#sundayread for May 17, 2020
Photo: Tebo Steele (CC)
My picks for #sundayread for May 17, 2020:
- I listened to Robert M. Pirsig’s “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,” too many long-winded philosophy asides from a madman.
[aff. link] https://amzn.to/2LuAfpR - The Black Cube Chronicles: A three-part excerpt from “Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators”
By @RonanFarrow
https://buff.ly/35iuBzV / https://buff.ly/362uUPX / https://buff.ly/2M1LwPh - Olympic Gymnast @Aly_Raisman’s Courtroom Statement to Her Sexual Abuser
(h/t @longreads) - Ten years ago this week, what were our #sundayread recommendations?
https://bit.ly/2Z8XM7x - The death of a video store
By Ignatiy @Vishnevetsky - A Baby. A Tornado. A Husband With #COVID19. Life in quarantine and off the road.
By @MissMargoPrice
(via @lorieliebig) - Flashback: Ten years ago, J.T. on “Survivor” finale recognized for dumbest move ever
- On @NathaliaHolt’s “Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, From Missiles to the Moon to Mars”
By Maria Popova @brainpicker - Shaka, When the Walls Fell: “Star Trek: The Next Generation” Shows the Next Phase of Human Communication
By Ian Bogost @ibogost
(via @moryan) - Flashback: Five years ago, @Noah_Galloway competes in “Dancing with the Stars” finals
#Bham - Oral history of “Mad Max: Fury Road,” a modern action classic
Compiled by @KyleBuchanan - We haven’t even begun to grasp how much economic damage the pandemic will do
By Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg
#COVID19 #coronavirus - My Brother’s Keeper: How the death penalty hurts families
By @SabineHeinlein
(h/t @longreads) - Self Portrait With iPhone: Adventures of a newly single woman in her mid-50s
By Pam Mandel @nerdseyeview
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