Wednesday assorted links

1. The Vandal.  Covers Dali, Rand, Orwell, Jesus and nausea, among other topics.

2. Predicting the future of food?

3. Horn of Africa has its worst drought in decades (FT).

4. There is no great stagnation these Atlanta students made the world’s longest hopscotch course.

5. “Obstacle-course racing is close to being named as the new fifth sport in modern pentathlon, replacing equestrianism, in a highly contentious move that opponents warn will plunge the sport deeper into civil war.”

6. Gambian voters have lost their marbles.

7. The women who complete U.S. Army Ranger Course.