It starts to get really good at 1:25, arguably peaking at 3:48. NSFW.
The profits — amounting to $150 million in 2004 and growing to nearly $400 million in 2010 — enabled the tribe to build a new
The story on White Savior Barbie, Ken Opalo’s advice of volunteering, and my own posts on development tourism A Kickstarter for an ultra-affordable standing desk
Does no one else think it’s completely historically appropriate that the Unites States acknowledges that not long ago it was led by a former child
Guest Post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. Most of us hear about radiation for cancer treatment in the troika with surgery and
Below are 7 sample essay questions, some with multiple parts. The actual exam will present you with 4 of these questions. You will be asked
It’s only as a 41 year old that, looking back, I see the value of keeping a diary. After I moved to the U.S. in
UPDATE: It turns out the backstory is even weirder and more interesting There are so many layers of absurdity I kept laughing and laughing. Full
How can the National Science Foundation cope with an exploding number of grant proposals? Annual or semiannual grant deadlines lead to enormous spikes in submissions,
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. Somehow yesterday turned into Guaranteed Basic Income Day. In the morning, Freakonomics released a podcast
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. There’s a new documentary about Ghanaian reporter Anas Aremeyaw Anas, who has gone undercover to
This more or less explains why I hate TED talks and never watch them.
And who says we won’t have enough things to do after the robots make everything? Full story
Question 5 is as follows: “Future historians may well write the epitaph of our civilization as follows: From freedom and science came rapid growth and
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. Bloomberg Businessweek’s How to Hack an Election profiles Andrés Sepúlveda, who has been manipulating elections in
…Is the most common April Fools joke I am seeing in my Facebook and Twitter feed. We really did all wake up with the same
The argument many Republicans are making is that Barack Obama is a “lame duck” president, and, because “the people have not spoken,” he should not be allowed
In February 2002, just one year after its launch, Wikipedia was rising quickly, but it was still officially an experimental project of the for-profit company
Move over Nate Silver, some of the election season’s most accurate election forecasts are coming from blogger and pundit, Carl Diggler, the fake persona created
