The Awl reports. Now if they could only do something about the ridiculous overuse currently of “pivot” and “optics,” as in: “President Obama was able to pivot to the key message easily enough, but the optics of the event were unfortunate.”

That’s a headline you just can’t ignore. TimesOnline has the story.

Today I have another long article to recommend: The New Yorker writes about Wikileaks.

The front page of today’s New York Times features this lengthy article on technology and brain function that is mainly fascinating and occasionally troubling. Among the many interesting tidbits of information:

“Heavy multitaskers actually have more trouble focusing and shutting out irrelevant information, scientists say, and they experience more stress.”

“In 2008, people consumed three times as much information each day as they did in 1960.”

“Computer users at work change windows or check email or other programs nearly 37 times an hour, new research shows.”

Make it 38 and click on over to the Times site and check out the article. It’s a worthwhile read.

Time suck alert: You can while away the better part of a Sunday afternoon clicking around the Vintage Ad Browser, which archives an astonishing number of ads (some reach back as far as the late-18th century) in dozens of categories.