Weekly Wreck of the Web #19

[Some catching up to do ...]

Ten links of interest:

1. Any Half-Decent Hacker Could Break Into Mar-a-Lago

2. Verse Goes Viral: How Young Feminist Writers Are Reclaiming Poetry for the Digital Age

3. Dr. Katz Is Back in the Healing Business with New Audio Series

4. In Trump Era, Women's Views of Nation's Prospects Take a Negative Turn [hmm, wonder why]

5. Villagers Knit Jumpers for Elephants to Protect Them From Near-Freezing Temperatures

6. Updated Trump Doctor Letter

7. The Census Is Much More Important Than You May Realize

8. What We Lose When We Give Awards to Men Like Casey Affleck

9. Under-Dog: Hounds Photographed from Underneath - in pictures

10. Maria Bamford Spent Her Commencement Address Discussing Exactly How She Negotiated Her Fee

Weekly Wreck of the Web #18

[Some catching up to do ...]

Ten links of interest:

1. Google Is Super Secretive about Its Anti-Aging Research. No One Knows Why.

2. This Moscow Subway Car Brings an art Museum to Commuters

3. Escaping Poverty Requires Almost 20 Years With Nearly Nothing Going Wrong

4. Vanity Fair's Secret Talent Theater (playlist) [best are Janelle Monae and Rachel Weisz]

5. Cats Using Dogs as Pillows

6. Men Really Need to Stop Calling Women Crazy

7. The Resistance Now: Big, Angry Crowds to Fight Back Against Trumpcare

8. Scout, 16, Confronts Neo-Nazi at Czech Rally

9. Lena Dunham Directs Bleachers' "Don't Take the Money" Video

10. Correction: Republican Bloodsuckers Who Sentenced Poor to Die Didn't Drink Bud Light

Weekly Wreck of the Web #17

[Some catching up to do ...]

Ten links of interest:

1. Trump and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad First 100 Days

2. Samantha Bee on Trump, Trolls, and Comedy's Fraught New Normal

3. Samantha Bee on Her Not the White House Correspondents' Dinner

4. 17 of the Best Independent Bookstores in Chicago

5. The Winners of the Sony World Photography Awards 2017

6. Matthew Desmond on the Social Problem of Eviction

7. Allison Crutchfield on How "Sad Bastard Music" Rings Hollow

8. Emily's Cartoons

9. CHVRCHES | 'Down Side Of Me (Live)' | 7-Inches For Planned Parenthood

10. This Is a Science Story. It Is Definitely Not a Metaphor

Weekly Wreck of the Web #16

[Some catching up to do ...]

Ten links of interest:

1. Best of Media Corrections, 2016 Edition

2. Democrats in Illinois Just Unseated a Whole Bunch of Republicans

3. The Many Lives of Pauli Murray

4. When the Designer Shows Up in the Design

5. 30 Years in the Life of One Chinese Square - in pictures

6. A Rape a Minute, a Thousand Corpses a Year

7. The Radical Feminist Aesthetic of The Handmaid's Tale

8. New song from Blondie

9. What's the Environmental Footprint of a T-Shirt?

10. Why Mandatory Vaccinations Are Critical, Visualized

Weekly Wreck of the Week #15

[Some catching up to do ...]

Ten links of interest:

1. "What can I do to help Syria?"

2. Pepsi's Awful Ad Isn't an Aberration; It's a Symptom of Commodified Dissent

3. How Can the Resistance Ward Off Infiltrators?

4. Can Customs and Border Officials Search Your Phone?

5. "All I Brought with Me": Syrian Refugees Show Their Possessions - in pictures

6. Celebrating African Americans in Fashion

7. America's First Female Mayor Was Elected 130 Years Ago. Men Nominated Her as a Joke.

8. How Journalists Covered the Rise of Mussolini and Hitler

9. Margaret Atwood, the Prophet of Dystopia

10. MasterChef at No. 10 (Red Nose Day 2011)

Weekly Wreck of the Week #14

Ten links of interest:

1. Four Feminists Recall Life Before and After Roe. v. Wade

2. This Year's Best Science Photos Are So Good They're Basically Art

3. Point: How the Trolls Stole Washington

4. Counterpoint: Why Trolling Wasn't the Deciding Factor in the Election

5. Bookmobiles: Rare Historical Photos

6. Five Things to Do to Protect Yourself Under a Trump Surveillance State

7. Christiane Amanpour on journalism today

8. 5 Tools to Enhance Your Trump Coverage

9. "Tambourine Army" Hits Back Against Sexual Violence in Jamaica

10. Brie Larson to Play First Female Presidential Nominee Victoria Woodhull

Weekly Wreck of the Web #13

Ten links of interest:

1. Don't Get Your Undocumented Friends in Trouble: A How-To

2. The Women's Strike and the Messy Space of Change

3. Fascism Facts

4. The Attorney Fighting Revenge Porn [This was horrifying. These men are horrifying.]

5. The Many Faces of Bertie Wooster

6. "All Resistance Is Local": A Plan of Progressive Action for the Trump Years

7. Tank and the Bangas: Tiny Desk Concert

8. Vital Signs from ProPublica

9. New music video from Aimee Mann

10. Why Typography Matters -- Especially at the Oscars

Weekly Wreck of the Web #12

Ten links of interest:

1. Photographs That Show Action Figures Interacting with Everyday Objects

2. Gabby Giffords to GOP: If I Could Go to Town Halls After Getting Shot, You Can Show Up for Voters

3. The Future Is Female --- And Still Unrelentingly Misogynist

4. The "Day Without a Woman" Strike, Explained

5. The Walled Off Hotel by Banksy - in pictures

6. Startup Workers See Sexual Harassment on "Breathtaking" Scale in Silicon Valley

7. Inside Schitt's Creek

8. There's an Intriguing Sociological Reason So Many Americans Are Ignoring Facts Lately

9. Best Photos of the Day: Sydney Mardi Gras and China's People's Congress

10. Is Obama's "Wire Tapp" the End of Donald Trump? Maybe! A Holy-Shit-Y'all Investigation into WTF!

Weekly Wreck of the Web #11

Ten links of interest:

1. Malta's Secret Tunnels: Inside the Newly Discovered Underworld of Valletta

2. The Truth About GMOs

3. Photos: "This Protest Is Real News" & Other Favorite Signs from "Not My President Day"

4. NYPL Digital Stylist: Oscars Edition

5. Using 13,000 Pennies to Renovate an Old Floor

6. Drop in Teenage Suicide Attempts Linked to Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage

7. Based on a *True* True Story? Oscars Edition

8. The Complete 4-Page Guide to Surviving an Authoritarian Regime

9. Possibly the Most Exhaustive Study of "Manspreading" Ever Conducted

10. Think Different: Can Advertising Defeat "Alt-Right" Propaganda?

Weekly Wreck of the Web #10

Ten links of interest:

1. The Problem with Femvertising

2. Michael Schur's Response to "Are Liberals Helping Trump?"

3. Tragedy Plus Time: How Jokes Won the Election

4. What's on the Menu? Help the NYPL Improve a Unique Collection

5. Make the Fur Fly: Annual Ferret Racing in Yorkshire - in Pictures

6. How America Counts Its Homeless - And Why So Many Are Overlooked

7. Museums and Libraries Fight "Alternative Facts" with a #DayofFacts

8. Movie Theaters Nationwide Will Screen 1984 to Protest Trump

9. People Recreate Photos of Their Immigrant Ancestors

10. Tufts Is Offering a 5-Day Program to Train Mathematicians to Be Expert Witnesses for Court Cases on Redistricting and Gerrymandering

Weekly Wreck of the Web #9

Ten links of interest:

1. What the Fuck Just Happened Today?

2. Collection of Self-Portraits by Women Artists

3. Barney Frank: Here's How Not to Waste Your Time Pressuring Lawmakers

4. The Media Under-Reports Threats of Islamic Terrorism -- to Muslims

5. Art for the Public

6. An Idiot's Guide to Whataboutery

7. The 64 Stages of Trump Grief (Campaign Launch - Present Day) [Michael Schur, I love you, but you forgot PARALYZING DREAD]

8. Want to Help Fight Legal Battles? There's a Crowdfunding Site for That

9. The Original Trump Haters

10. Here Are Your 4 New Best Friends: "Okay." "Wow." "No." CHILLY AWKWARD SILENCE

Weekly Wreck of the Web #8

Ten links of interest:

1. Reddit Is Tearing Itself Apart

2. Being Kellyanne Conway: Because Life Is Easier with Alternative Facts

3. Queer Muslim Women from the South: We're Here and We're Fierce

4. Dystopia in The Good Place

5. World's Largest Smog-Sucking Vacuum Could Rid Cities of Pollution

6. 33 Badass Women Leading the Resistance (on Twitter)

7. MoMA Forefronts Art from Countries Affected by Trump Travel Ban

8. The Politics of Pockets

9. Media Coverage of Domestic Violence More Likely to Excuse White vs. Black Perpetrators

10. A Moment with ... Ashley

Weekly Wreck of the Web #7

[Yes, I am behind on these. Oops.]

Ten links of interest:

1. Twitter Account Documents Jewish Refugees Turned Away by America in 1939

2. Michael Schur Got Himself a Tumblr

3. The Art of "No"

4. Thanks to Trump,  the Doomsday Clock Advances Toward Midnight

5. Rejected Porcelain Restored More Beautifully with Gold Lining

6. Just How Big Was the 2017 Women's March?

7. "Immigrants Are America": Protesters Mass at Airports - in Pictures

8. Immigration Ban Protest in Harrisonburg

9. My Time at Standing Rock Taught Me What We Need to Do to Resist

10. Samantha Bee to Roast Donald Trump at Alternative What House Correspondents Dinner

Weekly Wreck of the Web #6

Ten links of interest:

1. Is Covergirl's New Coverboy a Feminist Coup or a Capitalist One?

2. Of Course Fiona Apple Made a Trump-Shaming Rallying Cry for the Women's March

3. Signs from Women's Marches Around the World

4. Hero Librarians Create Fake Reader to Save Books, Outsmart Algorithms

5. Aimee Mann Is Back and Bummed Out as Ever on Her New Album Mental Illness

6. Teaching While Black

7. The Otherworldly Genius of The Good Place [SPOILERS]

8. Broadway Preview: Spring 2017

9. Kitten and Cameraman

10. Cute Dog Things from Twitter

Weekly Wreck of the Web #5

Ten links of interest:

1. Hong Kong's "Villain Hitters" Use Sorcery to Vent Political Anger

2. A Reminder that Brooklyn Nine-Nine Is a Great Show

3. How Some Cool Silent Film Effects Were Done

4. A Moment of Silence for Black and Brown Talent That Grew on Vine

5. Spectacular Rooftops Around the World

6. There Will Soon Be 100 Days of Anti-Trump Songs

7. The Internet Is Becoming Unreadable Because of Lighter, Thinner Fonts

8. Lin-Manuel Miranda Wrote a West Wing Song

9. Newspaper Lists Trump Inauguration as a Twilight Zone Reboot

10. Hidden Figures as a GIF

Weekly Wreck of the Web #4

Ten links of interest:

1. Yoko Ono's Cleaning Pieces

2. I Am Not Your Negro Trailer: James Baldwin Talks Race Relations in America

3. Travel Man Christmas special ["48 Hours in Florence"]

4. Hong Kong in the 1950s Captured by a Teenager

5. The Best Photographs of Barack Obama's Presidency

6. This Artist Is the Only Person Banned from Using the World's Pinkest Pink

7. This Year's Golden Globes, Grammys, and Academy Awards Will All Be Hosted by White, Straight Men Named James

Three-parter from The Guardian:

8. Climate Deniers, Conspiracists and One-Percenters: Trump's Cabinet of Characters

9. Trump's Cabinet Picks: Here Are All of the Appointments So Far

10. What You Need to Know: Confirming Trump's Cabinet

Weekly Wreck of the Web #3

Ten links of interest:

1. The Guardian's Travel Photographers of the Year

2. On Twitter: Sondheim Lyrics

3. Americans — especially but not exclusively Trump voters — believe crazy, wrong things

4. Wes Anderson Officially Announces New Film Isle of Dogs

5. Considering the Ankara Assassination Photos As History Painting

6. Lagoon Table Created from Merged Travertine and Marble

7. Trump Supporters Especially Oppose Public Policies When Cued to Think about Black People

8. Watch Footage from New Broadway-Bound Musical Amélie

9. Trump victory spurs women to run for office across US

10. The Best Dataviz of the Year: The IIB Awards Winners 2016

Weekly Wreck of the Web #2

Ten links of interest:

1. Kate Beaton is home for the holidays, which means she's making comics about her family 

2. 99 Ways to Fight Trump

3. Blood and beehives: Phyllis Posnick's styling for Vogue

4. A new interactive timeline visualization of U.S. television news coverage

5. This panda battling a snowman is all of us grappling with the year 2016

6. Snow falls in the Sahara Desert for the First Time in 37 Years

7. London gentrification: cliches and conundrums (and hipsters)

8. To those fleeing President Trump: Welcome to Canada! (published a year ago) 

9. Starting in 2019, if Your Film Isn't Diverse, It Won't Be Eligible for a BAFTA Award

10. Susan Blackwell Gives Back with Hamilton Star Javier Munoz for the Holidays

Weekly Wreck of the Web #1

Ten links of interest:

1. “How to Protect Yourself from Government Surveillance and Criminal Hackers” 

2. Looking at popular Christmas-set films through a 2016 lens

3. Sunday in the Park with George, Annaleigh Ashford, Broadway. YES

4. Kate Beaton is working on a graphic novel!

5. “Indivisible: A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda”

6. Fascinating photos of posh parties in 1980s U.K.

7. Baby wombat and his favorite human

8. BBC and ITV are launching a service that streams British shows on demand 

9. Said the Gramophone released their annual “Best Songs” list (with downloads)

10. Sarah Kendzior on the false binary of “fake news”