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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Eurovision audience loudly boos Russians for making it to the finals
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NBC cancels Community after five seasons
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Here's what the U.S. Air Force would do in the event of a Godzilla attack
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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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Snowden on the NSA: 'They're setting fire to the future of the internet'
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NASA will pay $35,000 if you can figure out how to stop asteroids from destroying the planet
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New Zealand PM really wants a new flag that 'says New Zealand'
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Students would rather sit at home and text than go to their high school dances
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Listen to Lorde shut down an Australian DJ over his rude lesbian remarks
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Report: Cancer is going to be the America's leading cause of death by 2030
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The missing Malaysian Airlines jet was reportedly flying way off course
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Watch Bill O'Reilly call Beyonce's music 'exploitive garbage,' complain it harms children
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College students learn tweeting a picture of a dog doing a keg stand isn't the smartest idea
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An Australian town is imposing a '24-hour cat curfew'
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Starbucks's new tip option on its app makes it harder for you to be stingy
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Woman survives in a mangled car for 5 days without food or water
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Report: Rob Ford turned back from entering United States
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Italy is selling hundreds of BMWs, Jaguars and other luxury cars on eBay to cut costs
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Family's home burglarized after they post vacation photos on Facebook
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Finding doomed Malaysia jet might take years, U.S. Navy official warns
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Bar Refaeli ad deemed too sexy to air on daytime Israeli TV
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HealthCare.gov goes down for hours as enrollment deadline nears
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