a supersized fall collection of reads from oct + nov!!
- now that i work in digital communications, i’ve seen everything tufekci talks about firsthand — this is SO important so if anything, please read the synopsis of her talk.
https://www.ted.com/…/zeynep_tufekci_we_re_building_a_dysto… - WALUIGI: the post-modern anti-hero. the second most important article here.
https://theemptypage.wordpress.com/…/critical-perspectives…/ - easily digestible and fascinating physics! (now these are listed in no particular rank or order) https://ed.ted.com/…/the-physics-of-the-hardest-move-in-bal…
- From Baghdad to Iwo Jima, an anthem for the dead https://www.sbnation.com/…/national-anthem-protest-veterans…
- “Trump is a culture warrior, and progressives today are perfectly willing to engage that sideshow—just as they did 45 years ago with Nixon.”
http://www.politico.com/…/democrats-mcgovern-1972-trump-nix… - a fusion of references and acrostic form for QUALITY HUMOR! https://www.mcsweeneys.net/…/for-the-love-of-god-someone-pl…
- Baldwin wrote this in 1971 but every quote i thought to pull from it describes our current politics
http://www.nybooks.com/…/an-open-letter-to-my-sister-miss-…/ - “The first thing I saw on TV was America.” https://www.newyorker.com/…/watching-spider-man-in-santo-do…
- “Binary thinking is fine for the make-believe realm of athletics, where matters are dramatic by design: defined conflict, clear-cut resolution, heroes (your team) and villains (the other guys). Referees and instant replay when necessary. Politics, on the other hand, is confusing, nuanced and muddled.” https://www.theatlantic.com/…/the-sportscenter-izat…/250882/
- A unified theory of Taylor Swift’s reputation https://www.vox.com/…/taylor-swift-reputation-intimacy-cont…
- https://lareviewofbooks.org/…/the-allure-of-trumps-narciss…/
- Nick Offerman Continues His Quest to Subvert Modern Masculinity https://filmschoolrejects.com/nick-offerman-interview/amp/
- https://www.newyorker.com/…/…/04/where-millennials-come-from
- katherine johnson, an american HERO https://www.vanityfair.com/…/katherine-johnson-the-nasa-mat…
- https://www.theatlantic.com/…/the-nationalists-delu…/546356/
- delightful bryan cranston profile http://www.esquire.com/…/cranston-comes-alive-november-2017/
- analysis of james comey’s twitter which i remain fascinated by https://www.washingtonpost.com/…/why-did-james-comey-name-…/
- the need to break the catch 22 of diversity and equality — countries with low birth rates (us) need more immigrants, but then comes xenophobia. rinse and repeat.
https://www.theatlantic.com/…/immigration-modern-l…/543744/… - beautiful profile of a young woman growin’ up http://therumpus.net/2017/10/hooters-chicken/
- “The bumbler is astonished to discover that he had power over anyone at all, let alone that he was perceived as using it. What power? he says. Who, me?”
http://theweek.com/articles/737056/myth-male-bumbler - https://www.washingtonpost.com/…/why-is-peter-dinklage-st…/…
- one man continues to repair the world’s lighthouses!!
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-40887830 - How Egyptian columns, wood paneling, and palm trees came to be part of the Cheesecake Factory (re: this tweet https://twitter.com/MaxKriegerVG/status/931373170791198720) https://www.eater.com/…/…/cheesecake-factory-interior-design
- “Every day I participate in a system that is weaponizing our big, gorgeous planet against our kids.” https://www.nytimes.com/…/sunday/anthony-doerr-we-were-warn…
- pop music is rejecting the piano! sad!
https://www.economist.com/…/pros…/2017/08/no-more-piano-man… - ‘Little House on the Prairie’ and the Truth About the American West https://www.nytimes.com/…/prairie-fires-laura-ingalls-wilde…
- https://www.theguardian.com/…/how-the-sandwich-consumed-bri…
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