Jordan Valinsky
Jordan Valinsky is the lead writer for Speed Reads. Before joining The Week, he wrote for New York Observer's tech blog, Betabeat, and tracked the intersection between popular culture and the internet for The Daily Dot. He graduated with a degree in online journalism from Ohio University.
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You're now allowed to add quinoa to the Seder menu
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Oscar Pistorius is selling the house where he shot his girlfriend to cover legal fees
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'Twitter schmitter': Turkey's ban on Twitter sparks international outrage
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Watch Londoners get tricked into seeing alien abductions and wild tigers at a bus stop
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Feel all the feels by looking at this giraffe 'kiss' a dying cancer patient
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Obama: Democrats get 'clobbered' in midterms
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Russia celebrates its annexation of Crimea by blowing up tons of fireworks
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Search teams scouring 'most inaccessible spot' in Indian Ocean for signs of missing flight
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Why is nobody watching American Idol anymore?
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There's a hashtag on Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's Vogue cover
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32 injured after train derails at Chicago O'Hare International Airport
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WSJ: Comcast and Apple in talks for potential streaming service
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Putin calls the internet a 'CIA project'
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Taco Bell is launching an 'American-inspired' upscale taco restaurant
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Drunk passenger sparks hijacking scare on Virgin Australia flight
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Gay veteran denied request to be buried with her wife's ashes
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World's nicest couple leaves $1,000 tip to help ailing dog
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NBC names Seth Meyers as Primetime Emmys host
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Vice writer Simon Ostrovsky recounts his harrowing abduction in eastern Ukraine
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The entire state of California is now experiencing drought conditions
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Women more likely to take selfies than men, survey confirms
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Nike's new World Cup ad features basically every soccer star ever
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Teen accused of high school stabbings left chilling note: 'Their precious lives are going to be taken'
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Companies flee the L.A. Clippers amid fallout from racist rant
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