to calls for federalization.
Dude reports on life inside Singapore Airlines’ $18,400 Suites Class.
Liberals have far more to lose, and much less to gain, from continued hypocrisy. Liberals are fundraising hypocrites. #opinions
See also: Streetcar advocates fetishize the means and overlook the ends; buses are a better bet.
Users become judge and jury on social media, sharing stories that enrage them—and they love it.
LGBT advocates convince Facebook to change its “real names” policy.
Londoners agree to free Wifi in exchange for eternal rights to their eldest child.
Psychologists say free samples at stores work because customers feel the need to give something in return.
Payment is on an unpaid basis. Payment for low-hanging jobs in Hollywood continues to be “on an unpaid basis.”
Thirtysomething teacher learns how to ride a bike. #tmn
Thirty years after helping originate the Big Bang, Princeton physicist says it was more like a Big Bounce. #video
Photographer hunts “sprites,” apparitions of light that appear for an instant above thunderheads.
Pictures of trading floors when the markets go dark. #photography #tmn