In part of their ongoing obsession with photographing every highway, road, bike lane, and patch of dirt, Google maps has recently deployed Street View cameras on camel to capture the sand of the Liwa Desert in Abu Dhabi. (Earth Touch News Network) Gentlemen, a warning: as part of an effort to combat public lewdness at Port Authority, the […]

If you haven’t already heard, cult classic Twin Peaks will be coming back to TV on Showtime in 2016. (Slate) This guy in Chicago plans to open a restaurant that serves only kale burgers plus other vegetarian sides. Exciting? (Grub Street) On Monday, JK Rowling tweeted something pretty cryptic…does this mean the return of Harry Potter? […]

The Supreme Court upheld the decisions of several federal appeals courts that ruled in favor of same-sex marriage in five new states, including historically conservative Oklahoma and Utah. What would the Book of Mormon say? (NYT) USA Swimming has suspended Michael Phelps from USA Swimming competitions (and funding) for the next six months and next […]

Surprise! Your childhood nightmare of that one time when Pluto lost its elite status as a planet has now been reversed. Maybe. (USA Today) “Occupy” is reemerging as a political battle cry, but this time on the opposite side of the world. (NPR) The Amanda Show star might be one push of a pedal closer […]

An (alleged Russian) attack against JPMorgan and Chase infiltrated over 83 million American accounts, according to the bank’s latest count. (Time) For the few people that haven’t heard of Netflix, be warned that Redbox is shutting down its video-streaming service in t-minus two days. (Engadget) In other F-U Apple related news, Samsung released an ad showing just how durable their […]

Hong Kong protestors are proving to be as effective as they are polite, establishing new precedent for classy civil disobedience. (Slate) Our own fair city, cultural capital that it is, has a number of especially exciting events in the classy world of dance over the coming months. The Huffington Post says that number is 14. […]

If you haven’t already heard, Ebola has been diagnosed in the U.S. for the first time. (Huffington Post) This woman was in jail for over a month because the police thought the dried SpaghettiO’s on a spoon in her car was meth. (Gawker) Another horrible dating app: Luxy allows its wealthy users to “weed out […]

Walmart accused Tracy Morgan, claiming it was his negligence that caused his injuries in the June car crash. The Walmart driver was apparently awake for 24 hours before the accident. Whose fault is it, anyway? (Yahoo!) At the U.N., Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel of war crimes and Netanyahu accused Abbas and other world leaders of […]

Sacramento does Field Notes. (Sactown Magazine) Fight for Nashville‘s right to preserve its country music halls! (NY Times) An extension of the documentary Bully in Helena. (KXLH Helena News) Seems that we missed the ultimate Bible Belt weekend in Tallahassee. (Tallahassee Democrat)   Geography lesson via Shutterstock

A record-breaking number of earthquakes are terrorizing Mammoth Lakes, California. (LA Times) Kim K was the victim of another red carpet prank at Paris Fashion Week. (NY Daily News) Enterovirus D68 is making headlines again after nine Colorado kids develop paralysis. (CBS News) Beyoncé’s 2015 calendar is now available for purchase. Guess Bey wasn’t satisfied with her first billion? (MTV News) Looks like the world of […]

The world will have to compromise with Jeet playing DH after his stunning walk off hit on Thursday against the Orioles. We love you, Captain! RE2PECT. (SB Nation) The UN and Palestine continue fighting over Israel. (NY Times) Russia and Ukraine make deals over gas. Who do you think would win in a fight: Viktor […]

You can dine in high style at little expense. Or at least as Michelin (the ones who assign stars) would have us believe with their new list of the best New York meals under $40. (Business Insider) Air conditioning units will occasionally fall on you. But only occasionally so you probably shouldn’t worry. The last death was […]

A condo in NYC is on sale for $130 million, the most expensive apartment listing in the history of the city. (Bloomberg) For you humanities majors looking for “marketable” skills: there are lots of websites with coding tutorials out there, but apparently this one is good enough to get you a job. (Wired) This waitress donated […]

Chinese e-commerce website Alibaba opened with the largest IPO in history at $25 billion. The fancy guys in suits who underwrote the stock sale will take home more than $300 million. (Yahoo!/Reuters) A British finance guy bet 900,000 pounds that Scotland would choose to remain part of the UK. He was right. His reward? 1,093,333.33 […]

Be sure to order the new mattress heartthrob Ashton Kutcher claims to be comfy (via his generous investments). Does sleeping on the same latex bed product as him mean that you can brag to friends you’ve slept with Ashton? (Fortune) Newest publication from a feminist American Canadian author Barnard women are sure to rave about! (New York […]