Ice hockey player Johnson dies after neck cut

Nottingham Panthers' Adam Johnson dies after suffering a cut to his neck from a skate in a Challenge Cup match against the Sheffield Steelers.
Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/ice-hockey/67253892?source=Snapzu

Revelations about Buffy Sainte-Marie's ancestry is having a devastating impact on Indigenous communities across Canada

The CBC report on iconic singer Buffy Sainte-Marie’s ancestry is having deep impact in multiple ways across Indigenous lands across Canada.
Read more: https://theconversation.com/revelations-about-buffy-sainte-maries-ancestry-is-having-a-devastating-impact-on-indigenous-communities-across-canada-216602?source=Snapzu

Everything I Know About the Tech Industry I Learned From Baseball

We find wisdom wherever we encounter it. And since I’m at the ballpark a lot of the time, that’s where I get my tech business lessons.
Read more: https://www.tomshardware.com/opinion/everything-i-know-about-the-tech-industry-i-learned-from-baseball?source=Snapzu

How To Rekindle Your Love Of Reading

Revive your inner bookworm
Read more: https://stellar.ie/trending/how-to-rekindle-your-love-of-reading/129563?source=Snapzu

The Hacktivist

Celebrity hacker Andrew 'Bunnie' Huang first clashed with US tech giant Microsoft for teaching others how to modify the Xbox. Almost 20 years later, he is suing the US government to push for the right to use and own technology, all while creating hackable hardware with other tech superstars like whistleblower Edward Snowden and firmware hacker Sean Cross. Bunnie is convinced that, “If you can’t hack what you have, you don’t own it.” This documentary tinkers with the hacker’s mind on issues around transparency and privacy in the hardware world, all while Bunnie dismantles his childhood, his philosophy, and his controversy.
Read more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyYsVeYzbik?source=Snapzu

Charted: 50 Years of Music Industry Revenues, by Format

For the seventh year in a row, recorded music revenues in the United States rose, hitting a record high of $15.9 billion.
Read more: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/music-industry-revenues-by-format/?source=Snapzu

Scholastic Book Fair Will Discontinue Separate Collection Of Race And Gender Books

The publisher had said it would segregate books with themes on race and gender at school fairs in order to navigate a rash of bans across the country.
Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/scholastic-ending-book-fair-separate-catalog-books-on-race-and-lgbtq_n_653889b5e4b0c8556103230c?source=Snapzu

NHL players allowed to represent social causes with stick tape

The NHL had had banned the use of Pride tape on the ice this season as part of a decision made by the board of governors in June,
Read more: https://theathletic.com/4994713/2023/10/24/nhl-pride-tape-ban-reversed/?amp=1?source=Snapzu

Book bans in Texas spread as new state law takes effect

As Texas enters its third straight school year of coordinated book banning activity, a growing number of districts are targeting library books. Caught in the dragnet: books featuring a “naked” crayon and one with a cartoon butt.
Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/11/texas-library-book-bans/?source=Snapzu

Punk Sinatra (An A.I. mockumentary)

The forgotten punk pioneer
Read more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2wwhwiyMxI?source=Snapzu

The secret life of a ghostwriter

What does it take to lend one's writing to someone else? A ghostwriter who has authored multiple books offers a peek into the world of writing sans the fame.
Read more: https://www.deccanherald.com/features/art-and-culture/the-secret-life-of-a-ghostwriter-2736021?source=Snapzu

Why Isn’t Frasier Drinking at Cheers in the New Revival? The EPs Explain

Frasier is back in Boston in the new Paramount+ revival, but he has yet to set foot in the bar where everybody knows your name. Thursday’s premiere saw Frasier Crane return to his old stompin…
Read more: https://tvline.com/interviews/frasier-revival-cheers-reunion-not-returning-new-bar-explained-1235060082/?source=Snapzu

Amazon's Wheel of Time Has a Serious Dragon Reborn Problem

Amazon's Wheel of Time has been quite the wild ride, but the show has a major problem with the Dragon Reborn.
Read more: https://www.escapistmagazine.com/amazon-wheel-of-time-dragon-reborn-problem/?source=Snapzu

Robots Are People, Too: On the Ways Writers Use Non-Human Characters to Tell Human Stories

Sapient machines have appeared in stories for over a hundred years, but they’re just one example in our long tradition of using non-human characters to tell stories about ourselves.
Read more: https://lithub.com/robots-are-people-too-on-the-ways-writers-use-non-human-characters-to-tell-human-stories/?source=Snapzu

Porn addicts, vicars, madmen and murderers: Sarah Ogilvie on the Oxford English Dictionary’s unlikely writers

In a 70-year crowdsourcing project, a motley global public sent in the words and definitions that would form the first OED. Ogilvie reveals the shocking stories behind the book’s birth
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/sep/13/sarah-ogilvie-oxford-english-dictionary?source=Snapzu

Publishing A Book Means No Longer Having Control Over How Others Feel About It, Or How They’re Inspired By It. And That Includes AI.

There’s no way to write this article without some people yelling angrily at me, so I’m just going to highlight that point up front: many, many people are going to disagree with this article, and I’…
Read more: https://www.techdirt.com/2023/10/05/publishing-a-book-means-no-longer-having-control-over-how-others-feel-about-it-or-how-theyre-inspired-by-it-and-that-includes-ai/?source=Snapzu

Thousands of Android devices come with unkillable backdoor preinstalled

Somehow, advanced Triada malware was added to devices before reaching resellers.
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/10/thousands-of-android-devices-come-with-unkillable-backdoor-preinstalled/?source=Snapzu

The Story Behind The Story: How Ghostwriters Shape Public Discourse

Politicians, celebrities, business leaders and influencers from all walks of life increasingly turn to professional writers—ghostwriters—for the literary assistance they need to craft their messages, stories, speeches and online content in a compelling way.
Read more: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinessdevelopmentcouncil/2023/10/02/the-story-behind-the-story-how-ghostwriters-shape-public-discourse/?sh=c84c88628363?source=Snapzu

28 years ago, a book club began reading one novel. It’s finally reached the end

Filmmaker Gerry Fialka has convened a book group to read James Joyce’s ‘Finnegans Wake,’ a book famously tough to grasp. 
Read more: https://www.ocregister.com/2023/10/02/28-years-ago-a-book-club-began-reading-one-novel-its-finally-reached-the-end/?source=Snapzu

Millie Bobby Brown’s debut novel is a bestseller. Why does it matter that the actor didn’t write it?

Our discomfort lies more with how a bestselling celebrity novel reconfigures the book as ‘merchandise’.
Read more: https://scroll.in/article/1056739/millie-bobby-browns-debut-novel-is-a-bestseller-why-does-it-matter-that-the-actor-didnt-write-it?source=Snapzu

John Oliver, Back From Strike, Scolds Hollywood Studios For Not Offering Writers a Fair Deal on ‘Day F—king One’

John Oliver in his first episode since April 30 applauded the Writers’ Guild of America and scolded Hollywood’s business daddies for taking so long to offer writers a fair deal. After a…
Read more: https://tvline.com/news/john-oliver-last-week-tonight-returns-writers-strike-over-response-video-1235052588/?source=Snapzu

Ed Begley Jr. Can Tell You the 3 Best Comedies of All Time

The actor and environmentalist considered hiring a ghostwriter for help with his memoir, then realized as he was writing things down, “This is too much fun.”
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/30/movies/ed-begley-jr-temple-of-tranquility.html?source=Snapzu