March 10, 2017
We don’t know much about the French town of Le Havre, but these illustrations are charming, by Josephin Ritschel (known for her architectural work). The art’s for a new novel, Toujours la Meme Histoire by Jean Segue and Elodie Boyer, in three formats. / mevameva.de, It’s Nice That
As Quartz will tell you, “The US restaurant industry’s top truffle dealer is a 24-year-old college dropout from Arkansas.” / Quartz, NPR
As coal plants close around Australia, Tesla’s Elon Musk bets he can fix South Australia’s energy problems with a 100MW battery storage farm—and if he can’t build the system in 100 days, he’ll give it away for free. / The Verge
“She had refused to be questioned, and attended none of the 20 hearings since a trial on her impeachment began on January 3rd. She had blocked investigators from entering the Blue House, the presidential residence, and a fortnight ago she demanded the ejection of one of the justices hearing her case. It was all for nothing.” Park Geun-hye is the first leader in South Korea’s democratic history to be forced by parliament from office. / The Economist
Trump has a habit of deleting tweets, especially after he misspells something. Two congressmen warned him he may be breaking the law. / HuffPost
“Especially for a guy who comes form New York, I mean, come on, he knows full well that art and culture matter to major cities.” New York anxiously awaits Trump’s decision on whether or not to kill off the National Endowment for the Arts. / New York Times
Korean politics are hot and complicated + Dad is live on BBC + but children know how to open doors. / YouTube
“Daria really was a 40-year-old man living in Bloomfield, New Jersey. She’s Glenn Eichler to the core.” An oral history of MTV’s longest-running animated show, Daria, which the network almost nipped in the bud because it tested better with middle school kids than college-age adults. / Vice
Some headlines just can’t be beat. “Malissa is the kind of person who would tell you she had Lucky Charms for breakfast when she really had Cocoa Puffs,” a friend said of the woman who had up to 70 cats. / riverfronttimes.com
“If you have something that is ran for a profit, and I invest 10 million into a prison, I’m not going to make any money off that prison if I don’t have any prisoners in it. That creates a motive to incarcerate people.” Remy Ma, three years out of prison and in the middle (or end, depending who you ask) of a rap beef with Nicki Minaj, makes the case against prison privatization. / The Fader
This article—“Can Sleep Deprivation Cure Depression?”—is interesting throughout. It includes a nugget about avoiding jetlag that we can report is pretty fullproof: / SundayReview
“The novel feels immediately canonical, so firm and unerring is Hamid’s understanding of our time and its most pressing questions. Whom are we prepared to leave behind in our own pursuit of happiness?” If the Tournament of Books doesn’t have enough literary criticism for your Friday, Jia Tolentino is ecstatic about Mohsin Hamid’s new novel. / New Yorker