How Fossil Fuel Money Made Climate Change Denial the Word of God http://splinternews.com/how-fossil-fuel-money-made-climate-denial-the-word-of-g-1797466298?utm_source=digg&utm_medium=email

Why Are There No New Major Religions? - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/08/new-religions/533745/?utm_source=digg&utm_medium=email

Not Fuzz — The Atavist Magazine https://magazine.atavist.com/not-fuzz-police-impersonator-santa-monica-steve-farzam?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=email

America’s midlife crisis: lessons from a survivalist summit | US news | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/02/preppers-survivalist-summit-constitution-americas-midlife-crisis?utm_source=digg&utm_medium=email

The Handshake | New Republic https://newrepublic.com/article/143633/handshake-why-yousef-muslet-face-life-prison-everyday-gesture?utm_source=digg&utm_medium=email

World‘s First Computer Store: Early Tech Retail http://tedium.co/2017/08/03/early-computer-retailers-history/?utm_source=Tedium&utm_campaign=Tedium_08_03_2017&utm_medium=email

Humans are the only animals who crave oblivion through suicide | Aeon Ideas https://aeon.co/ideas/humans-are-the-only-animals-who-crave-oblivion-through-suicide?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=08e7309df2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_07_27&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_411a82e59d-08e7309df2-68693017

Point-of-Sale System History: When Tech Hit Retail http://tedium.co/2017/07/20/point-of-sale-retail-history/?utm_source=Tedium&utm_campaign=Tedium_07_20_2017&utm_medium=email

How work changed to make us all passionate quitters | Aeon Essays https://aeon.co/essays/how-work-changed-to-make-us-all-passionate-quitters?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=7f26aee3ac-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_07_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_411a82e59d-7f26aee3ac-68693017

Inside the Gaming Library at Gitmo, America‘s Controversial Military Prison - Waypoint https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/a3d9jg/inside-the-gaming-library-at-gitmo-americas-most-controversial-military-prison?utm_medium=email&utm_source=digg

England’s Mental Health Experiment: No-Cost Talk Therapy - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/24/health/england-mental-health-treatment-therapy.html?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=email

How to tell a bad person from a person who did a bad thing | Aeon Essays https://aeon.co/essays/how-to-tell-a-bad-person-from-a-person-who-did-a-bad-thing?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=79140b7e03-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_07_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_411a82e59d-79140b7e03-68693017

The Anti-Waiter Sentiment That Made Automat Restaurants Go Mainstream - Atlas Obscura http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/automat-20th-century-waiterless-restaurants?utm_source=digg&utm_medium=email

One Man’s Two-Year Quest Not to Finish Final Fantasy VII | The New Yorker http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/one-mans-two-year-quest-not-to-finish-final-fantasy-vii?mbid=synd_digg&utm_source=digg&utm_medium=email

How a Group of ‘70s Radicals Tried (and Failed) to Invade Disneyland - Atlas Obscura http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/disneyland-yippies-1970?utm_source=digg&utm_medium=email

How Cold War philosophy permeates US society to this day | Aeon Essays https://aeon.co/essays/how-cold-war-philosophy-permeates-us-society-to-this-day?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=ba66c731ab-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_07_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_411a82e59d-ba66c731ab-68693017

The Bots Beat Us. Now What? | FiveThirtyEight https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-bots-beat-us-now-what/?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=email

A Violent 15th-Century Freshman Hazing Ritual Involving Boar Tusks and Razors - Atlas Obscura http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/deposition-hazing-ritual?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=149faf3a75-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_07_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f36db9c480-149faf3a75-63252673&ct=t(Newsletter_7_12_2017)&mc_cid=149faf3a75&mc_eid=fb147c2f0d

How did usury stop being a sin and become respectable finance? | Aeon Essays https://aeon.co/essays/how-did-usury-stop-being-a-sin-and-become-respectable-finance?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=bdfe024e86-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_07_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_411a82e59d-bdfe024e86-68693017

The Best Demon Illustrations of All Time - Atlas Obscura http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/demons-illustrations-dictionnaire-infernal?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=149faf3a75-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_07_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f36db9c480-149faf3a75-63252673&ct=t(Newsletter_7_12_2017)&mc_cid=149faf3a75&mc_eid=fb147c2f0d

People are intensely loyal to groups which abuse newcomers. Why? | Aeon Ideas https://aeon.co/ideas/people-are-intensely-loyal-to-groups-which-haze-newcomers-why?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=064f5afcfd-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_07_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_411a82e59d-064f5afcfd-68693017

Are halophytes the crop of the future? | Aeon Essays https://aeon.co/essays/are-halophytes-the-crop-of-the-future?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=46fc5c5dfd-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_06_27&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_411a82e59d-46fc5c5dfd-68693017

How the village feast paved the way to empires and economics | Aeon Ideas https://aeon.co/ideas/how-the-village-feast-paved-the-way-to-empires-and-economics?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=03ca3d03df-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_06_20&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_411a82e59d-03ca3d03df-68693017

What’s the best way to find common ground in public spaces? | Aeon Essays https://aeon.co/essays/whats-the-best-way-to-find-common-ground-in-public-spaces?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=b7923167a1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_07_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_411a82e59d-b7923167a1-68693017

Why We Lie: The Science Behind Our Deceptive Ways http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/06/lying-hoax-false-fibs-science/?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=email

The Politics of Pie Cutting at West Point‘s Mess Hall - Atlas Obscura http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/west-point-mess-hall-pie?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=c2839fb4bc-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_06_29&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f36db9c480-c2839fb4bc-63252673&ct=t(Newsletter_6_29_2017)&mc_cid=c2839fb4bc&mc_eid=fb147c2f0d

I Can‘t Believe It’s Butter That Was Buried in a Bog! - Atlas Obscura http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/make-your-own-bog-butter-ireland?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=c2839fb4bc-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_06_29&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f36db9c480-c2839fb4bc-63252673&ct=t(Newsletter_6_29_2017)&mc_cid=c2839fb4bc&mc_eid=fb147c2f0d

Scientists crack mystery of ancient Roman concrete’s 2,000-year life span - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/07/04/ancient-romans-made-worlds-most-durable-concrete-we-might-use-it-to-stop-rising-seas/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=nextdraft&utm_term=.2b76b2885c2a

https://www.citylab.com/design/2017/07/why-is-the-alt-right-so-angry-about-architecture/532470/?utm_source=digg&utm_medium=email https://www.citylab.com/design/2017/07/why-is-the-alt-right-so-angry-about-architecture/532470/?utm_source=digg&utm_medium=email

How Liberal Portland Became America’s Most Politically Violent City - POLITICO Magazine http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/06/30/how-liberal-portland-became-americas-most-politically-violent-city-215322?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=email

The Rise of the Thought Leader | New Republic https://newrepublic.com/article/143004/rise-thought-leader-how-superrich-funded-new-class-intellectual?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=email

This Is Why The Minions Are So Popular https://www.buzzfeed.com/danielspielberger/how-the-minions-took-over-the-world?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=email&utm_term=.veNr7beDV#.acdKNDV4O

The U.S. fertility rate just hit a historic low. Why some demographers are freaking out. - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/06/30/the-u-s-fertility-rate-just-hit-a-historic-low-why-some-demographers-are-freaking-out/?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=email

Cognitive dissonance helps old dogs with their new tricks | Aeon Ideas https://aeon.co/ideas/cognitive-dissonance-helps-old-dogs-with-their-new-tricks?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=6906942c9d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_06_19&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_411a82e59d-6906942c9d-68693017

Medieval Scholars Believed in the Possibility of Parallel Universes - Atlas Obscura http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/medieval-multiverse-theory?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=2aa8411428-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_06_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f36db9c480-2aa8411428-63252673&ct=t(Newsletter_6_22_2017)&mc_cid=2aa8411428&mc_eid=fb147c2f0d

How cult leaders brainwash followers for total control | Aeon Essays https://aeon.co/essays/how-cult-leaders-brainwash-followers-for-total-control?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=328e753676-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_06_19&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_411a82e59d-328e753676-68693017

Can We Blame the Mafia on Lemons? - Atlas Obscura http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mafia-lemons-citrus-sicily-economics?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=3b6a8ecbb6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_06_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f36db9c480-3b6a8ecbb6-63252673&ct=t(Newsletter_6_9_2017)&mc_cid=3b6a8ecbb6&mc_eid=fb147c2f0d

The ATU Fable Index: Like the Dewey Decimal System, But With More Ogres - Atlas Obscura http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/aarne-thompson-uther-tale-type-index-fables-fairy-tales?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=e507bdeb3f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_06_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f36db9c480-e507bdeb3f-63252673&ct=t(Newsletter_6_16_2017)&mc_cid=e507bdeb3f&mc_eid=fb147c2f0d

Are plagues and wars the only ways to reduce inequality? | Aeon Essays https://aeon.co/essays/are-plagues-and-wars-the-only-ways-to-reduce-inequality?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=5d8fbe3752-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_06_19&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_411a82e59d-5d8fbe3752-68693017

Do we all need a little time simply to sit and think? | Aeon Essays https://aeon.co/essays/do-we-all-need-a-little-time-simply-to-sit-and-think?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=19e2abde30-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_06_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_411a82e59d-19e2abde30-68693017

How to Freedive Off Egypts Sinai Peninsula - Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-06-14/how-to-freedive-off-egypts-sinai-peninsula?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=email

Delayed orgasm: the sexual technique that‘s better than sex | Aeon Essays https://aeon.co/essays/delayed-orgasm-the-sexual-technique-thats-better-than-sex?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=03722d7a69-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_06_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_411a82e59d-03722d7a69-68693017

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/10/opinion/sunday/stop-pretending-youre-not-rich.html?utm_source=digg&utm_medium=email https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/10/opinion/sunday/stop-pretending-youre-not-rich.html?utm_source=digg&utm_medium=email

Remembering the Murder You Didn’t Commit - The New Yorker http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/06/19/remembering-the-murder-you-didnt-commit?mbid=synd_digg&utm_source=digg&utm_medium=email

George Church ascribes his visionary ideas to narcolepsy https://www.statnews.com/2017/06/08/george-church-narcolepsy/?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=email

Errata Security: How The Intercept Outed Reality Winner http://blog.erratasec.com/2017/06/how-intercept-outed-reality-winner.html?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New%20Campaign&utm_term=%2ASituation%20Report#.WTalP0opChA

How Cold War rivalry helped launch the Chinese computer | Aeon Ideas https://aeon.co/ideas/how-cold-war-rivalry-helped-launch-the-chinese-computer?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=2158247472-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_04_28&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_411a82e59d-2158247472-68693017

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/16/magazine/the-mystery-of-the-wasting-house-cats.html?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=email https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/16/magazine/the-mystery-of-the-wasting-house-cats.html?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=email

‘I knew they were sugar pills but I felt fantastic’ – the rise of open-label placebos | Life and style | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/may/22/knew-they-were-sugar-pills-felt-fantastic-rise-open-label-placebos?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=email