August 12, 2016

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Trump can’t win if he loses Florida, but he only has one field office and “no visible footprint” in the state.

Right-wing commentators cycle through baseless theories about Clinton’s dire health.

Despite his former insistence, Trump now says he was being sarcastic when he said Obama founded ISIS.

Charting the Arab world’s catastrophe since the invasion of Iraq 13 years ago, leading to the rise of ISIS and a global refugee crisis. #longreads

France undergoes its own “public exposés of police violence” that inspired Black Lives Matter.

Led by a tiny party, Barcelona has become a leader in urban policy.

East African countries ban imports of donated clothing, viewed as undermining local industry.

American workers need their hearts and minds more than their muscles.

Thanks to faulty IP mapping, one couple in Kansas has been constantly accused of other people’s crimes.

DEA to make more marijuana available for medical research, but won’t reschedule the drug.

Many phone sex operators can’t access the traditional job market due to disability or hardship.

Touching portraits of phone sex operators. #photography

Cops in schools mean Tasers and rap sheets for typical schoolyard fights.

Fuck empowerment! Children are little death machines, they rip through your body. They chew on you. They are animals.

Gendered user-experience testing leads to virtual reality optimized for men.

Male boxers in Rio don’t wear helmets anymore, supposedly for safety.

Heterosexual male journalist at the Daily Beast endangers closeted Rio athletes with gotcha piece about Grindr dates.

LGBTQ teens are three times as likely as their peers to consider suicide.

In the age of gay marriage, study sheds light on the social and romantic reasons bisexual men still rarely come out.

San Francisco’s restaurants are now so expensive and polarized, even rich people are learning how to cook.

Swedish fish Oreos are a thing.

Yes, the snail is quite alone. Your weekend poem: “Snails,” by Francis Ponge.