The secret history of Mossad, Israel’s feared and respected intelligence agency

Israeli intelligence from the outset occupied a shadow realm, separate from the country’s democratic institutions. A deep state.

- NewStatesman

A Shocking Number of Killers Murder Their Co-workers

Homicide is the third-most-prevalent cause of workplace death.

Here’s an icebreaker for the next office party: The third leading cause of workplace death—behind “falls to a lower level” and “roadway collisions with other vehicles”—is homicide.

- The Atlantic

Declassified Photos of Atomic Tests in Colour

Declassified photos from Los Alamos National Laboratory and Archived Images of Atomic tests by artists Greg Mac Gregor and Clay Lipsky. Taken at the Nevada test site in the 1950s, when the US army put mannequins within the radius of nuclear test explosions to see what would happen to them.

- photo-eye

Kinda Cucks: The Men Who Want to Know How You‘d Have Sex with Their Wives

But guys with a ‘candaulism’ fetish only want you to look—not touch.

Do you go on Reddit and ask other men what they would do to your wife’s pussy? Do you and your wife get off on sharing photos of her to people you match with as a couple on Tinder? Do you love telling other men what you’d do to please their wives by writing erotica inspired by their photos and post it on anonymous internet forums? If you answered “yes” to any of the above, you’re into candaulism.

- Mel

Peek into Marqius de Sade’s Very NSFW Mind with a New Book of Illustrations

The namesake of "sadism" wrote and commissioned prolific amounts of erotica that still pushes the boundaries of taste over 200 years later.

Depending on who you ask, Marquis de Sade is either the embodiment of human depravity, a Larry Flynt-like martyr for free speech, or something in between. Legendary Italian filmmaker Pier Pasolini found him interesting enough to adapt his long-unpublished opus 120 Days of Sodom into one of the most disturbing films of all time, and he's entranced artists and psychologists for centuries.

- Vice

Black Humor Retro Illustrations by Steven Rhodes

Australian artist, illustrator, and graphic designer Steven Rhodes has an original illustrative style that’s spiced up by a dark sense of humor. Featured below are some of his best works.

- Eat Liver

The Art of Being Completely Alone

Society thinks it’s time I partner up. I think it’s time to retreat into the woods.

It’s really not the weirdest thing in the world, taking a break from New York, trading my small apartment and subway traumas for a farmhouse with mountain views at less than half the rent. But for a single, 36-year-old woman, leaving the city to be completely alone for months seems distinctly strange to people. My aloneness, at an age when people expect me to be settling down, when — according to popular studies and nagging mothers everywhere — these next few years may be my last chance to have kids, makes people uncomfortable. They expect me to assure them that I don’t want children or don’t believe in marriage, to give them permission not to worry for me.

- Medium

If you want to have a good time, ask a Buddhist

Buddhism argues that happiness comes from how deeply or mindfully you’re absorbed in an experience. 

What with positive emotions being, shall we say, thin on the ground these days – in public life, anyway – I was pleased to encounter this wise insight into how to generate more of them, courtesy of the German-born Buddhist nun Ayya Khema: “We may believe that it’s the quality of the sunset that gives us such pleasure, but in fact it is the quality of our own immersion in the sunset that brings the delight.” That seems like a technical distinction and, to be fair, Buddhist teachers do love making technical distinctions. But this isn’t one. It’s a crucial point about human happiness that might make us all more cheerful if we grasped it.

- The Guardian

Cannabis, bière, livres et bouffe de rue à Portland, Oregon

Portland, la plus grande ville de l’Oregon, possède une personnalité unique et attachante. Contrairement à San Francisco ou à Seattle, elle n’a pas — encore — vendu son âme aux grandes entreprises et est restée fidèle à ses valeurs écologiques et progressistes. Plongée au coeur de la plus weird des villes américaines.

- Le Devoir

A Look Inside Hotel & Motel Rooms of the 1950s-70s

Let’s have a look inside the rooms of 38 U.S. hotels and motels from the late fifties through the seventies. Whether it’s a cheap roadside motel in Tennessee or a chic Hawaiian resort – the “handsomely decorated” retro interiors  are a wonder to behold. Be prepared for a plentiful supply of wood paneling, tiny televisions, and gaudy wallpaper. The images come from vintage postcards, and I’ve included the postcard text when available.  Enjoy.

- Flashbak

OOB: LA PRÉFÉRÉE DES GRANDS ENFANTS

Maîtres nageurs au maillot de bain rouge et au bronzage impeccable juchés sur leur haute chaise blanche, boutiques souvenirs aux camisoles aux couleurs d'OOB, jeux d'arcade et manèges... Oui, Old Orchard Beach déborde de clichés, mais c'est principalement pour ça que la population de la petite ville de 8000 habitants frôle les 75 000 personnes, dont bien des fidèles, l'été venu. Vous cherchez de l'action, une ambiance festive et de quoi occuper vos enfants? Il y a tout ça ici!

- La Presse