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 […]

It’s what we’ve all been waiting for: the third phase of The High Line opens today for all the nature freaks lovers out there. (New York Times) Ice Bucket Challenge gone wrong? A Kentucky firefighter was electrocuted from nearby power lines while helping out a university marching band. (Yahoo! News) The U.S. coast guard offloaded over 719 kilos of cocaine, […]

Editor’s note: Bwog readers, I’d like to take a moment to acknowledge that earlier this week, Alexander Pines resigned from his role as Features Editor of Bwog. He will continue in his position as a Senior Editor at The Blue and White, where we wish him the best. — Julia Remember all those conversations you wanted […]

Will Scotland finally leave U.K. once and for all? Or will these two crazy countries find they have some love left?  (The Wall Street Journal) Will India and China put aside their differences and find friendship? After some late night wine and whispered foreign policy, will they find… something more? (BBC) Now that the Republican party is cool […]

There’s a new app that will tell you how many times you check your phone throughout the day. (We weren’t on Tinder–we promise!) (Gawker) According to a national survey on drug use, American teens are apparently using drugs less and less often…really?? (Washington Post) There’s a proposed high-speed gondola (called the East River Skyway) that would […]