Morning Links for Oct. 7 2013

Morning Links for Oct. 7 2013

And we just like to read them aloud. (Just kidding.) We read them to ourselves. And it starts. Gov. Walker’s first challenger has made herself known. Former Trek executive Mary Burke announced this morning she will challenge Walker in 2014. Ever split a restaurant bill between friends? We thought so. Now Google wants to patent restaurant bill splitting, in part to ensure that no one ever has to bankroll their friend’s steak when all they ordered was a salad. Thanks, Google. Are you over 40? Do you still have sex? Because Miley Cyrus says you don’t. The Nobel Prize will…

And we just like to read them aloud. (Just kidding.) We read them to ourselves.

  • And it starts. Gov. Walker’s first challenger has made herself known. Former Trek executive Mary Burke announced this morning she will challenge Walker in 2014.
  • Ever split a restaurant bill between friends? We thought so. Now Google wants to patent restaurant bill splitting, in part to ensure that no one ever has to bankroll their friend’s steak when all they ordered was a salad. Thanks, Google.
  • Are you over 40? Do you still have sex? Because Miley Cyrus says you don’t.
  • The Nobel Prize will be shared this year, by three scientists who independently discovered how cells transport hormones to affect diseases.

Abby Callard was an assistant editor at Milwaukee Magazine from 2012-2014. Her journalistic pursuits have seen her covering the Hispanic community in mid-Missouri, politics in Washington, D.C., art and culture for Smithsonian magazine, the social enterprise space in India and health care in Chicago. Abby has a degree in journalism from the University of Missouri.