Obama: You may ‘disagree’ with Colin Kaepernick, but he has right to protest

The president discusses the quarterback's anthem protests at a town hall meeting held on a military base in Virginia.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/09/29/obama-you-may-disagree-with-colin-kaepernick-but-he-has-right-to-protest/?source=Snapzu

This 1,157-year-old library gets a facelift

How do you restore a 1,157-year old library? Very carefully.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/29/travel/worlds-oldest-library-al-qarawiyyin/?source=Snapzu

Strangely Captivating Vintage Photos of People Knitting

Complied by Barbara Levine, "People Knitting: A Century of Photographs" is a fascinating look at people knitting from the 1860s through to the 1960s. There are people knitting while sitting, walking, driving, in a hair salon, and as a hobby, an occupation or a duty. All of them are compelling. Regardless of you’re a knitter or not, Levine’s photographs are a charming ode to this long and timeless tradition.
Read more: http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/people-knitting?source=Snapzu

Stakes Grow Higher In The Cat-Bird Wars

A new book — and an extraordinary backlash to it — has put poison, predator cats and at-risk wildlife front and center, says anthropologist Barbara J. King.
Read more: http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2016/09/29/495883093/stakes-grow-higher-in-the-cat-bird-wars?source=Snapzu

‘Adventure Time’ sets the series finale, but you still have time

You might want to sit down. Or grab your friends. “Adventure Time” is ending.
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-adventure-time-announces-finale-20160928-snap-story.html?source=Snapzu

In ‘Hitler,’ an Ascent From ‘Dunderhead’ to Demagogue

How did Adolf Hitler — described by one eminent magazine editor in 1930 as a “half-insane rascal,” a “pathetic dunderhead,” a “nowhere fool,” a “big mouth” — rise to power in the land of Goethe and Beethoven? What persuaded millions of ordinary Germans to embrace him and his doctrine of hatred? How did this “most unlikely pretender to high state office” achieve absolute power in a once democratic country and set it on a course of monstrous horror? A new biography portrays him as a clownish, deceitful narcissist who took control of a powerful nation thanks to slick propaganda and a dysfunctional elite that failed to block his rise.
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/28/books/hitler-ascent-volker-ullrich.html?source=Snapzu

Debunking the Myth of the ‘Real’ Robinson Crusoe

Alexander Selkirk was marooned on an island for more than four years. But his story was very different from the famous novel.
Read more: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/09/robinson-crusoe-alexander-selkirk-history/?source=Snapzu

The FCC is putting off a historic vote to disrupt your cable box

How you get your cable TV may be about to undergo a historic change.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/09/29/the-fcc-is-poised-to-disrupt-your-cable-box-heres-what-we-know-so-far/?source=Snapzu

Eight current and former Premier League Managers accused of taking transfer bungs

After Sam Allardyce left his post as England Manager by mutual agreement with the Football Association after one match and 67 days in charge, the shortest-reigning permanent England manager in history, claiming he offered advice on how to “get around” rules on player transfers. Now Eight Current and former Premier League manager’s stand accused of receiving “Bungs” for player transfers.
Read more: http://mykotori.com/football-corruption-scandal-eight-current-and-former-premier-league-managers-accused-of-taking-transfer-bungs/?source=Snapzu

Lin-Manuel Miranda to Host ‘Saturday Night Live’

“Hamilton” creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda will host an episode of “Saturday Night Live” on Oct. 8, NBC announced Wednesday. The Broadway star — who has recently gotten involved in a number of film projects including Disney’s “Moana” and the upcoming “Mary Poppins” sequel with Emily Blunt and Meryl Streep — will be joined on the comedy sketch show by musical guest Twenty One Pilots.
Read more: http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/saturday-night-live-lin-manuel-miranda-host-1201872645/?source=Snapzu

The Weeknd - Starboy ft. Daft Punk

Music video by The Weeknd performing Starboy ft. Daft Punk. © 2016 The Weeknd XO, Inc., Manufactured and Marketed by Republic Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/TNY/the-weeknd-starboy-ft-daft-punk?source=Snapzu

Come rain or shine…

Alexandra Harris’s breathtaking "Weatherland" explores writers’ relationship with the British weather via everything from ferns to Hadrian’s Wall.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/27/alexandra-harris-weatherland-writers-british-weather?source=Snapzu

Ghost - Square Hammer

"Square Hammer" off of the POPESTAR EP, out now.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/darvinhg/ghost-square-hammer?source=Snapzu

Metallica: Moth Into Flame (Official Music Video)

The second video from Metallica's upcoming album "Hardwired...To Self-Destruct" available everywhere on November 18.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/darvinhg/metallica-moth-into-flame-official-music-video?source=Snapzu

David Hare: the genius of Georges Simenon

As he brings one of the crime writer’s novels to the National stage, David Hare reveals why he loves the pithy, power-obsessed creator of Maigret
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/25/georges-simenon-david-hare-la-main-red-stage-national-theatre-maigret?source=Snapzu

How To Use Film Titles Creatively

Read more: http://snapzu.com/rti9/how-to-use-film-titles-creatively?source=Snapzu

The age of self: the strange story of how YouTubers saved publishing

When 21-year-old Alfie Deyes released his first book, it was No 1 on the Sunday Times bestseller list for 11 weeks. Who are the YouTubers – and why are their books so successful?
Read more: http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2016/09/age-self-strange-story-how-youtubers-saved-publishing?source=Snapzu

Everything Wrong With Captain America: Civil War

Captain America finally gets his own Avengers movie. Wait... I mean... The Avengers finally show up to help out in one of their members' solo films. Wait... Spider-Man finally doesn't suck in a film about not-Spider-Man... wait...
Read more: http://snapzu.com/montyHall/everything-wrong-with-captain-america-civil-war?source=Snapzu

The Oxford English Dictionary’s Surf Consultant

Matt Warshaw confirms the definitions of the subculture’s slang words for the reference book.
Read more: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/03/the-oxford-english-dictionarys-surf-consultant?source=Snapzu

Illustrations from a Descriptive Iconography of Cacti (1841)

Illustrations of cacti featured in a 19th-century work by French botanist Charles Lemaire.
Read more: http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/illustrations-from-a-descriptive-iconography-of-cacti-1841/?source=Snapzu

9 Reasons Why Bigfoot Still Exists

Bigfoot has been a recognizable creature that has lived on through many generations, yet has remained elusive in its sightings. Even with its long history of detection, there is still no scientific data to prove that Bigfoot actually exists, perhaps he is a figment of our imaginations? Or is he?
Read more: http://www.bitrebels.com/entertainment/9-reasons-bigfoot-still-exists/?source=Snapzu

Fifa disbands its anti-racism taskforce declaring that the job is done

Fifa has disbanded its anti-racism task force, declaring the work complete despite ongoing concerns about discriminatory behaviour in Russia, the hosts of the 2018 World Cup. Fifa has written to members of the task force to say that it has “completely fulfilled its temporary mission” and “is hereby dissolved and no longer in operation.”
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/sep/25/fifa-anti-racism-task-force-russia-2018-world-cup?source=Snapzu

Scientists Demonstrate Long Distance Quantum Communication

NEWS ANALYSIS: Experiments have shown how the quantum entanglement of particles can be used for unhackable communications and encryption.
Read more: http://www.eweek.com/security/scientists-demonstrate-long-distance-quantum-communication.html?source=Snapzu

A Journey to Bookland

The British Library has recently acquired a most appropriate addition to its map collection: a map of ‘Bücherland’ (Bookland), designed and drawn in 1938 by the German painter and illustrator Alfons Woelfle (1884-1951). Together with his publisher, Georg Heimeran, Woelfle clearly had a wonderful time creating Bücherland, which represents the writing, printing, publishing, selling and reading of books through its witty geography.
Read more: http://blogs.bl.uk/magnificentmaps/2016/09/a-journey-to-bookland.html?source=Snapzu

Blue Man Group: Tiny Desk Concert

They came, they measured, and they returned to perform a show like no other. It was the great NPR Tiny Desk Takeover by Blue Man Group. The world-famous entertainers retrofitted their custom-made instruments, confetti cannons, and streamers to fit the Tiny Desk.
Read more: http://www.npr.org/2016/09/23/495193882/blue-man-group-tiny-desk-concert?source=Snapzu

Six words added to Oxford English Dictionary to celebrate Roald Dahl’s 100th Birthday Anniversary

Roald Dahl, who was a British novelist, short story writer, poet, screenwriter and fighter pilot, remembered for his witty, beautifully written children’s books, the author having created some of our most beloved fictional characters. He often used incredibly unique words to describe the vivid worlds of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, and Matilda.
Read more: http://mykotori.com/six-words-added-to-oxford-english-dictionary-to-celebrate-roald-dahls-100th-birthday-anniversary/?source=Snapzu

The Bird-Based Color System that Eventually Became Pantone

An effort to describe the diversity of birds led to one of the first modern color systems.
Read more: http://hyperallergic.com/283388/the-bird-based-color-system-that-eventually-became-pantone/?source=Snapzu

Roku Unveils its New Line of Streaming Players

Confirming earlier leaks, Roku this morning unveiled a refreshed and rebranded line of streaming media players, with the intent of plugging every hole in the market.
Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/26/roku-unveils-its-new-line-of-streaming-players/?source=Snapzu

Stampeders confirm death of player Mylan Hicks

The Calgary Stampeders say defensive back Mylan Hicks died on Sunday morning. He was 23.
Read more: http://www.newstalk1010.com/news/2016/09/25/stampeders-confirm-death-of-player-mylan-hicks?source=Snapzu

It only takes six seconds to hear the world's most sampled song

Fans know that when a new Beyoncé, Kanye or Diplo track drops, it will likely contain a musical sample — an instrumental or vocal nugget from a song of yesteryear. That nugget will be rearran…
Read more: http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-most-sampled-song-of-all-time/?source=Snapzu

How a White Trash Girl Stumbled on Grace

Her father was a thief, her mother a drunk, but Billie Livingston was determined to be a writer. She succeeded, then it got hard, and then the magic happened.
Read more: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/09/24/how-a-white-trash-girl-stumbled-on-grace.html?source=Snapzu

High Hitler: how Nazi drug abuse steered the course of history

German writer Norman Ohler’s astonishing account of methamphetamine addiction in the Third Reich changes what we know about the second world war.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/25/blitzed-norman-ohler-adolf-hitler-nazi-drug-abuse-interview?source=Snapzu

The Baby From Nirvana's Nevermind Is 25 Now

"Nirvana's cool, I guess, it's just weird being a part of it." "Nirvana's cool, I guess—it's just weird being a part of it," says Spencer Elden, whose image was used on the album's cover. Spencer Elden was just a few months old when his parents got a call from underwater photographer Kirk Weddle, who asked if he could use their newborn baby as part of a photoshoot for an up-and-coming band called Nirvana.
Read more: http://time.com/4499648/nirvana-nevermind-25-baby-spencer-elden/?source=Snapzu

Americans are paying 40% more for TV than they were 5 years ago

The cable industry is seeing subscriber losses, but that doesn't mean that prices are going down to try and lure them back. In fact, according to Leichtman Research’s annual study, pay TV subscriptions keep going up and up. Pay TV prices have gone up 40% in the last five years, according to Leichtman. In 2011, US subscribers to pay TV, on average, paid $73.63 for cable or satellite. But in Leichtman's latest study, that number is $103.10.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/pay-tv-prices-up-40-from-5-years-ago-2016-9?source=Snapzu

What Langston Hughes’ Powerful Poem “I, Too" Tells Us About America's Past and Present

Smithsonian historian David Ward reflects on the work of Langston Hughes.
Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/what-langston-hughes-powerful-poem-i-too-americas-past-present-180960552/?no-ist?source=Snapzu

Making Maps for Books: Two Cartographers Tell Us How It’s Done

How exactly does one go about making a map of a make-believe place?To find out, A.J. O'Connell contacted some publishers, and they hooked her up with their mapmakers, who explained how they work with authors, how they draw maps, and what they’ve contributed to the fictional worlds they draw.
Read more: http://bookriot.com/2015/09/02/making-maps-books-two-cartographers-tell-us-done?source=Snapzu

Jim Parsons Tops List of Highest Paid TV Actors With $25.5 Million

“The Big Bang Theory” actors fill the top four slots of the 2016 “highest paid TV actors” list released by Forbes on Thursday. Jim Parsons once again leads the pack with $25.5 million (before management fees and taxes). The four time Emmy-winning actor and his co-star Johnny Galecki, who is second on the list, both command a $1 million per episode salary. Still, “Modern Family” star Sofia Vergara, who topped the list for female TV actors clobbers their earnings with $43 million.
Read more: http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/highest-paid-tv-actors-jim-parsons-johnny-galecki-big-bang-theory-1201869696/?source=Snapzu

A perfect storm: Margaret Atwood on rewriting Shakespeare’s Tempest

How do you update a play about a castaway sorcerer, a malevolent creature and an air spirit? Margaret Atwood on the prisoners, politicians and hackers who make up her modern day Tempest
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/24/margaret-atwood-rewriting-shakespeare-tempest-hagseed?source=Snapzu

Anger as Churchill's home turned into Hitler HQ for Transformers 5

The conversion of Winston Churchill’s former home into the swastika-draped headquarters of Adolf Hitler for a Transformers movie has been denounced by veterans’ groups and former military commanders. Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, has been reimagined as the headquarters of the Nazi leader in The Last Knight, the fifth Transformers film, which is currently shooting.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/sep/23/anger-churchill-home-turned-hitler-hq-transformers-5-michael-bay-swastika-flags?source=Snapzu

Arnold Palmer: 'The King' of golf dies at 87

Before accepting the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2004, Arnold Palmer shared a few laughs with President George W. Bush and gave the commander in chief a few golf tips in the East Room of the White House.
Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/golf/2016/09/25/arnold-palmer-obituary/1881465/?source=Snapzu

James Patterson calls off his fictional Murder of Stephen King

The thriller writer had been due to publish a book about an attempt on the horror master’s life, but decided against it after learning of real-life threats.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/23/james-patterson-calls-off-his-fictional-of-stephen-king?source=Snapzu

Books Coming Out September 27,16

Bruce Springsteen's memoir 'Born to Run' goes on sale Sept. 27.
Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2016/09/25/books-new-and-noteworthy/90499280/?source=Snapzu

The Creation of the ESRB - Gaming Historian

Gaming Historian provides a history of the ESRB's creation. In the early 90's, there was a growing concern from the public about violent entertainment. When the government began seeing footage of graphic video games, they stepped in with an ultimatum for the industry: Regulate yourselves, or we'll do it for you.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/PrismDragon/the-creation-of-the-esrb-gaming-historian?source=Snapzu

Here's How High the Average Cable TV Bill Was This Year

As the debate over just how much the cable industry has to fear from cord cutting rages on, there’s one common misunderstanding that never seems to disappear. “Cord-Cutting Isn’t a Bargain Anymore,” read one recent headline, claiming consumers who dropped a cable TV subscription wouldn’t save much money. Similar analysis can be found in “Cord-Cutting Is Gonna Suck in 2016,” or “The Myth of TV Cord-Cutting.” What these recent stories—and many more—get wrong is the economics of cutting the cable.
Read more: http://fortune.com/2016/09/23/average-cable-tv-bill/?source=Snapzu

Jose Fernandez Dies In Boating Accident

In stunning and tragic news, one of baseball's preeminent young stars, Marlins right-hander Jose Fernandez, died in a boating accident …
Read more: http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2016/09/jose-fernandez-dies-in-boating-accident.html?source=Snapzu

A new literary genre critiques the scariest, most unbelievable part of life in China—reality

Traditional literary tropes have struggled to describe China’s day-to-day corruption, warp-speed modernization, supersonic development, and political oppression. Mystery, satire, horror—none feel quite expansive enough to begin encompassing the stories of the world’s most simultaneously populous yet secretive country. To help bridge this gap, Beijing-based novelist Ning Ken has created a new literary genre to properly convey the absurdity of modern life in China: chaohuan. Meaning “ultra-unreal,” this contemporary mode of literary expression is intended to reflect the modern Chinese zeitgeist in all its dark oddity.
Read more: http://qz.com/782940/a-new-literary-genre-critiques-the-scariest-most-unbelievable-part-of-life-in-china-reality/?source=Snapzu

Author fights back at ISIS with gay jihadi erotica

ISIS is known for their brutal and homophobic killings such as throwing men off buildings and stoning gay men to death. One author however has decided to fight back by writing his own gay erotica novel featuring ISIS soldiers. Gay Star News reports that the ‘gay jihaderotica’ novel entitled ISIS: A Love Story is written by Abu Salaam, his pen name, and the story follows the relationship of two young jihadis, Ali and Majnun, during the Syrian Civil War which the author followed closely.
Read more: http://attitude.co.uk/author-fights-back-at-isis-with-gay-jihadi-erotica/?source=Snapzu

Why Stephen King's It still terrifies 30 years on

The bestselling tale of teenagers haunted by a demon remains effective because it’s about so much more than a scary clown. I think you’d struggle to find a more-read author in the 1980s than Stephen King. Throughout the 70s and early 80s, King carved a path for himself as the world’s foremost writer of horror fiction. His books were a double threat: they were both immaculately written and presented, on their most basic levels, subjects that were designed to terrify readers. Each book focused on a topic that drilled into our own neuroses, either real or imagined: the vampires found in Salem’s Lot, the isolation presented by The Shining...
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/23/why-stephen-kings-it-still-terrifies-30-years-on?source=Snapzu

Writer in Solitary Confinement Is Barred from Reading His Own Book

For Blake, who is serving a sentence of 77 years to life in conditions known to cause psychological breakdown, self-harm, and suicide, sanity is survival. He reads, he dreams, but most of the time, he writes. Blake is now serving his 29th year in solitary, and spends at least 23 hours a day in a small concrete cell with a solid steel door.
Read more: http://solitarywatch.com/2016/09/20/writer-in-solitary-confinement-is-barred-from-reading-his-own-book/?source=Snapzu

NHL hopes to score with virtual advertisements on rink boards

TV viewers of the World Cup of Hockey games have been seeing a virtual overlay on the boards that allows a single brand at a time to take over all of the boards in the Air Canada Centre.
Read more: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/marketing/nhl-hopes-to-score-with-virtual-advertisements-on-rink-boards/article31974638/?source=Snapzu