March 30, 2017
A brief profile of Maine potter Ayumi Horie, who co-runs The Democratic Cup, turning pottery into a political act. / VICE
A Hawaii federal judge places a stronger hold on Trump’s travel ban—all but ensuring it’ll go to the Supreme Court. / USA Today
“Chris Sgro, executive director of the gay rights group Equality North Carolina, said that the proposal ‘keeps North Carolina as the only state in the country obsessed with where trans people use the restroom through law.’” North Carolina will likely repeal the controversial HB2 to appease big business, but the compromise will continue to allow discrimination. / Paste Magazine
Seattle sues the White House so Trump can’t force sanctuary city police to handle immigration duties. / Reuters
Finally, our minds can rest: Why knights fight snails in the marginalia of medieval manuscripts. See original research paper here. / scribd.com
“Both [novels] put a lot of stock in the totemic power of dreams; both grapple with gender and power, and the limits of autonomy in ‘civilized’ cultures. At times, for different reasons, I had to turn away from the pages. Shit gets raw.” Our Zombie round closes in the ToB, with Reyhan Harmanci making the call, setting up a colossal final. / The Tournament of Books
“We did our best here to teach Stephen the ethical standards of Judaism.” Stephen Miller’s liberal Santa Monica synagogue seems unhappy at best with his newfound national notoriety. / The Hollywood Reporter
Forty percent of the Bay Area’s residents want to leave, including 46% of millennials. / The Mercury News
Russia’s arts scene is thriving, despite a complex “game” of censorship—both of which support Putin’s rule. / The Guardian
Documents recently released by the CIA as part of its CREST database dump show the extremes required to join the agency’s Employment Activity Association, which, among other things, broke down activities into various tiers of drawing potential suspicion. / cia.gov, muckrock.com
Many luscious pictures here, particularly the maritime and surf work, by photographer Kenny Hurtado. / Kenny Hurtado
Culture is the biggest variable in why men rape. Peer rejection and criminal justice is the answer. / Aeon
India wildly underperforms as a tourist destination, but a few simple reforms could rake in billions. / Think Pragati
“Digital technologies seem to have ignored how people actually move around in geographic space: It’s relatively new that some of us have fixed locations or even addresses at all.” Frustrated by a question in a drop-down menu, a British citizen with Bangladeshi heritage, who’s lived around the world, argues that the digital age should free us from where we originated. / Real Life Mag
How many elks are eaten by wolves each year? In Yellowstone, up to 2,156. / WyoFile
Two tweets favorited by an account that almost certainly belongs to James Comey: / Gizmodo
As trust in journalism wanes, the number of people who trust advertisements has increased by a fifth since 2014. / eMarketer
Utah’s exemplary middle-class mobility resembles Sweden’s...by way of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. / Bloomberg
North Korean defectors arrive in South Korea with little clue about how to use ATMs or keep track of personal finances. As a result, they’re often targeted for scams. / Gizmodo