WE HEAR SMERSH IS HIRING

9 diggs Video
For over 50 years, Bond's gone above and beyond the "loose cannon" trope and skipped straight to disobeying orders and infuriating his superiors. Beyond the spy gadgets and improbable love affairs, the most unbelievable part of the Bond series is that MI6 never got around to firing him.
TOMORROW'S DIALOG

2 diggs manrepeller.com
When we think of pheromones, we think of smell. Many animals sense pheromones through their vomeronasal organs. We human beings do not have a vomeronasal organ. We just have the boring, olfactory-sensing kind of nose — which is why many scientists believed we could not possibly be receptive to pheromones. However, mice detect many pheromones with their “regular” nose, so it’s possible we do, too.
SCHOOL'S OUT

New York Magazine
Universal pre-K seems so incontrovertibly good for kids, for parents and for the economy that it came as a shock last week when a report from Vanderbilt University showed that scaled-up, state-supported pre-K doesn’t work.
APPLY SAUCE LIBERALLY

5 diggs vocativ.com
According to filings from Q3, Team Hillary spent more than $6,000 on fast food in the months of July, August and September. A full two-thirds of that was spent on pizza, with subs and donuts taking second and third, respectively, according to a Vocativ analysis. Bagels are the team’s breakfast of choice.
TASTE THE RAINBOW

6 diggs atlasobscura.com
Eating and sex have a lot in common: they’re both necessary human activities that we’ve managed to find pleasure in. Yet, food and sex rarely literally meet, as the idea of integrating food into sex seems to touch upon some deep revulsion.
IS AUTUMN NICE IN SPACE TOO?

54 diggs Digg
As we tediously while away our days down here on Earth, satellites are zooming through space, snapping incredible pictures of Earth, the solar system and outer space. Here are the highlights from October.
WHEN YOUR PASSION GETS OUR OF CONTROL

4 diggs munchies.vice.com
Restaurants are hubs for entertainment, nourishment, and fun. But for many who make them their life’s work — chefs, servers, managers, photographers, and beyond— food is complicated. Chefs and servers work odd, grueling hours on their feet, surrounded constantly by food. Strange eating habits are de rigueur in the industry, and eating disorders are ubiquitous.
COVERED 15 PROTECTED GROUPS

12 diggs Washington Post
A yearlong battle over gay and transgender rights that turned into a costly, ugly war of words between Houston’s lesbian mayor and social conservatives ended Tuesday in a defeat for supporters of gay rights, as voters repealed an anti-discrimination ordinance that protected 15 groups from housing, employment and other types of discrimination.
IS IT TOO LATE TO SAY SORRY NOW?

7 diggs the-toast.net
"Instead of taking a clear-eyed view of your recent behavior, base your apology on how angry someone else is. The more upset they are, the more wrong you were."
SMITE ME O' MIGHTY SMITER

7 diggs Polygon
While she was coaching a professional "Smite" esports team, Lydia Picknell kept seeing one Spanish word that was forever popping up on spectator comment panels during live streams. She was always coming across the word "puta" attached to her name.
WHAT A MOBA SHOULD BE

5 diggs Kotaku
"I can’t remember the last time I felt as excited about a new video game as I feel right now about 'Overwatch,' Blizzard’s unprecedented stab at making a multiplayer shooter. I’ve been playing it for three days and see so much potential."

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