September 3, 2018
Cultivate quiet spaces or go mad
The Trigger Effect: A Tragedy at Georgia Tech
What follows is a story of aftermath —of a community forced to navigate the emotional wreckage wrought by a wave of shock, anger, and confusion. Within a few weeks of Scout’s death, several of their friends were arrested. Within three months, two were dead. Now, almost a year after the shooting, the official narrative of the event is still being written. But by whom? [more inside]
Merry Christmas, MeFites: UK 2018 edition
As skies (maybe) cool and pantomines practice, so we near the big day. Supermarkets install storage and put up trees, grottos take bookings, chains reveal themes, cheese selections and lots of baking, while delighted shoppers can buy seasonal cards, puddings, wrapping paper, more puddings, chocolate reindeer and, of course, mince pies [Asda][Morrisons]. Or avoid the rush and buy Lego advent calendars online before a train ride, or go down the pub (also Bristol and Plymouth) or to your works do. As Christmas foods swiftly sell, will the i-Top be a popular toy, bubble and squeak be a popular sandwich, will Brits decorate rainbow trees, and will the brussel sprout smoothie return? In Australia, Woolworths defend their mince pies, but in Cork City, Ireland you'll have to wait.
Bevelacqua calls himself “the most hated man in Wiffle ball”
The Golden Age of TV is a playground for the white male anti-hero
Don Draper vs Jenny Schecter: The Sexist Battle of the TV Anti-Heroes Heather Hogan of Autostraddle breaks down the white male anti-hero, and extroplaits on the double standard for the female anti-hero. [more inside]
Only if you don't want it to
Nothing runs like a deer
About five years ago, the longest known mule deer migration was discovered, a 150-mile route in Wyoming (video features soothing music, beautiful landscapes). But the recapture of a collared doe known as Deer 255 showed that the migration corridor is even longer. [more inside]
Killer Queen
RIP Jacqueline Pearce, actress, best well known for playing the main villain, Supreme Commander Servalan, in the BBC space opera Blake's Seven. [more inside]
An Oral History of Gold's Gym
Sex, steroids, and Arnold: the gym that shaped America The original Gold’s Gym was a squat sweatbox that Joe and a few of his pals built from cinder blocks. Gold himself crafted the equipment that he and his fellow “Muscleheads” used to shape their flesh into cathedrals of strength. The gym spawned Pumping Iron, one of the most popular and critically acclaimed documentaries in modern times; redefined the masculine look in everything from commercials to modeling to movies; helped establish Southern California as the nation’s fitness capital; and shaped the ascent of one Arnold Schwarzenegger.
“–it brings back the game so beautifully when you play that soundtrack.”
How video game music waltzed its way on to Classic FM [The Guardian] “Gamers have really enjoyed hearing the music that they hold so close to their hearts, and it’s also drawn in an entirely new audience of non-gamers who have been impressed and surprised by the quality and variety of the music that is available in the genre. What’s been lovely is that other Classic FM presenters have played music that they’ve heard on High Score on their own shows. There is definitely not only an acceptance of video game music but, I would say, an increasing sense of celebration and pride.” [more inside]
Here we go round the prickly pear; such tasty fruit ,handle with care
Ode to the Prickly Pear: Say if on your property there was something that year round produced a green bean/okra tasting vegetable, a fruit less acidic than kiwi, vials of vitamins, seeds for flour, medicine, a natural burglar fence, insect repellent, water treatment resource, materials for mortar, a brilliant magenta dye, and a hair conditioner, would you run a bulldozer over it? Now is the time that Opuntia fruit (Indian fig or tuna) is in season, so eat up!
Indigenous Peoples Are Decolonizing Virtual Worlds
In an industry marred by its lack of self-awareness, one project is creating a more inclusive vision of the world. [more inside]
"Just picture a dude in your mind, that's what he looked like."
Sarah Gailey (@gaileyfrey): Who wants to hear a story of the Worst Party Guest Ever? I hope you do because this is happening.
In which reference is made in the comments to the infamous "Party foul, or reason for jihad?" AskMe. (Sarah Gailey previously.)
In which reference is made in the comments to the infamous "Party foul, or reason for jihad?" AskMe. (Sarah Gailey previously.)
The Labor Movement in 2018
In a Historic Move, Los Angeles Educators Vote To Strike (With Washington and more possible) ( In These Times) - Three steps for organized labor to survive in the 21st century (LEO Weekly) - Who wants to join a union? A growing number of Americans (The Conversation) - Democrats Need to Show a Whole Lot of Solidarity With Labor in 2018 (The Nation) - How two-tier unions turn workers against one another (And the looming UPS strike - Wash Post) - Labor Board backs software start up engineers fired for forming a union (Wired) - Brooklyn Wireless Workers Vote to Save Their Union (Dissent) - How New York Taxi Workers Took On Uber and Won (Labor Notes) - Two years ago this month, the NLRB extended union rights to teaching and research assistants at private universities - Union membership in Texas grows (Dallas News) - #Prisonstrike: A Rebellion Inside America’s Profitable Gulag Archipelago (Village Voice) Incarcerated Worker Protest Spreads To 11 States (Democracy Now) - What A Labor Union Is And How It Works (Teen Vogue )
How to Tell the Bad Men From the Good Men
"A comedy podcast about things that are actually sad."
The Alice Fraser Trilogy is a series of three stand-up specials where Australian comedian Alice Fraser tells the story of when her mother died, with digressions into her past and other subjects. It's available as a podcast [iTunes link]. For regular listeners of The Bugle, Alice Fraser will be familiar, but for those who aren't her comedy is a mix of absurdism, earnestness, wordplay and pessimism.
"Two hundred years of work research and knowledge were lost."
The fire at Rio de Janeiro’s 200-year-old National Museum began after it closed to the public on Sunday and raged into the night. There were no reports of injuries, but the loss to Brazilian science, history and culture was incalculable, two of its vice-directors said. “It was the biggest natural history museum in Latin America. We have invaluable collections. Collections that are over 100 years old,” Cristiana Serejo, one of the museum’s vice directors, told the G1 news site. Marina Silva, a former environment minister and candidate in October’s presidential elections said the fire was like “a lobotomy of the Brazilian memory”. Luiz Duarte, another vice-director, told TV Globo: “It is an unbearable catastrophe. It is 200 years of this country’s heritage. It is 200 years of memory. It is 200 years of science. It is 200 years of culture, of education.”
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