The Making of Future Man

Hugo Gernsback (1884-1967) has mostly vanished from our cultural memory, which is a pity, because he was an extraordinary man, and his influence on our modern age—electrical, science-permeated, and full of wonders—was outsized. By James Gleick.
Read more: http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2017/01/31/hugo-gernsback-making-of-future-man/?source=Snapzu

Rumor: Fallout New Vegas 2 details leaked and reveal planned

Our insider source is back with some new information, and it’s a big one. First a little recap on this source of ours: We’ve had a spectacular track record with this source in the past. As you may recall we were the first to accurately leak Red Dead Redemption 2 details. Other Websites like Forbes even tried to make fun of us for it. They weren’t laughing very long. Our source also accurately called The Last Of Us 2 reveal weeks before it dropped. Reddit didn’t know whether or not to believe us. They were believers a few weeks later.
Read more: http://fraghero.com/rumor-fallout-new-vegas-2-details-leaked-reveal-planned/?source=Snapzu

Samantha Bee Is Hosting an Alternative to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Given President Donald Trump's recent clashes with the media, which he called the "opposition party," it's hard to imagine the press and the Trump administration having a chummy or even cordial iteration of the star-studded White House Correspondents' dinner this year. And given the president's unwillingness to withstand any roasting, it's also hard to imagine that any comedian chosen to perform will feel free to make the traditional jokes at the commander-in-chief's expense.
Read more: http://www.vulture.com/2017/01/samantha-bee-white-house-correspondents-dinner-alternative-trump.html?source=Snapzu

Defoe and the Distance to Utopia

In the wake of recent political shifts and the dystopian flavour they carry for many, J.H. Pearl looks to the works of Daniel Defoe and the lessons they can teach us about bringing utopia home.
Read more: http://publicdomainreview.org/2017/01/25/defoe-and-the-distance-to-utopia/?source=Snapzu

Creep - Vega Choir

Read more: http://snapzu.com/Appaloosa/creep-vega-choir?source=Snapzu

For Librarians, 2017 Is Off to a Rough Start

Librarians’ concerns about the new Trump administration run deeper than funding questions. Immediately following the 2016 election many librarians expressed concern that Trump’s campaign rhetoric breached some of the library community’s most fundamental values, including intellectual freedom, diversity, and social responsibility.
Read more: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/72618-for-librarians-2017-is-off-to-a-rough-start.html?source=Snapzu

Doubts Cloud Claims of Metallic Hydrogen

A new study reports the compression of hydrogen gas to a metallic state, but skeptics are unconvinced. By Davide Castelvecchi.
Read more: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/doubts-cloud-claims-of-metallic-hydrogen/?source=Snapzu

Bibliomania: the strange history of compulsive book buying

Lorraine Berry looks into the curious past of pathological collectors – and considers her own lifelong urge to hoard ever more volumes
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jan/26/bibliomania-the-strange-history-of-compulsive-book-buying?source=Snapzu

Roger Federer Defeats Rafael Nadal, Wins Record 18th Grand Slam

Roger Federer defeats Rafael Nadal, wins record 18th Grand Slam title Sunday night in Melbourne in Australian Open final.
Read more: http://lastwordontennis.com/2017/01/29/roger-federer-defeats-rafael-nadal-wins-record-18th-grand-slam?source=Snapzu

How art helps us work out our techno dreams and nightmares

In a world where machines are threatening our identity, what price humanity? A new book on machine art, "Machine Art in the Twentieth Century," shows how art can help.
Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23331090-700-how-art-helps-us-work-out-our-techno-dreams-and-nightmares/?source=Snapzu

The Unbearable Niceness of Being

On niceness in publishing and why we should ask men to do better. By Alana Massey.
Read more: http://lithub.com/the-unbearable-niceness-of-being/?source=Snapzu

When Did the Environment Become a Partisan Issue?

When it comes to the environment, it seems that political divisions in America only grow wider. According to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center, 90 percent of Democrats believe that the “country should do whatever it takes to protect the environment,” compared with 52 percent of Republicans. But it wasn’t always that way. American Experience spoke with environmental historian Naomi Oreskes, author of the book Merchants of Doubt, about the early days of environmental activism, and how it gained — and then lost — broad bipartisan support. By Cori Brosnahan.
Read more: https://medium.com/americanexperiencepbs/when-did-the-environment-become-a-partisan-issue-f914f0ce489e#.2onibjmlm?source=Snapzu

The Irish novel that seduced the USSR

The Gadfly, an English-language book barely known in the West became a sensation behind the Iron Curtain, writes Benjamin Ramm.
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170119-the-irish-novel-that-seduced-the-ussr?source=Snapzu

How Culture Became a Powerful Political Weapon

Nato Thompson’s new book explores the history of how music, TV, games, and advertising have been used to influence consumers.
Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/01/culture-as-weapon-nato-thompson/514712/?source=Snapzu

Rolling in the Deep

Read more: http://snapzu.com/Appaloosa/rolling-in-the-deep?source=Snapzu

Why Orwell’s ‘1984’ matters so much now

President Trump may not be a big reader, but he’s been a boon for sales of dystopian literature. Amid our thirst for adult coloring books and stories about missing girls and reincarnated puppies, some grim old classics are speaking to us with new urgency. Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451 ,” Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World ” and Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale ” have all risen up the latest paperback bestseller list.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/why-orwells-1984-matters-so-much-now/2017/01/25/3cf81964-e313-11e6-a453-19ec4b3d09ba_story.html?source=Snapzu

Ikea Lovingly Turned These 10 Children's Drawings Into Actual Plush Toys Winning designs will raise money for kids' charities By David Griner

Tо hеlр create this уеаr'ѕ lіnеuр оf Sоft Tоуѕ for Eduсаtіоn, global retailer Ikеа turnеd tо сrауоn-wіеldіng kids аrоund thе wоrld. Thе 10 wіnnіng еntrіеѕ hаvе been rесrеаtеd in lоvіng detail bу Ikеа'ѕ toy dеѕіgnеrѕ, and the creations are nоw оn ѕаlе аѕ раrt of thе сhаіn'ѕ аnnuаl fundraiser. Fоr еасh tоу рurсhаѕеd, Ikea will donate one еurо to сhіldrеn'ѕ еduсаtіоn рrоjесtѕ via Unісеf аnd Save thе Children. Sіnсе launching thе сhаrіtу еffоrt іn 2003, thе Ikеа Foundation has dоnаtеd mоrе thаn $90 million to global сhіldrеn'ѕ саuѕеѕ.
Read more: http://www.newsinfo.ml/2017/01/ikea-lovingly-turned-these-10-childrens.html?source=Snapzu

An Incomplete Dossier of Evidence That Donald Trump Doesn’t Read

Donald Trump doesn’t read. This may seem inconceivable for a president, particularly after four years of President Obama—but more likely, considering the president in question, the information does not shock you. Honestly, it seems as though every day there’s a new piece of evidence that underscores our terrifying suspicion (one among many) that we may have a president who, despite his claims, has never read an entire book from beginning to end,
Read more: http://lithub.com/an-incomplete-dossier-of-evidence-that-donald-trump-doesnt-read/?source=Snapzu

A comic book nerd won a city council seat — and was sworn in holding his Captain America shield

Lan Diep has been collecting comic books since the third grade and has paid more than he’s willing to admit for things that don’t, technically, exist in the real world. He owns a working Ghostbusters trap, for example. And he keeps a piece of kryptonite under glass, just in case the Superman truthers are right. But he concedes there are few opportunities for a grown, adult lawyer to whip out things that some people would choose to classify as toys. So they’ve languished in his closet, safe from scratches, thieves and those who would mercilessly mock him. But a month ago, things changed. Diep realized his life until this point had just been
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/01/25/a-comic-book-nerd-won-a-city-council-seat-and-was-sworn-in-holding-his-captain-america-shield/?utm_term=.065a689690ac?source=Snapzu

Hacker who stole celebrity naked pictures sentenced

An Illinois man was sentenced to nine months in federal prison on Tuesday for breaking into the email and online storage of celebrities to obtain their private photos and videos, according to the US Attorney's office. Edward Majerczyk, 29, who pleaded guilty to felony computer hacking charges last year, will begin serving his sentence on 27 February, said Joseph Fitzpatrick, a spokesman for Zach Fardon, US Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois.
Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/hacker-celebrity-nude-pictures-videos-jennifer-lawrence-kate-upton-kirsten-dunst-edward-majerczyk-a7544626.html?source=Snapzu

A Great Place to Have a War

The definitive account of the secret war in the tiny Southeast Asian nation of Laos, which lasted almost two decades and forever changed the CIA’s controversial role in foreign policy. 
Read more: http://www.cfr.org/laos/great-place-have-war/p38273?source=Snapzu

George Orwell's '1984': Publisher printing more copies after spike in demand

The book publisher Penguin is printing more copies of George Orwell's dystopian classic "1984" in response to a sudden surge of demand. On Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning the book was #1 on Amazon's computer-generated list of best-selling books. The list reflects hourly book sales. The 68-year-old novel appeared on the list on Monday, hovered around the #6 spot for much of the day, rose to #2 by Tuesday afternoon and then hit #1.
Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/25/media/george-orwell-1984-best-seller/?source=Snapzu

If you want to get smarter, speed-reading is worse than not reading at all

The point of books isn’t how much you read. It’s reading for deep understanding.
Read more: https://qz.com/892276/speed-reading-wont-make-you-smarter-but-reading-for-deep-understanding-will/?source=Snapzu

How to change the wake word on your Amazon Echo to "Computer"

Tired of talking to a computer without being able to live out your Star Trek fantasies? Amazon has heard you, and it has answered.
Read more: http://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-change-the-wake-word-on-your-amazon-echo-to-computer/?linkId=33728520?source=Snapzu

Madonna Music Banned From Texas Radio Station

Have you watched Madonna’s speech during the Women’s March? Then you can guess the reason why her music has been banned from a Texas radio station. The famous singer made the speech in Washington, D.C, in front of 500,000 people, where she shared her feelings regarding the elections. Madonna also said that she was thinking "an awful lot about blowing up the White House." Texas radio station, HITS 105 announced on Tuesday that all of her songs wouldbe removed from their playlists “indefinitely”.
Read more: http://www.varietynewsclub.com/2017/01/madonna-music-banned-from-texas-radio.html?source=Snapzu

I can't stop thinking about these weird life hacks from 1873

These were simpler, stranger times
Read more: http://theweek.com/articles/670636/cant-stop-thinking-about-weird-life-hacks-from-1873?source=Snapzu

Bolt loses one Olympic gold over teammate's failed dope test

Usain Bolt's golden Olympic record was diminished Wednesday after Jamaican compatriot Nesta Carter tested positive for a banned substance.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/25/sport/usain-bolt-triple-triple-nesta-carter-doping-gold-medal-beijing-2008-relay-4x100m/index.html?source=Snapzu

The Physical Book Will Surely Endure: But Will It Endure for the Right Reason?

As an empirical matter, reading on a tablet cannot remotely approach the sensual literary experience offered by an old-fashioned book. By James McWilliams.
Read more: http://www.themillions.com/2017/01/the-physical-book-will-surely-endure-but-will-it-endure-for-the-right-reason.html?source=Snapzu

Mary Tyler Moore, beloved TV icon, is dead at 80

Mary Tyler Moore, an American actress and TV icon, has died
Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/mary-tyler-moore-dead-at-80/?source=Snapzu

The Rise, Fall, and Lonely Death of Benny Hill

On Easter Sunday morning in 1992, just two hours after he had been speaking to a television producer about yet another comeback, and five days after being released from hospital after a heart-scare, seventy-five- year-old Frankie Howerd collapsed and died. Benny Hill, seven years younger than Howerd, was quoted in the press as being ‘very upset’ and saying, ‘We were great, great friends.’
Read more: http://flashbak.com/the-rise-fall-and-lonely-death-of-benny-hill-371668/?source=Snapzu

Not Too Soon

Throwing Muses
Read more: http://snapzu.com/AdelleChattre/not-too-soon?source=Snapzu

BOLES

Filip lives in a poor neighbourhood. He dreams of writer’s glory and luxurious lifestyle in a more prosperous part of town. One day Filip gets a knock on the door. His neighbour Tereza, an older prostitute that Filip tries to avoid by all means, asks him to write a letter for her fiancé. Filip agrees. And it would all end up fine if a week later Tereza would not show up at his doorstep again, asking him to write an answer to the previous letter.
Read more: https://vimeo.com/63804657?source=Snapzu

Sales of George Orwell's 1984 surge after Kellyanne Conway's 'alternative facts'

Comments made by Donald Trump’s adviser have been compared to the classic dystopian novel, pushing it to become the sixth best-selling book on Amazon
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jan/24/george-orwell-1984-sales-surge-kellyanne-conway-alternative-facts?CMP=fb_gu?source=Snapzu

‘The Evenings,’ a Dutch Classic, Arrives in English. It Only Took 70 Years

A translation of a novel by Gerard Reve that centers on a young clerk has invited recent comparisons to books like “The Catcher in the Rye.” By Nina Siegal.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/22/books/the-evenings-a-dutch-classic-arrives-in-english-it-only-took-70-years.html?source=Snapzu

People, the final frontier: how sci-fi is taking on the human condition

Call it the Tim Peake effect. Science fiction has always been as much about the human condition as saving the world from an alien invasion, but now a new wave of films and books are taking that interest one step further and developing an existentialist genre set in outer space.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jan/21/science-fiction-sci-fi-films-books-tim-peake-effect?source=Snapzu

The Atomic Origins of Climate Science

How arguments about nuclear weapons shaped the debate over global warming. By Jill Lepore.
Read more: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/30/the-atomic-origins-of-climate-science?source=Snapzu

We Can’t Make It Here (Anymore)

James McMurtry
Read more: http://snapzu.com/AdelleChattre/we-cant-make-it-here-anymore?source=Snapzu

The Island Where Everything Washes Up

On the island of Texel the strangest things wash up on the shore. From a flood of messages in bottles to a shipload of fur coats, a combination of location and tides means the islanders have seen it all.
Read more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YU1b5KdDzE?source=Snapzu

China shuts down 111 golf courses in assault on 'millionaires' sport'

Eye-watering big-money transfers have made China one of the most talked-about sporting destinations over the past year as European clubs look to hold onto their top talent amid a landgrab from the Chinese Super League. But while these well-bankrolled clubs are on a government-promoted transfer binge to promote growth, some other mainstream sports are receiving quite the opposite sort of treatment.
Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf/china-shuts-down-111-golf-courses-as-it-continues-its-assault-on-sport-for-millionaires-a7541591.html?source=Snapzu

Alec Baldwin to Host ‘Saturday Night Live’ for 17th Time on Feb. 11

Alec Baldwin has been appearing as now-President Donald Trump on “Saturday Night Live” for quite a while, but only in the capacity of a guest. On Feb. 11, he’ll return again as host. This will be Baldwin’s 17th time delivering the monologue from the stage at Studio 8H, giving him a new record for most times hosting the show. Ed Sheeran will be the musical guest for the occasion. Baldwin’s hosting gig puts a probable tweetstorm from President Trump in the forecast.
Read more: http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/alec-baldwin-trump-host-saturday-night-live-2017-1201966974/?source=Snapzu

Star Wars Episode VIII gets a name: The Last Jedi

But is that Jedi singular, or plural?
Read more: https://www.cnet.com/news/star-wars-episode-8-gets-a-name-the-last-jedi/?source=Snapzu

The Shawshank Redemption: 10 Best 10 Quotes

With so many great lines in the movie, it's hard to pick a favorite.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/zanduvid/the-shawshank-redemption-10-best-10-quotes?source=Snapzu

Revel in These Wondrous Drawings by the Father of Neuroscience

A new book and exhibition pay homage to Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s impressive powers of observation.
Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/revel-these-wondrous-drawings-father-neuroscience-180961881/?source=Snapzu

A Secret Jew, the New World, a Lost Book: Mystery Solved

An octogenarian cracks the case of a missing prized manuscript by Luis de Carvajal the Younger that surfaced on sale for a fraction of its value. By Joseph Berger. (Jan. 1, 2017)
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/01/arts/a-secret-jew-the-new-world-a-lost-book-mystery-solved.html?source=Snapzu

The Lost City of Z International Trailer (2017)

Read more: http://snapzu.com/Devang/the-lost-city-of-z-international-trailer-2017?source=Snapzu

Gore's new movie highlights alternative energy in deep-red Texas. Will it win over skeptics?

In his 2006 film "An Inconvenient Truth," former vice president Al Gore warned that humanity had 10 years to avoid reaching an environmental "point of no return." In response, conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh started a doomsday countdown clock. When it hit zero last January, National Review writer David French proclaimed it "time to laugh" at climate activists.
Read more: http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2017/0120/Gore-s-new-movie-highlights-alternative-energy-in-deep-red-Texas.-Will-it-win-over-skeptics?source=Snapzu

霓虹的製作 The Making of Neon Signs (2014)

Cpak Studio
Read more: http://snapzu.com/AdelleChattre/the-making-of-neon-signs-2014?source=Snapzu

A Rediscovered Mark Twain Fairy Tale Is Coming Soon

A fanciful bedtime story that he told his daughters will finally be finished and released, more than a century after he wrote it.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/20/books/mark-twain-childrens-book.html?source=Snapzu

Isaac Asimov wrote almost 500 books in his lifetime—these are the six ways he did it

To match the volume of writing Asimov produced in his lifetime, you would have to write a full-length novel every two weeks for 25 years.
Read more: https://qz.com/886038/isaac-asimov-wrote-almost-500-books-in-his-lifetime-these-are-the-6-ways-he-did-it/?source=Snapzu

British man dies working on Qatar 2022 World Cup stadium

A British man has died while working on a flagship 2022 World Cup stadium in Qatar, the organisers have said. The 40-year old man, who has yet to be named, died on Thursday while working on the Khalifa International Stadium. The organisers, the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, said his next of kin had been informed but provided no further details of his death. Labour said the Qatari authorities and Fifa had been putting "profit before safety", and urged Fifa to investigate.
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38689250?source=Snapzu