Weekly Reading Roundup 8 April 2018
Last week’s Reading Roundup got delayed due to my great news! Friday, I wrote about the cover reveal of an anthology in which two of my essays are being published. So, this weekly reading roundup for the first week is here.
Cultural Appropriation
A Twitter thread by Calvin Wong Tze Loon
In the last few months, many people have reached out to me about their game projects asking 'Is what we're doing cultural appropriation?'
This is great! It shows that they care, I don't mind answering, but for the help of everyone here I thought I'd sum it up in a small thread.
— Calvin Wong Tze Loon (@ithayla) April 2, 2018
The above tweet starts a thread about cultural appropriation. It explains in easy to understand terms how to avoid it, and I learned. While I don’t think anyone is required to educate me on topic like this, I appreciate it when someone chooses to teach. There is so much more for me to learn, but this helped.
The Great. Red. Spot.
by Phil Plait
All of my life, I’ve been fascinated with the planet Jupiter. One, it looks beautiful. Any picture that I see makes me pause to look closer; particularly, the swirling gases in the atmosphere are nearly hypnotic. For all of my life, I’ve imagined what Jupiter must be like. With amazing, potentially life supporting moons, ridiculous amounts of radiation, and it’s role as big brother of the solar system, I’ve always been fascinated by Jupiter, but nothing draws my attention more than the Red Spot. What mysteries lie within?
Click the photo to read the article on SyFy.com
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Look at the beautiful thing. How can one not be fascinated by it?
The Great Red Spot is a storm befitting such a huge world. It’s currently 16,400 kilometers across — nearly 1.3 times wider than our entire planet Earth! It’s actually shrinking, and no one really knows why.
Man Out on Bail for Shoving Lobster Down His Pants Now Busted with Brisket
by Daniel Hill
This article wins the best headline of the week award; Mr. Hill can collect his prize, 50 internet points, at any time. Seriously, I will not pass up an article with a headline like that. It’s bizarre, eye catching, and wholly Missouri.
According to court records, Nosser was charged with felony stealing in August after allegedly attempting to make off with two lobster tails at an area grocery store.
What It Means That Trump Is “Only A Subject”
by Ken White
Ahh, politics, you never get old. Since I’m not a lawyer, the finer parts of investigations exist outside my knowledge, but the steps of what America is currently experiencing have my complete attention. Without a doubt, Russia interfered in the 2016 election. Watching Special Prosecutor Mueller’s investigation is now a hobby of mine and a good portion of the country, but when I don’t understand, I seek out experts to explain what I don’t understand. Ken White, a.k.a. Popehat, clarifies the legal aspects in understandable, entertaining blog posts. This article doesn’t disappoint.
Robert Mueller is rather by-the-book. Even when his goals are aggressive, his methodology is not envelope-pushing — he is meticulous about seeking judicial approval in the form of warrants and court orders. Some have speculated that he’s classifying Trump as a subject only because Trump can’t be indicted while in office and therefore can’t be a target.