This is a new weekly post that features links to articles around the internet that we think you might find interesting, often consisting of long-form reporting that makes for perfect weekend reading. We hope you enjoy it!
Crying Myself to Sleep on the Biggest Cruise Ship Ever
from The Atlantic
Author Gary Shteyngart (Lake Success, Our Country Friends) describes his less-than-stellar experiences aboard the Icon of the Seas.
Transparent Vice
from The Verge
Elizabeth Lopatto talks to a host of ex-employees of once hot news site Vice to piece together the events that led to its downfall.
Link: https://www.theverge.com/24094310/vice-media-layoffs-bankruptcy-shane-smith
It’s Dirty Water
from The Intercept
Neha Wadekar exposes alleged environmental damage by Rio Tinto subsidiary QIT Madagascar Minerals and their effects on the people living in the area.
Link: https://theintercept.com/2024/04/03/madagascar-rio-tinto-mine-water-contamination/
How Hidden Nazi Symbols Were the Tip of a Toxic Iceberg at Life Is Strange Developer Deck Nine
from IGN
Reporter Rebekah Valentine takes a look at some of the toxic conditions employees of video game developer Deck Nine claim to have endured. Especially concerning given their flagship title’s reputation for inclusivity and empathy.
Antitax Nation
from The American Prospect
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and tax policy expert David Cay Johnston reviews Michael Graetz’s book The Power to Destroy: How the Antitax Movement Hijacked America, and includes a lot of history explaining how our country’s finances have gotten where they are today.
Link: https://prospect.org/culture/books/2024-04-05-antitax-nation-graetz-review/
Reality, as Seen by Godzilla
from Public Books
Joseph Weiss writes about the serious messages that underly all the silliness of the Godzilla franchise: “Godzilla is that which we can’t resolve, at once divine and ridiculous. That’s why, for 70 years, we’ve needed to keep retelling its story.”
Link: https://www.publicbooks.org/reality-as-seen-by-godzilla/
As MLB’s Uniform Issues Persist, Nike Searches for Solutions to Sweat Stains and Mismatched Greys
from The Athletic
Wondering how this year’s new MLB uniforms are working out? According to the people Stephen J. Nesbitt and Tyler Kepner spoke to, not great.
Netflix’s 3 Body Problem Highlights an Astronomical Mystery That Stumped Isaac Newton
from Inverse
Darren Orf looks at the very-real mathematical problem that inspired the novels Netflix’s sci-fi hit is based upon.
Link: https://www.inverse.com/science/what-is-the-three-body-problem-in-physics-space-science
Burglary Crew Allegedly Nets Up to $30M in One of the Largest Cash Heists in LA History
from Fox 11 Los Angeles
We can’t wait to hear more details about exactly how this was pulled off: “The crew was so stealthy and malicious, that no one even noticed the money was gone until Monday when employees opened the vault, which showed no obvious signs of a break-in.”
Link: https://www.foxla.com/news/los-angeles-30-million-dollar-cash-heist
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