April 18, 2017
Dionysus on the docket: Given traditional discretion by judge, Canadian jury drinks beyond excess. / The Marshall Project
“With the election of our president and the rise of a new, greed-is-good ethic in our government, I want to be more constructive than just complaining about how our society is once again embracing ‘trickle-down’ ethics.” Travel guru Rick Steves gives a $4 million apartment complex to the YWCA, to house homeless women and children. / Rick Steves’s blog
State legislators enable first responders and civilians to use Naloxone to prevent opioid ODs. / Undark
Katy Perry’s latest video gets an enjoyable academic breakdown on class lines. / fabiusmaximus.com
Amazon is only partially to blame for the “Great Retail Apocalypse” of 2017. / The Atlantic
“It’s worth understanding that aircraft carriers have a very well-defined operating cycle that is linked with all kinds of other industrial and career processes.” A speedy look at the resources of the United States Navy. With aircraft carriers spread thin, ¨there is no evidence of a [U.S.] mobilization to match the talk¨ against North Korea—at least not concerning aircraft carriers. / The Yorkshire Ranter
To start your day right: Some gorgeous nature pictures by San Francisco-based photographer Jarod Luebbert. / Jarod Luebbert
Pundits and pollsters are watching the Atlanta suburbs today, where Democrat Jon Ossoff leads 11 Republicans in a special election. Despite smears against his age (30) and maturity, the real challenge is that the election is taking place in a constituency that leans ten points towards the GOP. / NPR, The Hill, FiveThirtyEight
Photographs from Banksy’s new West Bank project, the “Walled Off” hotel. / NPR
In just one day, a melting glacier causes a Canada river to go from 10 feet deep to nearly dry. / Bozeman Daily
“Since the release of The Ridiculous 6 in 2015—the first of an exclusive four-movie deal the star signed with Netflix—the company’s subscribers have watched a collective half a billion hours of Adam Sandler.” Netflix expects to pass a milestone this weekend when it signs up its 100 millionth subscriber. Useful note: It took seven million hours of labor to build the Empire State Building. / Buzzfeed
Flushed with feral pigs, Texas turns to helicopter-situated hunters—who pay for the privilege of gunning hogs. / Pacific Standard
A list of “100 must-read books set in Los Angeles” is low on “must,” but high on variety. / Book Riot
Lame and dorky, but still pretty enjoyable: how to catch butterflies in an Ecuadorian rainforest with one of the longest nets in the world. / YouTube
See also: Elif Batumann’s “Vladimir Nabokov, Butterfly Illustrator.” / The New Yorker