Afflictor: Happy Edward Sbowden spent July 4th in a country that respects human rights.
One where people are kind.
Hey…what’s he looking at?
- Old Print Articles: A mother orders her three-year-old daughter be taken from her house. (1912)
- Classic Photograph: Harriett Chalmers Adams, Dodging Vampires.
- Featured Videos: Chico Marx pays his gambling debts by appearing on Celebrity Bridge (1960) + Sterling Hayden tells Tom Snyder about Marshal Tito’s funeral, among other things (1981) + Allen Ginsberg explains how technology alters communication (1967).
- Recently Posted on NYC’s Craigslist: Perhaps you should just masturbate + I’m worse than your shrink but also cheaper + My baby is going to be born with a big pucker.
- One of my favorite magazine articles ever: “The Gentle Art of Poverty.”
- France is outraged the U.S. is spying. France is also spying.
- Has America passed peak driving?
- A critique of President Obama’s engagement level with African nations.
- Steve Wozniak reviews the Tesla Model S.
- Jason Everman was fired from Nirvana. Then things got interesting.
- Slate legal expert Emily Bazelon did an Ask Me Anything at Reddit.
- Douglas Engelbart, creator of the computer mouse, passed away.
- Slavoj Žižek thinks recent outbreaks of global unrest are connected.
- The Internet was definitely worth it, though cyber warfare is possible.
- A smart reconsideration of Robert Gottlieb’s New Yorker tenure.
- Robert Kolker investigates the modern phenomenon of Internet prostitution.
- It would be less messy for humans if other animals lacked consciousness.
- Michael Pollan wants us to use photosynthesis to repair the environment.
- Marcel Proust was taken with telephony.
- Paleontologist Dave Hone explains what dinosaurs sounded like.
- British cat burglar Peter Scott passes away.
- Memes have measurable life spans, if you care.
- A brief note from 1921 about a pet skunk.
- A brief note from 1900 about a salesman.
- A brief note from 1901 about a heavy sleeper.
- Afflictor Nation: Great Britain rules in June.
- This week’s Afflictor keyphrases searches.