The Rise of Nintendo: A Story in 8 Bits - Grantland. And excerpt from the book Console Wars, by Blake Harris.
Twilight of an Enforcer - A hockey player fights to stay in the game he loves - SB Nation
Thomas Edison and the Cult of Sleep Deprivation - The Atlantic. Sleep deprivation last weekend while planting kicked my ass all this week.
The Rough Guide to Frackistan - Texas Monthly. A review of Russell Gold’s The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World.
In North Dakota, There Will Be Blood - David Cay Johnston
America's Only Ballpark Synagogue - The New Yorker. In South Bend, IN, of course.
Vacation At 'The Door To Hell,' Enjoy View To Burning Gas Crater - OilPrice
Want To Know If Your Food Is Genetically-Modified - The Atlantic. On the lack of basis in science of the opposition to GMOs. See also, Why Red M&Ms Disappeared for a Decade - Priceonomics
The Thirsty West: 10 percent of California's Water Goes to Almond Farming - Eric Holthaus. 10% sounds on the high side, but no matter what, almonds take a hell of a lot of water, and growers have been planting them like crazy until just recently.
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