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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More and more people are biking to work
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Cable news pundits destroy studio in on-air brawl
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Eurovision audience loudly boos Russians for making it to the finals
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ABC orders a comedy called Selfie
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Netflix hikes prices by $1 for new subscribers
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Report: With Rio reeling, IOC mulls London as 2016 Olympic back-up
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50 overexcited teens treated for asphyxia at a One Direction concert
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WHO: Alcohol kills 1 person every 10 seconds
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The collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet has scientists extremely worried
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Boko Haram leader indicates he would swap kidnapped schoolgirls for prisoners
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The Kennedy Center is hosting a concert headlined by YouTube stars
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Brazilian police instruct World Cup visitors not to 'scream' if robbed
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WHO: New Delhi has the world's most polluted air
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MH370 report: Lack of real-time tracking added 'significant difficulty' in finding plane
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World Bank suspends $90 million loan to Uganda due to anti-gay laws
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A smart Netflix employee invents wristband that pauses your shows when you fall asleep
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Michelle Obama and her daughters are visiting China later this month
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Snake on a train forces evacuation of a Swiss rail line
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Amazon finally unveils Fire TV, its streaming device to rival Roku, Chromecast
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AP: U.S. secretly built a Twitter-like service in Cuba to spur political protests
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This Colorado town won't let you hunt drones
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Confused Rob Ford voted against honoring Olympians, Nelson Mandela
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Texas oil spill is threatening lives of thousands of shorebirds
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This is what a $130,000 Land Rover looks like after it falls 14 feet and gets crushed
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