October 8, 2015

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Senate Democrats will block all legislation until new gun-control bill is heard—and then of course killed.

San Francisco’s last gun shop closes up for good.

The NRA’s gun museum is as awful as it sounds.

The last time Russia involved itself in Syria, it was a political disaster—don’t be surprised when it happens again.

Independence Day in Transnitiria, a country near Moldova that no one recognizes but itself.

In the past 25 years, two dozen nations have been recognized—as Somaliland proves, secession is a long road.

“Wikipedia is a good example of what happens when you build something so incredibly simple that anyone can use it, and then everyone does.”

ESPN’s Disneyfied view of the world ensures that The Undefeated—the “black Grantland”—will never succeed.

Hamilton, Trump, and Mr. Robot: The year we obsessed over identity.

if I made polite, more easily approachable music…I would understand why kids would be there. Vince Staples and Mac Miller on white rappers.

The London Underground uses recycled energy from braking trains.

Another predicted apocalypse passed us by yesterday: a timeline of recent and upcoming ends of the world.

An illustrated guide to when some very awful disasters are likely to happen.

Expert advice on just how terrified we should be of world-ending disaster scenarios.