[WP] Aliens have realized humans advance more quickly during times of conflict, and have tried to push humanity into wars to see what happens. However, that changes when they start WW2 and humans harness the power of the atom.

https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/a0vxyv/wp_aliens_have_realized_humans_advance_more/eal39zi/

Why government stuff often costs so much.

https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/a0iwoy/3700_generators_and_666_sinks_fema_contractors/eaixn0n/

Brain damage is scary

https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/comments/9s563m/update_my_husband_is_not_bonding_with_our_5_week/

https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/comments/9rd7p8/men_are_afraid_women_will_laugh_at_them_women_are/

Regarding the success of pay-to-win in China.

https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/9ug1q7/blizzard_changed_the_diablo_profile_picture_back/e94d4ar/

[WP] You're the clumsiest, ditziest and most unprepared villain that has ever existed. However, exactly these traits make you impossible to catch by the heroes.

https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/9of4nh/wp_youre_the_clumsiest_ditziest_and_most/e7twaz5/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/9stn76/schizophrenics_of_reddit_what_were_the_first/

Much has changed in 100 years.

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/9nfr3r/til_only_10_scouts_earned_the_invention_merit/e7m9waa/?context=1

[WP] Humans are one of the most feared species in the galaxy. Not due to superior strength,speed,skill or strategy. In fact, it's because in comparison to the other species, humans are just batshit crazy enough to try any half-assed plan they come up with.

https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/9n9xg9/wp_humans_are_one_of_the_most_feared_species_in/e7ktxqk/

John Mulaney - Birthday Sign Kinetic Typography

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umjFkY9uAdo

'Women have been saying it works for 10,000 years': 400 women will use marijuana-infused inserts in a groundbreaking study from a Harvard Medical School professor

https://www.businessinsider.com/foria-studying-marijuana-effects-womens-health-menstrual-cramps-2018-10

A Story of American Health Care

https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/9iqll8/indias_prime_minister_on_sunday_launched_the/e6m28g9/?context=1

The dystopian lake filled by the world's tech lust

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150402-the-worst-place-on-earth

From Instagram to Balmain: The rise of CGI models

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-45474286

Desperate Venezuelans Turn to Video Games to Survive

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-05/desperate-venezuelans-turn-to-video-games-to-survive

The predictive processing model of the brain

http://slatestarcodex.com/2017/09/05/book-review-surfing-uncertainty/

https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/99fus5/heroin_user_going_through_withdrawals/e4nh54e/

My gynecologist doesn't believe that I'm in pain.

https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/comments/98142l/my_gynecologist_doesnt_believe_that_im_in_pain/

The sexist story behind Evanescence’s “Bring Me To Life”

http://www.thefader.com/2017/11/08/amy-lee-evanscence-bring-me-to-lfe-synthesis

[WP] You're the bartender of that bar everyone is walking into at the start of a joke. It's a busy night.

https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/94t76k/wp_youre_the_bartender_of_that_bar_everyone_is/e3nq3ed/

About expert poker players...

https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/94m4oy/eli5_how_do_professional_poker_players_make_a/e3m9l9x/?context=1

How I discovered the therapeutic power of VR — by accident

https://venturebeat.com/2018/07/26/how-i-discovered-the-therapeutic-power-of-vr-by-accident/

US police shoot dogs so often that a Justice Department expert calls it an “epidemic”

https://qz.com/870601/police-killing-dogs-is-an-epidemic-according-to-the-justice-department/

Almost half of all money raised through crowdfunding is going toward medical expenses

https://www.businessinsider.com/crowdfunding-for-medical-expenses-2017-6

FOSTA-SESTA's real aim is to silence sex workers online

https://www.engadget.com/2018/04/11/fosta-sesta-silencing-sex-workers/

Why Adult Content Creators Are Mad at Patreon

https://gizmodo.com/why-adult-content-creators-are-mad-at-patreon-1827254676

Basic Income, Job Guarantees, and Invisible Labor

https://medium.com/@yonatanzunger/basic-income-job-guarantees-and-invisible-labor-c08134e7f310

[WP] You have the ability to save and load your "game" in real life though you haven't used it in years. Today, at 65 years old, you decide to load your last save. From 40 years ago.

https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/8wd5lo/wp_you_have_the_ability_to_save_and_load_your/e1uprkb/

How Using A Drone Changed The Way This Photographer Saw Inequality

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/drone-photographer-inequality_us_5b3ba00ee4b09e4a8b27e5dd

I Don’t Know How To Explain To You That You Should Care About Other People

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/i-dont-know-how-to-explain-to-you-that-you-should_us_59519811e4b0f078efd98440

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/8qxzkt/we_laid_my_brother_to_rest_in_the_coffin_my_dad/e0nbiwm/?context=1

The creator of Godwin’s Law explains why some Nazi comparisons don’t break his famous Internet rule

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2017/08/14/the-creator-of-godwins-law-explains-why-some-nazi-comparisons-dont-break-his-famous-internet-rule/?

My sister is still dating the man who raped me

https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/comments/8qndzo/my_sister_is_still_dating_the_man_who_raped_me/

My Uber driver reported me when I didn’t give him my phone number

https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/comments/8puy8i/my_uber_driver_reported_me_when_i_didnt_give_him/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/8prss4/redditor_who_own_niche_hobby_shops_like_model/e0dzuny/

Last night I witnessed how difficult it is for a lone woman to leave a toxic conversation.

https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/comments/8m2d5j/last_night_i_witnessed_how_difficult_it_is_for_a/

I am not, in fact, a cool girl always down for sex

https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/comments/8kpmg7/i_am_not_in_fact_a_cool_girl_always_down_for_sex/

https://www.reddit.com/r/UpliftingNews/comments/8j6bef/michigan_woman_dedicates_life_to_helping_homeless/dyxul5a/

[WP] Everyone is given a personal "therapy droid", attuned to your needs, able to provide medical or emotional aid at exactly the right moment. Except you. You've had 10 droids and they've all self-destructed after the initial scan.

https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/8i6ji5/wp_everyone_is_given_a_personal_therapy_droid/dypa1t9/

Deep learning comes full circle

https://news.stanford.edu/2018/05/04/deep-learning-comes-full-circle/

The Conspiracy Behind Your Glasses

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7H-_8UkmFU

What is unethical as fuck but extremely common in the business world?

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/8hhvbe/what_is_unethical_as_fuck_but_extremely_common_in/

[Serious] Trans-people of reddit who successfully pass, what differences did you notice in the way people treated you compared to your birth gender?

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/8hiw62/serious_transpeople_of_reddit_who_successfully/

Spider Origins

https://australianmuseum.net.au/spider-origins

The Playstation's origin story

https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/8fzsuz/something_i_found_at_a_convention_held_at_my_city/dy7r3qn/

Electric Buses Are Hurting the Oil Industry

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-23/electric-buses-are-hurting-the-oil-industry

Hackers emptied Ethereum wallets by breaking the basic infrastructure of the internet

https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/24/17275982/myetherwallet-hack-bgp-dns-hijacking-stolen-ethereum

Things I Won’t Work With: Peroxide Peroxides

http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2014/10/10/things_i_wont_work_with_peroxide_peroxides

https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/86sorm/father_gets_60_years_for_trying_to_sell_4yearold/dw84d2r/?context=4

Words matter

https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/85rc8o/yes_this_is_going_to_be_worse_than_watergate/dvzp313/

The Sick Paying for the Healthy: How Insurance Companies Drive Up Drug Prices

https://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/how-insurance-companies-drive-drug-prices

Robots are shifting income from workers to owners

https://www.axios.com/automation-is-shifting-income-to-owners1520934370-ea58ec3f-8e82-4bb1-9fc6-abe039a109f1.html?

https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/849ply/new_zealand_diplomat_tells_us_democrats_to/dvob2h2/

https://www.reddit.com/r/MaliciousCompliance/comments/82bvw1/ruin_a_department_i_helped_create_fine_whatever/

Child Marriage in the US

https://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/banning-child-marriage-united-states

Reduced Self-Control after 3 Months of Imprisonment; A Pilot Study

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00069/full

Materials and Methods: Participants were 37 male inmates in a remand prison in Amsterdam, Netherlands, who completed six tests of a computerized neuropsychological test battery (the Cambridge Automated Neuropsychological Test Battery) in the first week of arrival. Participants were retested after 3 months of imprisonment. Change in performance was tested using the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test.

Results: After 3 months of imprisonment, risk taking significantly increased (measured as an increase in the proportion of available points used for betting) and attention significantly deteriorated (measured as increased variability in reaction times on a sustained attention task), with large to medium effect sizes. In contrast, planning significantly improved (measured with a task analog to the Tower of London) with a medium effect size.

Discussion: Our study suggests that 3 months of imprisonment in an impoverished environment may lead to reduced self-control, measured as increased risk taking and reduced attentional performance. This is a significant and societally relevant finding, as released prisoners may be less capable of living a lawful life than they were prior to their imprisonment, and may be more prone to impulsive risk-taking behavior. In other words, the impoverished environment may contribute to an enhanced risk of reoffending.

Why are police still arresting children for ‘prostitution’?

https://splinternews.com/why-are-police-still-arresting-children-for-prostituti-1793857701

Digging Holes

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/839okf/in_a_devil_went_down_to_georgia_scenario_at_what/dvgulad/

ELI5 why is there a universal limit for speed, c, when there aren't any resistive forces in space?

https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/83e3nq/eli5_why_is_there_a_universal_limit_for_speed_c/

Discarded fishing equipment kills more than 100,000 whales, dolphins, seals, turtles and seabirds every year according to a new report.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/seafood-firms-discarded-lost-fishing-equipment-thousands-whales-dolphins-seals-die-plastic-pollution-a8244181.html

This Is the Best Weather App, and It Also Wants to Kill You

https://www.inverse.com/article/41437-carrot-weather-app-best

Russia is deeply embedded into Facebook.

https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/801zzc/a_former_manager_at_the_russian_troll_factory_is/dusx1tc/

https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/7z3at6/i_thought_i_was_paranoid_but_i_got_phished_read/

Enlightenment's Evil Twin

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/12/enlightenments-evil-twin/383726/

Someone Is Sending Amazon Sex Toys to Strangers. Amazon Has No Idea How to Stop It.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/someone-is-sending-amazon-sex-toys-to-strangers-amazon-has-no-idea-how-to-stop-it?

How Vaccines Work

https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/7zb956/what_is_the_effect_positive_or_negative_of/dun55nh/

He Predicted The 2016 Fake News Crisis. Now He's Worried About An Information Apocalypse.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/charliewarzel/the-terrifying-future-of-fake-news?

Were there black people in old Europe?

https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/7z40cl/the_developers_of_assassins_creed_origins/dulffta/

Found that interesting, so I did a little search and found:

http://en.lisapoyakama.org/a-short-overview-about-the-presence-of-blacks-in-europe/

Short answer: Yes, yes there were.

China Deploys Facial Recognition Glasses

https://www.inverse.com/article/41169-china-facial-recognition-glasses

Started writing a story

https://kldrwuas.blogspot.com/2018/02/chapter-1-new-life-start.html

Tagged the story as Adult, because it will contain some sexual content, and because I have no interest in worrying about what is or isn't allowed for a lesser rating.

I've written the first story arc of about 24 chapters, and they will be posted to that new blog one chapter per week. I hope to have the second arc done by the time it finishes, but I'm not sure.

The Husband Stitch Isn’t Just a Horrifying Childbirth Myth

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/husband-stitch-is-not-just-myth#1

Color

https://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/

Unfit for Work

http://apps.npr.org/unfit-for-work/

Oldest and Fatherless: The Terrible Secret of Tom Bombadil

https://km-515.livejournal.com/1042.html

VR side effects

https://www.mtbs3d.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=140&t=17753

Sounds like an existential crisis. Something caused him to question reality. That can be dangerous, it leads to further questions like: "Why bother?" and "What is actually important?", questions many have no answer to.

P.S. I'm apparently very bad at predicting when this blog is actually dead.

I actually found something worth linking...

http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2018/01/dude-you-broke-the-future.html