This week, Republicans became enraged when President Obama dared to wear tan skin to a press briefing. I mean, it couldn’t have been the suit, right?
- Old Print Articles: Midwest man missing ear tries to purchase a replacement (1924) + The Televox robot could automate your home (1927) + College football star joins religious cult (1938).
- Recently Posted on NYC’s Craigslist: There’s nothing I wouldn’t do for some new spark plugs + It’s completely “legal” + We will all get tased + You thought your kid was an asshole?
- Economic mobility in the U.S. was never a constant.
- The Guardian is expanding its American operations.
- Russia is at war with Crimea–and McDonald’s.
- Automation will destroy jobs and–perhaps–the middle class.
- Death is now just another part of the stream of information.
- Nick Bostrom thinks humans can survive anything apart from our creations.
- There are several scenarios in which superintelligence dooms us.
- Silicon Valley bio-hackers want to extend life indefinitely.
- The Islamic State is far more extreme than Al-Qaeda.
- Technologists are creating Frankenfoods, which is likely a good thing.
- The political dynamics in the Middle East are shifting in surprising ways.
- There are still obstacles in the way of truly autonomous vehicles.
- Writer/Director Tom Schiller recalls his history at Saturday Night Live.
- Disney wants to use drones to create aerial shows.
- Philip K. Dick admired the fakery of Disneyland.
- Mars One is a wacky way to colonize space.
- Craig Venter sees commercialization of science as a necessity.
- Google, like Amazon, is developing delivery drones.
- College football players are prone to degenerative brain conditions.
- Predictive diagnoses is gaining popularity in sports.
- David Lynch knows mid-sized movies are not having a moment.
- Restaurant pricing makes little sense to economists.
- Like it or not, most of us will be quantified in the near future.
- Fitness monitors are still a tough sell.
- Tube Transportation Networks are still a dream of the future.
- Witnessing 278 executions exacted a toll on Michelle Lyons.
- Even great athletes smuggled out of Cuba are treated like hostages.
- Artificial Intelligence is gradually worming its way into our lives.
- Robot birds are programmed to frighten real birds.
- Freak shows were a part of American life long before Barnum.
- Tesla and GM are in a great race to create an affordable EV.
- A brief note from 1909 about two departures.
- A brief note from 1916 about frog removal.
- A brief note from 1910 about a hungry man.
- A brief note from 1909 about an imprisoned pig.
- This week’s Afflictor keyphrase searches.