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Worst Hot Take of the Week

Worst Take of the Week: Storm Dennis Flooded Your Home? Have £500!
Boris Johnson will generously cover your first four nights at a local Travelodge – breakfast not included.
NEO
2.21.20
Internet

This Program Will Make You Invisible (to Your Webcam)
Disappearing People is a browser plug-in that will make you vanish from your webcam stream.
Matthew Gault
2.21.20
FOIA

How a City Decides to Buy This Ridiculous $2,000 Weed-Smelling Device
Internal emails show how the "Nasal Ranger," which is like binoculars for your nose, is sold to cities and small towns.
Maddie Bender
2.21.20
The Police

Infamous NYPD Transit Cop Gives Secret Testimony About Racist Policing Practices
In a deposition, Constantin Tsachas rationalized quotas, targeting Black and Latino males, punishing minority cops more harshly than white ones, and having cops lurk in subway station closets.
Laura Wagner
2.21.20
Features

Inside the Strange, Insular World of Cheerleading Music
To soundtrack one of American's most dangerous sports, artists and former athletes are creating bangers that make 'Jock Jams' sound sleepy.
Duncan Cooper
2.21.20
Party

What It’s Like Partying in Gujarat, the Indian State That’s Banned Alcohol
“There’s just one rule if you're drinking on campus: never open the door, no matter how much someone knocks. Everyone invited to the session is taught a secret knock.”
Shamani Joshi
2.21.20
Recipe

Homemade Sourdough Bread Recipe
Get yourself some starter and get baking.
Joey Scalabrino
2.21.20
Weekly Review

The Internet Doesn't Deserve Grimes 4.0
For all the bad-faith readings and general hostility, her new era around album 'Miss Anthropocene' is full of ideas – and inevitably good.
Hannah Ewens
2.21.20
TV

Remembering 3 Non-Blondes, the UK's First Black Female Sketch Show
Back in 2003, BBC3 launched a trailblazing comedy featuring three black women. So why doesn't anybody remember it?
Christine Ochefu
2.21.20
sex and relationships

Nightly Takeaways, Heavy Drinking: The Bad Habits My Ex Gave Me
From learning awful driving techniques to eating meat after being vegetarian for years – it can happen to any of us.
Daisy Jones
2.21.20
true crime

I Survived a Notorious Mass Murder and Never Told My Story – Until Now
In 1966, student nurse Luisa Silverio arrived in Chicago from the Philippines. She'd dodge the knife of a killer within months.
Ysabel Vitangcol
2.21.20
Film

Bong Joon-ho on How ‘Parasite’ Won 174 International Awards
We can think of more than 174 reasons to love this film but the director boils it down to one.
Junhyup Kwon
2.21.20
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