Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubez
- The More You Use Facebook, the Worse You Feel (“We found consistently that both liking others’ content and clicking links significantly predicted a subsequent reduction in self-reported physical health, mental health, and life satisfaction.”)
Bookish Linkage
- Campus libraries are changing
- Bookish Lists: 8 books about royal Russian history; 10 best books to introduce you to magical realism (of which I am not a fan); best contemporary dystopian fiction (I’ve read 9 of 13); 10 essential African novels (sadly, I’ve only read 1)
- Awards: European Prize for Literature; International Prize for Arabic Fiction
Nonbookish Linkage
- What bullets do to bodies
- In Trump the Truth, PEN America looks at free expression during Trump’s first 100 days
- People are putting aside money to travel to space
- Why today’s music sucks
- What happened to Jesus’ cross?
- Everyone needs to defend speech we hate
It is our attitude toward free thought and free expression that will determine our fate. There must be no limit on the range of temperate discussion, no limits on thought. No subject must be taboo. No censor must preside at our assemblies.
William O. Douglas, “The One Un-American Act“
