This week, Cristina is fired up about an article she saw in a recent fitness magazine glorifying aura readings and aura photography. Darren asks, “What’s the deal with stand-up comedy NDAs?” after a comedy club posts a notice ahead of Louis CK’s set. Finally, Adam scrutinizes how well websites track your browsing history.
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Aura Readings
Science Daily: Synesthesia May Explain Claims Of Seeing Auras
Quack Watch: Kirlian Photography
Hong Kong Observatory: Radiation Emitted By Human Body
James Randi debunks an aura reader (Video)
Psychology Today: Billy Joel and Synesthesia
Stand Up Comedy NDAs
Jezebel
GQ
Acme
Wikipedia Genetic Fallacy
Vulture
NY Times Accusations
NY Times Louis CK Statement
Who’s Tracking Your Browsing History?
Facebook’s Not Listening Through Your Phone. It Doesn’t Have To – Wired
Everything You Need to Know about Tracking Cookies (Computer cookies) – SaferVPN Blog
Are you ready? Here is all the data Facebook and Google have on you – The Guardian
How cookies track you around the web and how to stop them – Privacy.net
Google and Facebook still dominate tracking on the web – The Verge
Private internet browsing not as secure as most think, researchers find – uchicago news
