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Mexican vigilantes drive out religious drug cartel from gang-held city
The Guardian
Vigilantes who have driven a quasi-religious drug cartel from a series of towns in western Mexico entered a gang-held city on Saturday and were working with government forces to clear it of cartel gunmen,
Jesse Willms, the Dark Lord of the Internet
The Atlantic - Taylor Clark
How one of the most notorious alleged hustlers in the history of e-commerce made a fortune on the Web If you want to get a sense of Jesse Willms at his absolute peak—the wealth, the lifestyle, the aura
A snapshot of one minute on the internet, today and in 2012
Quartz
Industry reports from investment banks are turgid things, rarely fit for human consumption. A recent report about big data from boutique bank GP Bullhound, however, contains this gem. This is not entirely
The True Costs of Developing an App
TNW - Jeremy Rappaport
Jeremy Rappaport is a writer at Fueled, the leading iPhone application developers and masters of mobile design in New York City. This post was originally published on the Fueled blog. Everyone knows about
PhoneDog | The Leader in Mobile Phone News and Reviews
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China’s corruption crackdown is helping fuel a second-hand luxury market
Quartz
As fur coats and Swiss watches fall out of vogue among China’s elites facing a corruption crackdown, another luxury sector is quietly thriving. The second-hand luxury market has seen a jump this year,
All Signs Suggest The Debt Ceiling Madness Will Happen Again Even If A Deal Is Reached
Business Insider - Charles Babington, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hold the champagne. Even if Congress reaches a last-minute or deadline-busting deal to avert a federal default and fully reopen the government, elected officials are likely to return
Jonathan Lethem on the subversive power of comics and science fiction
The Verge - jesse.hicks
Jonathan Lethem makes no secret of his influences. His first published novel, Gun, with Occasional Music, riffed on the hard-boiled detective fiction of Raymond Chandler. He’s written an academic novel
Hands-On With CyanogenMod Installer
androidpolice.com - Liam Spradlin
Article Contents Since CyanogenMod became Cyanogen Inc., we've been anticipating a quick and easy CM Installer that would make flashing to the …
CrossFit Founder Greg Glassman: "I'm a rabid libertarian"
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Pay Attention To Your Title
Forbes
Don't be fooled, title matters, says career consultant Emily Bennington, author of Who Says It's A Man's World: The Girls' Guide To Corporate Domination. Right or wrong, your title is how people in and
Tracing The Spirit Of The Early American Symphony
NPR - Joseph Horowitz
Leonard Bernstein, in a New York Philharmonic Young People's Concert, once summarized the late 19th century as the "kindergarten period" of American music and proceeded to make fun of George Whitefield
How Lincoln used the telegraph office to spy on citizens long before the NSA
The Verge - David Pierce
Edward Snowden's revelations about the NSA, PRISM, and the US government's broad surveillance tactics were shocking to many people — but maybe they shouldn't have been. There's plenty of precedent, says
Post-process: why the smartphone camera changed photography forever
The Verge - James Bareham
I am a professional commercial photographer. I have been for the last 25 years. Throughout most of my career, I’ve had a hard time taking personal pictures — and for years I thought that shooting film
Paranoia Strikes Deep: The Press and Rand Paul
The Atlantic - Conor Friedersdorf
The absurd lengths journalists have gone to portray the Kentucky senator as if he's hiding something dangerous Critiques of democracy are as old as the excesses of the Athenian variety. Here's a classic:
Who Even Needs the Nation-State in the 21st Century?
The Atlantic - Eric Schnurer
From Facebook to private schools to security guards, citizens are replacing traditional government functions with a "virtual state." Governments today face largely the same problems as businesses. The
Rand Paul Seeks Money And Support In Silicon Valley
BuzzFeed
WASHINGTON — Kentucky Senator Rand Paul is visiting California this week to fundraise and visit tech companies, BuzzFeed has learned. According to the trip's itinerary, Paul will fly to California today.
Chinese abductee used Google Maps to find his family after 23 years
The Verge - Jeff Blagdon
A man from Sichuan, China, has reportedly been reunited with his family after 23 years, finding his way home thanks partly to Google Maps. Fujian news service Nhaidu reports that Luo Gong, then five years
Robot helps house-bound boy attend school
The Verge - Aaron Souppouris
When Lyndon Baty was born six weeks premature with a life-threatening condition, polycystic kidney disease (PKD), doctors gave him two years to live. Now aged 17, Lyndon requires constant medical attention.
Leadership Lesson: The Difference Between Google and Apple
Forbes - Mike Myatt
Google and Apple are both highly esteemed brands. Both companies share many common traits which have contributed to their success, but there is one very big difference between the two – Google plays offense
Rand Paul Plays the Maverick at CPAC and the Evangelical in Cedar Rapids
The Daily Beast - Nick Gillespie
What to make of maverick Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul’s latest speechifying?“I’m not advocating everyone go out and run around with no clothes on and …
'Geography of Hate' maps racism and homophobia on Twitter
The Verge - Adi Robertson
Twitter, even more than many other social media tools, can feel disconnected from the real world. But a group of students and professors at research site Floating Sheep have built a comprehensive map some
A PhD in economics is the only one worth getting
Quartz
People often ask me: “Noah, what career path can I take where I’m virtually guaranteed to get a well-paying job in my field of interest, which doesn’t force me to work 80 hours a week, and which gives

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Mexican vigilantes drive out religious drug cartel from gang-held city

Jesse Willms, the Dark Lord of the Internet

A snapshot of one minute on the internet, today and in 2012

The True Costs of Developing an App

PhoneDog | The Leader in Mobile Phone News and Reviews

China’s corruption crackdown is helping fuel a second-hand luxury market

All Signs Suggest The Debt Ceiling Madness Will Happen Again Even If A Deal Is Reached

Jonathan Lethem on the subversive power of comics and science fiction

Hands-On With CyanogenMod Installer

CrossFit Founder Greg Glassman: "I'm a rabid libertarian"

Pay Attention To Your Title

Tracing The Spirit Of The Early American Symphony

How Lincoln used the telegraph office to spy on citizens long before the NSA

Post-process: why the smartphone camera changed photography forever

Paranoia Strikes Deep: The Press and Rand Paul

Who Even Needs the Nation-State in the 21st Century?

Rand Paul Seeks Money And Support In Silicon Valley

Chinese abductee used Google Maps to find his family after 23 years

Robot helps house-bound boy attend school

Leadership Lesson: The Difference Between Google and Apple

Rand Paul Plays the Maverick at CPAC and the Evangelical in Cedar Rapids

'Geography of Hate' maps racism and homophobia on Twitter

A PhD in economics is the only one worth getting