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The Jordan-o-Rama Edition [20 Jun 2015|06:00am] http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/slate_money/2015/06/math_professor_jordan_ellenberg_talks_with_slate_money_about_tenure_the.html Listen to Episode No. 58 of Slate Money: post comment

The Enduring Appeal of the Lifetime Movie [20 Jun 2015|12:11pm] http://www.slate.com/articles/video/video/2015/06/best_lifetime_movies_video_can_a_deadly_adoption_premiere_measure_up_to.html What makes a great Lifetime movie? It’s not the tawdry nostalgia of The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story or its ilk. Aside from the occasional recent gem, true fans of the form can tell you it's been in decline for some time.   post comment

You Can't Touch This [20 Jun 2015|01:15pm] http://www.slate.com/articles/video/video/2015/06/google_project_soli_hand_control_to_replace_touch_screen_video.html Google’s Project Soli uses radar technology to track a user’s finger-motion up to an astonishing 10,000 frames per second. The accuracy of the chip can transform your hand into numerous virtual dials, from a knob to a slider to a button. post comment

White Supremacists by the Numbers [20 Jun 2015|10:30pm] http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2008/10/white_supremacists_by_the_numbers.html A photograph of suspected Charleston shooter Dylann Roof, found on a website that may belong to him, shows Roof crouched over the numbers “1488” etched in the sand. The numbers have special significance to white supremacists. In 2008, after an assassination plot against then-candidate Barack Obama was discovered, Brian Palmer explained why. The article is reprinted below: post comment

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