February 1, 2016

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Polls point to Trump and Clinton winning Iowa’s caucuses, though Iowa is notoriously difficult to poll.

Iowa parties and Microsoft to launch an app tonight to replace a keypad system for reporting caucus results.

FAQ for the Iowa caucuses—“a lot of debating and moving around.”

Trump’s run for president looks improvised, but it’s been planned for years, to a great deal focused on media tactics.

Tracing the inception of a Russian rumor that the Norwegian state sponsors pedophilia.

Map of the world’s capitals in odd categories: zippers, pickpockets, brothels, avocados, accordions.

Our hobby was visiting prison gift shops. Paris Review interview with Jane and Michael Stern, legendary authors behind the Roadfood travel guides.

Uber experiments with giving drunk passengers confusing toys to cut down on driver assaults.

Violating federal guidelines, the FBI regularly asks Muslims trying to attain citizenship to spy on their neighbors.

Investigation finds that early January DHS raids on Central American women and children may have been unconstitutional.

If nothing changes this month, Justice Clarence Thomas will go 10 years without asking a question from the bench.

New York attorney general says what everyone else already knows: buying tickets to major events is a “fixed game.”

Inside Super Bowl City, San Francisco’s high-security standing party for the 45-mile-away football game.

California audits SeaWorld experimental lab that produces deformed fish.

She pushes elevator buttons with her knuckles, opens her car door slowly. A day in the life of a hand model.

See also: “What I learned from being a stock-photography model.”

Locksmiths found on Google frequently are poorly trained subcontractors looking to fleece you.

Beverly Hills urologist invents a $13,000 penis implant—the Penuma—and has all the business he can handle.

In the ‘90s, Karl Ove Knausgaard threw up in Björk’s bathroom.

The most recognizable phrase on the celebrity internet is “Come to Brazil,” and it means nothing more than “come to Brazil.”