At Atlas Obscura, October means that we can get excited for the unquestionably most Atlas-y of holidays: Halloween. Actual terror is awful, but it is fun to be a little bit scared. And that's what today's takeover is all about.
Morning Edition:
Why capitalism makes useless jobs, and why men used to get shot on purpose.
ATLAS OBSCURA + DIGG
A SORDID PAST
WW-CYCLING?
A fun Friday night once meant going to the velodrome to watch cyclists collide.
SLAIN BY CAPITALISM
Did a 1917 killing presage Donald Trump?
GRAVE MISTAKES
What do clasping hands or doves mean on a gravestone?
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THE MODERN CONDITION
GET BACK TO WORK
It’s as if someone were out there making up pointless jobs just for the sake of keeping us all working.
PARADISE?
How three ancient Edens have survived ISIS, dwindling tourists, and each other.
MOVING
In Google Maps, the past never truly disappears.
CRIMEWAVE
GO AHEAD PUNK, MAKE MY DAY
Men shot each other all the time, it seems, for publicity photos in the 1920s.
RACE AND POLITICS
In the midst of a national crisis of police violence, Baltimore’s state’s attorney gambled that prosecuting six officers for the death of Freddie Gray would help heal her city. She lost much more than just the case.
BANG BANG
Does the new gunshot-detecting technology work?
VIDEO OF THE DAY
TASTE THE RAINBOW
Extrusion has never been so delicious.
