The New Arcade Fire Album Isn’t That Deep (and That’s Good)
People are already calling Arcade Fire’s new album “epic,” but it’s worth remembering that most folks will experience it in un-epic ways. For example: Yesterday, a few hours after the band posted Reflektor to YouTube, I listened to the Canadian rock act’s fourth album from portable speakers as I folded laundry.
![90% of Wikipedia’s Editors Are Male — Here’s What They’re Doing About It
The group that oversees the free encyclopedia is trying to fix a years-old problem.
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90% of Wikipedia’s Editors Are Male — Here’s What They’re Doing About It
The group that oversees the free encyclopedia is trying to fix a years-old problem.Read more. [Image: Kristina Alexanderson/Flickr]
What not to say when purporting not to be racist
![Raising the Medicare Age: A Popular Idea with Shockingly Few Benefits
Deficit hawks want to increase the Medicare to 67, but that would only save $19 billion over 10 years — or 0.01 percent of cumulative GDP.
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Raising the Medicare Age: A Popular Idea with Shockingly Few Benefits
Deficit hawks want to increase the Medicare to 67, but that would only save $19 billion over 10 years — or 0.01 percent of cumulative GDP.Read more. [Image: Reuters]
![So You Know, This Is How to Incubate Baby Cephalopods in a Soda Bottle
Behold, the marine-lifehack.
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So You Know, This Is How to Incubate Baby Cephalopods in a Soda Bottle
Behold, the marine-lifehack.Read more. [Image: Monterey Bay Aquarium]
![A Hairy Chest Makes a Man
Humans veered toward bare skin when the cost-benefit analysis favored having “fewer parasites” over a “warming, furry coat.” But does it make me seem less virile?
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Humans veered toward bare skin when the cost-benefit analysis favored having “fewer parasites” over a “warming, furry coat.” But does it make me seem less virile?Read more. [Image: AP]
![If Your Heart Stopped Tonight
An ICU physician on taking time to discuss with patients how they see their final days.
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An ICU physician on taking time to discuss with patients how they see their final days.Read more. [Image: Charlie Riedel/AP]
![Each U.S. Troop in Afghanistan Costs $2.1 Million
The average cost of each U.S. troop—that is, each military member—in Afghanistan will nearly double in the last year of the war to $2.1 million, according to a new analysis of the Pentagon’s budget.
For the past five years, from fiscal 2008 through 2013, the average troop cost had held steady at roughly $1.3. million. But the Pentagon’s 2014 war budget would dramatically increase that figure. The added cost, argue Defense Department officials, is a reflection of the price of sending troops and equipment back home in the drawdown.
Read more. [Image: Shamil Zumatov/Reuters]](http://web.archive.org./web/20131027180344im_/http://31.media.tumblr.com/922cd505a77e3a378f4905c758a7f2b9/tumblr_mv8os4bgxd1qcokc4o1_1280.jpg)
Each U.S. Troop in Afghanistan Costs $2.1 Million
The average cost of each U.S. troop—that is, each military member—in Afghanistan will nearly double in the last year of the war to $2.1 million, according to a new analysis of the Pentagon’s budget.
For the past five years, from fiscal 2008 through 2013, the average troop cost had held steady at roughly $1.3. million. But the Pentagon’s 2014 war budget would dramatically increase that figure. The added cost, argue Defense Department officials, is a reflection of the price of sending troops and equipment back home in the drawdown.
Read more. [Image: Shamil Zumatov/Reuters]
The Republican Party has seen a procession of new leaders leaping to the fore
my favorite halloween movies
↳ The Crow (1994)
Not just my favorite Halloween film, but one of my favorite movies. I cry at the end every...
Joao Ruas’s fascinating in progress work is a marvel to look at, almost as if one was looking at the formation of pure reality...
Aww, Clint
Is desserts spelled backwards.
