Homelessness Spreads In Cape Town As ‘Wheels Have Fallen Off’ South Africa’s Economy – A stream of homeless people wends its way to a fenced-off stretch of tarmac under a bridge in Cape Town’s Foreshore district around sunset to bed down on rows of wooden pallets beneath sheet-metal shelters. [bustech]
‘Nothing On This Page Is Real’: How Lies Become Truth In Online America – The only light in the house came from the glow of three computer monitors, and Christopher Blair, 46, sat down at a keyboard and started to type. A new message popped onto Blair’s screen from a friend who helped with his website. “What viral insanity should we spread this morning?” the friend asked. [washpo]
With Facebook At ‘War,’ Zuckerberg Adopts More Aggressive Style – Mark Zuckerberg gathered about 50 of his top lieutenants earlier this year and told them that Facebook Inc. FB -3.00% was at war and he planned to lead the company accordingly. [wsj]
Trump: ‘I Don’t Want To Hear’ Khashoggi Tape – “It’s a suffering tape. It’s a terrible tape. I’ve been fully briefed on it. There’s no reason for me to hear it. … It was very violent, very vicious, and terrible.” [beast]
California Wildfires: The Day Paradise Burned Down – Sitting in the back seat of the car her husband was driving, Brynn Parrott Chatfield’s entire field of vision was filled with flames as she prayed. [bbc]
Judge Rules Would-Be Reagan Assassin John Hinckley Can Move Out Of His Mother’s House – Man who shot former president and three others in delusional attempt to impress actress Jodie Foster takes major step towards unconditional release. [nbc]
Tanzania’s Human Rights Abuses Have Cost It $310 Million In Aid In Two Days – Tanzania continues to find itself at the center of negative attention globally. [qz]
Scorned Facebook And Twitter Users Are Flocking To LinkedIn To Spew Hate Speech – Donald Trump supporters who have found their accounts suspended and content flagged on Facebook and Twitter have found a new home for their content to live – LinkedIn. [busins]
Inside The Flat Earth Conference, Where The World’s Oldest Conspiracy Theory Is Hot Again – Thanks to YouTube, an idea discredited thousands of years ago attracts die-hards, grifters, and trolls. They even have their own convention. [beast]
YouTube Now Offers Free, Ad-Supported Streaming Hollywood Movies – YouTube has just rolled out dozens of free-to-watch full-length feature films on its platform. The only catch is that the content is ad-supported. [mash]
Jeff Goldblum Review – Showmanship And Musicianship Joyously Combined – The Hollywood star imposes his inimitable personality on a set of jazz standards, silkily played in the company of the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra. [guardian]
Idols SA Season 14 Winner Crowned – It was youngest versus oldest in the season 14 live finale of Idols on Sunday night. [ch24]
Think You Might Be Suffering From Chronic Stress? Read This – Struggling to concentrate? Irritable? Anxious? Lack of motivation? You might just be suffering from chronic stress. [here]
Ireland Topple New Zealand To Lay Down RWC Marker – Six Nations holders Ireland beat world champions New Zealand for the first time at home on Saturday, winning a frenetic contest 16-9 in Dublin. [super]
Amazon’s New Kindle Is A Boring Device That Can’t Do Very Much – At a surface level, it’s a little hard to understand why anyone would want to buy the new Kindle Paperwhite, the latest e-reader from Amazon. [busins]
Amanda Knox Gets Engaged To Boyfriend After Elaborate, Alien-Themed Proposal – Amanda Knox announced her engagement to her longtime boyfriend, and the proposal was truly out of this world! [today]
Jonestown: Rebuilding My Life After Surviving The Massacre – Sunday 18 November is the 40th anniversary of the notorious Jonestown massacre where more than 900 people died at a settlement run by Christian cult leader Jim Jones. [bbc]
Inside The Strange And Beautiful World Of Miniature ‘Space Colonies’ – Aki Murase may live in the shadow of the Hira Mountains just north of Kyoto, but he’d happily spend the day indoors picking through his huge record collection or tinkering with the innards of a broken television. [cnn]
Rear View: The Big Business Of Bottoms – As more and more women go under the knife in pursuit of curves, it’s clear they are paying with their health. [guardian]
Instagram’s New Obsession: Taking Baths In Beautiful Places – Capetonians have basically forgotten what it’s like to bubble bath. Do shops even sell bubble bath anymore? Surely not. [t24]
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