May 19, 2016

EgyptAir flight crashes over the Mediterranean; “terrorism more likely than technical failure.”

Labor Relations Board rules that companies aren’t allowed to pressure workers to be relentlessly positive.

Restaurants ditch the no-tipping movement.

Whatever destroyed Venezuela’s economy, the result is “one of the most severe humanitarian crises” we face.

Why “Make America Denmark Again” won’t happen economically.

Accounting for the Great Enrichment is the deepest puzzle of the social sciences.

“It’s Gotten A Lot Harder To Act Like Whiteness Doesn’t Shape Our Politics.”

Bill Clinton tells GQ’s Jason Zengerle to read between the lines for his thoughts on Sanders and students.

Eyebrows go up when CBS’s eight new TV shows star Katherine Heigl and a bunch of white men.

Netflix uses 200 linguists to translate Chelsea Handler’s jokes into 20 languages within 12 hours of taping.

Wall Street Journal tool shows “red” and “blue” political search results from Facebook.

Forget Facebook Live—the next publishing platform is Messenger.

Jenna Wortham: Messages that include little actual messaging are the future, or, Why I love Snapchat.

Berklee pianist turns familiar ringtones into a classical medley. #video

Face-recognition software puts Russia at the forefront of the post-anonymity dystopia.

Beijing International Airport sets up women-only security lines.

First girl rescued from the hundreds kidnapped by Boko Haram to meet with Nigeria’s president.

Ben & Jerry’s debuts new “Empower Mint” flavor at historical African-American college in North Carolina.

Google’s new “art camera” travels the world taking ultra-high-resolution “gigapixel” images of paintings. #video

Archive.org releases treasure trove of early and recent hip-hop mixtapes.

From Tolstoy to Rushdie, when authors steal identities, they get awards, not jail time.

Yellowstone park rangers lose their minds when tourists try to save an eagle with balloons. #humor

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