October 6, 2015

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EU spikes agreement that gave US companies access to Europeans’ data for the past 15 years.

Ex-Santa Cruz sheriff may cross ethics line by promoting his smart-gun startup to former department.

Hedge fund manager that solicited Wall Street donations for Scott Walker’s campaign: “I’m not anti-union.”

See also: the core of Scott Walker’s message, campaign, and legacy consists of gutting unions. #longreads

Carly Fiorina refused to pay staffers from her failed Senate campaign because she didn’t win.

Senate candidate: “I sacrificed an animal to the god of the wilderness… Yes, I drank the goat’s blood.”

Many of these shooters intend to die. The myth of the good guy with the gun.

An 11-year-old in Tennessee shot and killed his 8-year-old neighbor because she wouldn’t let him play with her dog.

Profiles of four 15-year-old girls in El Salvador, where it’s increasingly dangerous to be a 15-year-old girl.

Fox News analyst poses in front of the remnants of the Berlin wall, tweets, “Walls work.”

Air France workers attack, tear shirts off managers over job eliminations.

“White flight” is always about leaving something bad—without ample stats, it might be about heading someplace better.

What a writer says when she tries to explain to others, and herself, why she bought a vacation home in Detroit.

In response to alcohol-fueled fights, National Science Foundation may send breathalyzers to Antarctic bases.

“Linguists and lexicographers have long known that many of the alleged rules of usage are actually superstitions.”

See also: “Mating Habits of the Asterisk.”

Farmers can play the field and tend it at the same time. The weirdest, most specific dating apps.