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L.A. mayoral election gets dismal turnout, fails to make front page of the L.A. Times.
Instapaper for the commute: It remains unknown whether time will stay steady or melt away.
Alan Moore talks about his bad influence on comics and movies.
Al-Bashir may not be arrested anytime soon, but we could always take away his air power.
Gettleman puts the dead into deadpan. Tribute to the Times’s man in East Africa.
The internet was invented for this: ThruYOU, making songs from YouTube videos.
Sasha Frere-Jones explains the vision behind ThruYOU.
Photo essay of paired houses: one occupied, one abandoned.
Andreas Gefeller’s “Supervision” shots: stunning aerial photography.
Hong Kong’s infamous “Airport Auntie” gets an apology and an upgrade from Cathay Pacific.
Tax instructions for freelance workers.
Live feed of cursing on Twitter.
We may not have realized it at the time, but in the period from late 2001-January 19, 2009, this country was a dictatorship. Reactions to the rewriting of the Constitution.
Op: Obama’s leaked letter to Russia indicates desire to reset the relationship, engage with Iran.
Video: Coen Brothers let us know that “clean coal is like a healthy cigarette.”
You can’t take a picture of the unemployed if they never leave the house. Slate.com asks its readers to shoot the recession.
Redesigning New York’s skies to eliminate flight delays.
Reader mail: I’m particularly fond of the Non-Expert, which is why I found the “Love Sic” piece so troubling.
Life in Japan, told in a series of bentos.
Winter 1912-3, Thurs: stewed beef and gravy, mashed potatoes, baked jam roll. A history of British and American public school lunches.