Colts' Ogletree jailed on domestic violence counts

Colts tight end Drew Ogletree was arrested on Friday, and charged with two level six felonies: domestic violence committed in the presence of a child less than 16 years old and domestic battery resulting in moderate bodily injury, according to records.
Read more: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39207197/colts-drew-ogletree-arrested-alleged-domestic-violence?source=Snapzu

History in Ink: Preserving the World’s Largest Cartoon and Comic Collection

From 1920s manga to Captain Marvel to Calvin and Hobbes, there’s no telling what treasures you’ll uncover at this unique institution.
Read more: https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2023/10/history-in-ink-preserving-the-worlds-largest-cartoon-and-comic-collection/?source=Snapzu

Pistons break single-season NBA record for longest losing streak

The Detroit Pistons are now the sole owners of the longest single-season losing streak in NBA history.
Read more: https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/sports/nba/pistons-break-single-season-nba-record-for-longest-losing-streak/3191944/?amp=1?source=Snapzu

The Making of NHL 94: 30th Anniversary Documentary

"NHL 94 is largely considered one of the best sports games ever made. 30 years after its release we talk to the developers about that era of sports game design and the magic that went into the development of NHL 94."
Read more: https://snapzu.com/estherschindler/the-making-of-nhl-94-30th-anniversary-documentary?source=Snapzu

The very worst sports decisions of 2023

From Aaron Rodgers choosing the Jets to Ja Morant choosing chaos to optimistic Mets fans choosing to believe, these were some of 2023’s decisions to regret.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/12/26/worst-sports-decisions-2023/?source=Snapzu

How writing 'made us human' – an 'emotional history' from ancient Iraq to the present day

Evidence suggests that writing was probably invented in southern Iraq sometime before 3000BC. But what happened next?
Read more: https://theconversation.com/how-writing-made-us-human-an-emotional-history-from-ancient-iraq-to-the-present-day-219739?source=Snapzu

Creeds - Push Up (Luminatix Remix)

From the course "How to be unproductive and distracted" - Turn up the volume so loud that your neighbours can join your little blockparty without them leaving their house! :-)
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Types of Genres: A Literary Guide

Whether you’re picking another book off the shelf or plotting out your new novel, learning more about genre can help you decide what comes next.
Read more: https://www.snhu.edu/about-us/newsroom/liberal-arts/types-of-genres?source=Snapzu

Nine months after scandal, publishers are still sorting out a plagiarism mess

Ghostwriter Kristin Loberg and many of her clients have apologized for misusing authors’ words without attribution. But publishing firms have been largely quiet.
Read more: https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2023-12-08/nine-months-after-david-agus-scandal-publishers-are-still-sorting-out-plagiarism-mess?source=Snapzu

The Rolling Stones are hitting the road next year on a tour sponsored by AARP

After 60 years, The Rolling Stones are still going strong and gearing up for another concert tour.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/21/entertainment/the-rolling-stones-tour-aarp/index.html?source=Snapzu

5 takeaways from Dolly Parton's "Rockstar," her glorious tribute to rock 'n' roll

From Beatles to Blondie, Dolly reimagines iconic songs, delivers original barn burners and has a blast doing it
Read more: https://www.salon.com/2023/11/18/dolly-parton-rockstar/?source=Snapzu

‘The book took me about a decade’: the 2023 Booker prize shortlisted writers on the stories behind their novels

From the paintings of Paula Rego to a Jamaican American childhood, the six novelists up for the UK’s most prestigious fiction prize share the inspirations behind their nominated books – and how they got them onto the page
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/nov/18/it-took-me-a-decade-the-2023-booker-prize-shortlisted-authors-on-the-stories-behind-their-novels?source=Snapzu

Why the Age of Marvel Is Not Quite Over

After bombing with ‘The Marvels’ and releasing a glut of projects in recent years, there is still hope for the studio to push through the wreckage.
Read more: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/age-of-marvel-is-not-yet-over-marvels-1235645779/?source=Snapzu

Texas Board of Education urged to reject climate-accurate textbooks

Republican state official pans scientific consensus as a “woke environmental agenda.”
Read more: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/11/texas-board-education-climate-change-school-textbooks-vote/?source=Snapzu

On collaborating with your spouse

Authors Chris Bachelder and Jennifer Habel discuss what they learned from writing a book together as a married couple.
Read more: https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/writers-chris-bachelder-and-jennifer-habel-on-collaborating-with-your-spouse/?source=Snapzu

Raising a Reader: 5 Novel Ideas for Motivating Kids to Read

Turn reading from homework to a hobby with fun, engaging ideas for encouraging reading in kids and teens.
Read more: https://www.bgca.org/news-stories/2023/November/raising-a-reader-5-novel-ideas-for-motivating-kids-to-read?source=Snapzu

Lost Doctor Who episodes found – but owner is reluctant to hand them to BBC

As sci-fi show’s 60th anniversary nears, a collector pleads for BBC to offer amnesty to those with recordings discarded by corporation
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/nov/11/lost-doctor-who-episodes-found-owner-reluctant-to-hand-them-to-bbc?source=Snapzu

Why the Dying DVD Business Could Be Headed for a Resurrection

Netflix and Best Buy said adieu to discs — but with streamers deleting titles to cut costs, could DVDs and Blu-rays mimic the revival of vinyl and CDs?
Read more: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/dying-dvd-bluray-business-resurrection-cds-vinyl-1235639108/?source=Snapzu

Spotify's new royalty payment update hurts indie musicians even more than before

Every sub-1,000 stream will still generate revenue for the company — but now, that revenue will not be shared.
Read more: https://boingboing.net/2023/11/11/spotifys-new-royalty-payment-update-hurts-indie-musicians-even-more-than-before.html?source=Snapzu

TV Actors Getting Back To Work After SAG-AFTRA Strike As Series Start Setting Return To Production Dates

Film and TV cameras are finally set to roll again as SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP have reached a tentative agreement. The strike is officially over at 12:01 AM tonight, ending a six-month production pause d…
Read more: https://deadline.com/2023/11/tv-series-return-to-production-dates-sag-aftra-strike-1235594633/?source=Snapzu

Is The Gilded Age's Opera War Based on a True Story?

The new season of the hit series details a battle between two high-society music venues, but how much of it is real?
Read more: https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a45668059/ithe-gilded-age-opera-war-true-story/?source=Snapzu

Is Ghostwriting Ruining Literature?

Ghostwriting is a tradition that has been around since the 5th century, and has carried into the present day. But does it delegitimize a work?
Read more: https://bookriot.com/is-ghostwriting-ruining-literature/?source=Snapzu

Louis Armstrong Gets the Last Word on Louis Armstrong

For decades, Americans have argued over the icon’s legacy. But his archives show that he had his own plans.
Read more: https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/louis-armstrong-archive/?source=Snapzu

The Simpsons Is Good Again

After 34 seasons, 750 episodes, and a decades-long funk, the beloved show innovated its way back to popularity and relevance.
Read more: https://www.vulture.com/article/the-simpsons-is-good-again.html?source=Snapzu

National Memoir Writing Month - November 2023

November is National Memoir Writing Month. It's the perfect time to start writing your autobiography. It's not clear to me how November came to be National Memoir Writing Month. I suspect that National Memoir Writing Month was created by somebody who doesn’t like writing fiction.
Read more: https://thgmwriters.com/blog/national-memoir-writing-month-november/?source=Snapzu

Why so many celebrities are releasing memoirs

What's behind the recent glut of celebrity memoirs? Fans can't get enough of the rich and famous, and the stars want a chance to control the narrative.
Read more: https://journalstar.com/life-entertainment/nation-world/books/why-so-many-celebrities-are-releasing-memoirs/video_4d08d620-b120-5452-8c29-b8fc33f65934.html?source=Snapzu

The Secret Meeting That Broke Our Food System

Did you know you can patent a living thing? Decades of lobbying made that possible. Now just four companies control the intellectual property behind nearly ALL of the food we eat. We call them the "Life Cartel" and we broke down their plot to privatize everything.
Read more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoM6R2w4440?source=Snapzu

Editorial: Huntington Beach will let neighbors censor neighbors' reading choices. That's wrong.

Giving residents censorship rights over librarians and the public crosses a clear line that should never be breached.
Read more: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-10-30/editorial-huntington-beach-panel-censorship-city-libraries?source=Snapzu

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