March 6, 2017

Among the more aerodynamic hairstyles we’ve seen, here’s a 1923 photograph of a Rwandan man wearing the “amasunzu.” / AnotherMag

As France prepares for its presidential election—a country, it should be said, that’s been invaded three times by Germany since 1870; is currently in its fifth republic; where 89% of the public thinks it’s headed in the wrong direction—it is witnessing a “bonfire of the elites.” / The Economist

In case your sports-nut aunt hasn’t emailed this to you yet, here’s the best catch in baseball last week, by the Mets’ Luis Giullorme. / Sports Illustrated

Musicians have started speaking out against a perceived anti-immigrant clause in SXSW’s contract that could lead immigrant artists to be deported for playing side gigs in Austin. / The A.V. Club

“I don’t say this lightly, but Windows is back, and Microsoft is doing a great job. Microsoft is getting better, faster at making Windows good than Apple is getting better at doing anything to OS X.” A developer explains why he recently left Mac and returned to Windows, since Apple only seems to care about its phones. / Charged

When even the Obamas are heading to the desert for escape, some portraits by photographer Robin Mellor seem appropriate, asking desert people about the meaning of life. / desertsun.com

As predicted, if a little counter-intuitive, the new president is proving a terrible choice for gun manufacturers, because customers don’t worry about Trump taking away their AR-15s. / CNN, Quartz

“The particular machismo that Trump brings to his manipulation of information is revealing. That’s an aesthetic, in art as well as politics, but every aesthetic has moral dimensions.” Eula Biss on the lies Americans tell themselves, especially the made-up ones, like “poor people ignore vaccine science” (it’s more like upper-middle class people) and “No Irish Need Apply” (the signs didn’t exist where people said they did). / Los Angeles Review of Books

Here’s a brief, interesting story about small American towns that, facing financial crises and dwindling populations, are choosing to give up their identities. / The Wall Street Journal

Budget cuts at the EPA will include the office’s environmental justice office, which leaves “fence-line communities” vulnerable. / The Guardian

The sport of tricking is all about getting off the ground and doing as much crazy stuff as you can before touching back down. / digg.com

After they got over thinking homosexuality was itself madness, social scientists figured gay men had high rates of suicide and depression because they were rejected by society. But even with those barriers falling, men who love men still despair. / HuffPost