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Late Capitalism

The Hot New Millennial Trend Is Scamming Amazon for Big Money

"To most people $230,000 is a lot of money, but for Amazon it probably doesn’t do anything to hurt its stock price."
Francisco Alvarado
10.11.18
Right to Repair

45 Out of 50 Electronics Companies Illegally Void Warranties After Independent Repair, Sting Operation Finds

New research showed that 90 percent of contacted companies told customers that repairing their own device would void the warranty; that's illegal under federal law.
Matthew Gault
10.11.18
white house

Kanye just went full Kanye in the Oval Office

The rapper ranted to reporters and the president about a number of ideas, including criminal justice reform and hydrogen-powered planes.
Rex Santus
10.11.18
Essays

'Big Mouth' Brought Back a 10-Year-Old Norwegian Rock Hit

Ida Maria's 2008 hit "Oh My God" still captures the growing pains of youth.
Sarah MacDonald
10.11.18
Fetish

What a Cast Fetish Is All About

Think toes, bondage, and helping people in casts do their household chores.
Richard Greenhill
10.11.18
we saw this

Inside Open Mike Eagle's Wild, Sweaty Pro Wrestling Debut

The rapper travelled to Louisville, Kentucky, at the last minute to fight Shiloh Jonze, a professional wrestler and awful rapper who had been goading Eagle online. We saw it all from ringside.
Michelle Eigenheer
10.11.18
firehosing

How Brazil's Far Right Is Weaponizing Fake News

Borrowing from the Trump campaign’s successful strategy in the 2016 elections, Jair Bolsonaro is relying on “firehosing” to increase his chances of winning the Brazilian presidency—and it’s working.
Amauri Eugênio Jr.
10.11.18
eyeballs

Biologists Grew a Human Retina in a Dish

These “organoids” help scientists understand how color vision develops in the eye’s cells.
Samantha Cole
10.11.18
education

This is what Islamophobia looks like in high school

Students in Toronto opened up.
Osobe Waberi
10.11.18
kanye west

Kanye West Has Literally the Worst iPhone Passcode You Could Ever Have

If starting from the lowest possible number and going up, Kanye’s passcode would literally be the first one you would try.
Joseph Cox
10.11.18
body

Some People With Appendicitis Can Be Treated With Pills, Not Surgery

New research suggests antibiotics may be a better option for most appendicitis patients.
Markham Heid
10.11.18
The Most Unknown

Our Experience of Reality Is a Bunch of Hallucinations We Collectively Agree On

Anil Seth, a neuroscientist and director of the Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science at the University of Sussex, researches the biological basis of the otherwise ethereal topic of consciousness.
Ankita Rao
10.11.18
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