Weekly Filet #261: Can you solve this logic puzzle? And more.
1. The Logic Puzzle You Can Only Solve with Your Brightest Friend (Nautilus)
What better way to start into a new year than with the pleasant feeling of having cracked a really tricky logic puzzle? Well, how would I know? I gave it three tries – I failed. And of course, in hindsight, it seems so obvious.
2. 52 places to go in 2018 (The New York Times)
This never gets old. Fittingly, perhaps, this edition is themed "A starter kit for escaping into the world."
3. Rubbish! (Willamette Week)
Great local reporting: Portland's city officials decided it's okay for police to search people's trash without a warrant. So these journalists went through the police chief's and the mayor's trash and told them what they found.
4. A New Silk Road (The New Yorker)
China is investing billions in building pathways to Europe, Central Asia, and the Middle East. What that looks like.
5. Best Photos of 2017 (National Geographic)
Not your average «year in images» gallery. Most of these images show people, events, sceneries you haven't seen before. And all are linked to highly fascinating stories. A true rabbit hole to go explore over the weekend.
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– David