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short circuit

Facebook and Google Now Let You Erase Your Ex, Just Like in Black Mirror

You no longer have to block them to keep yourself from seeing sad reminders.
Rachel Pick
11.19.15
VICE vs Video games

What Video Games Have to Say About Childhood Trauma

I played three games based on the fraught relationship between kids and their parents to see which was most like my own experiences.
Ed Smith
11.19.15
Health

When Your Period Causes Blinding Pain and No One Takes It Seriously

A chronic condition that affects one in ten women, endometriosis can result in agonizing pain and infertility. There are still no known causes and no known cure.
Quinn Moreland
11.19.15
Holy Shit

Run The Jewels Just Remixed Miike Snow's "Heart Is Full"

Your heart will grow three sizes today.
John Hill
11.19.15
WTF

Sadistic Pet Owners Are Scaring Their Cats with Cucumbers

Tons of people are sharing videos of themselves scaring the bejeezus out of their unsuspecting pets with cucumbers, but why are the cats so terrified?
Alex Swerdloff
11.19.15
Paris

What It Was Like Working in a Paris Restaurant During Last Week's Terrorist Attacks

"We closed the curtains, switched off the lights, and locked the front door."
Noor Spanjer
11.19.15
Science

This Mollusk's Exoskeleton Is Covered in Hundreds of Tiny Eyes

Let's build armor that can monitor its own integrity, just like the chiton can.
Becky Ferreira
11.19.15
college football

Alabama's Machine-like Defense Is Swallowing College Football, and Also the Sun

Behind a smothering defense and waves of future NFL Draft picks, Nick Saban once again has Alabama playing like the best team in the country.
Michael Weinreb
11.19.15
Holy Shit

Listen to Chance The Rapper and Taylor Bennett's New Song "Broad Shoulders"

Chance and Taylor ending the year right.
John Hill
11.19.15
Environment

A Japanese Company Went Whaling in a Marine Sanctuary, So Australia Just Fined It $1 Million

Japan says its whaling program is legal under international law because it's for scientific purposes and it plans to kill over 300 minke whales this season in Antarctica.
Rob Verger
11.19.15
crime & drugs

Mexico Arrests Alleged Drug Kingpin While He Was Getting Drunk and Playing Soccer

Mexican authorities say Ivan Cazarín Molina, who allegedly held the Number Two position within the New Generation Jalisco Cartel, was "probably" responsible for the shooting down of an army helicopter in May.
Jo Tuckman
11.19.15
thump news

Romania Issues 2 Million Dollars in Safety Violation Fines Following Horrific Club Fire

Firefighters found over 3,200 safety violations, leading to the permanent closure and suspension of some businesses.
Max Pearl
11.19.15
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