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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Apple, American Airlines slam Arizona's proposed anti-gay bill
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Stifle your applause: Lady Gaga banned from playing on the Doritos Stage at SXSW
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WSJ: 1 in 3 Americans don't save any money
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Gunmen seize government buildings in Ukraine's Crimea, raise Russian flag
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FDA plans huge changes to nutrition labels to better reflect our eating habits
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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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'Thunder From Down Under' dancers lay the smackdown on gunman
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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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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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Guardian goofs that Bradley Manning — not Bradley Cooper — took Oscar selfie
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Everything you need to know about Crimea
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Bill Gates reclaims top spot of being the world's richest man
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And this is why you don't stand on a highway being treated by snow plows
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The U.S. won't be sending a delegation to the Paralympics in Sochi
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Gay and lesbian troops perform in drag on American military base
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Arby's paid $44,100 for Pharrell's ridiculous Grammy hat
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