(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Sunday Good Reads for June 2nd, 2024 [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-06-02 The internet did better this week. A Note on Early Iron-Age Greece, & Its Poverty: Something I Almost Surely Will Not Get to Teach This Fall... (substack.com): The Hellenes went from pirates to traders in a short amount of time. Good look at how and why. Bill Walton, one of basketball’s most eccentric characters, dies at 71 - The Athletic (nytimes.com): RIP to a legend on and off the court. ‘We have a problem’: Inside the battle threatening Switzerland’s hockey future - The Athletic (nytimes.com): Fascinating look at how a small country balances growing its main league versus growing its national team. The Memorial Day massacre that Americans weren't supposed to remember (dailykos.com): Police murdered peaceful strokers, the press covered it up in consultation with the owners, and no one remembers it today. bonfire of inanities - by Allison Epstein (substack.com): 1) Go subscribe to Allison’s newsletter; she’s the funniest person on the internet. 2) This week’s subject is a doozy. ‘Eruption’ by Michael Crichton and James Patterson book review - The Washington Post: The downside of being published one day is that I might get a review like this … We're Watching Facebook Die (wheresyoured.at): There is a lot of ruin in a company Facebook’s size, but Ed (who you should subscribe to) makes a good case that there is less than there was just a year or two ago. Inside the Clash That Prompted the Alitos’ Upside-Down Flag - The New York Times (nytimes.com): Alito needs to resign. Not only is he sympathetic to the insurrectionists, not only will he not recuse himself from these cases, but he is also publicly lying about them to sympathetic press. My Robotic Doppelganger Is The Grim Face of Journalism's Future! (forever-wars.com): A spam farm is stealing Spencer Ackerman’s work. Sony's Neil Druckmann Interview Shows Why We Need Journalists - Aftermath: In-house PR is not a replacement for journalism. STAY - by Evan Shapiro - Media War & Peace (substack.com): Streamers, churn, and the quest to rebuild the stable Triple Play bundles that made everyone well off. The Creator Of 'Magic: The Gathering' Knows Exactly Where It All Went Wrong | Defector: A story fo corporate greed versus creativity and a profile a genuinely interesting seeming designer. Everyone Into The Grinder - by Hamilton Nolan: Everyone should be subject ot the same systems. Driverless racing is real, terrible, and strangely exciting | Ars Technica: And you never have to feel guilty about enjoying crashes! Marty McFly's Adventures in Casual Sex-Criming (substack.com): You should subscribe to Cole Haddon because he’s got a great newsletter about art and creativity and the business of both. That he also destroys your memories of your childhood favorites is just a bonus. This walking app let me whack my co-workers with a baseball bat - The Verge: Not quite as fun or as felonious as the headline makes it sound, but, still, nice to see apps with some whimsy. The Best Postapocalyptic Movies of All Time, Ranked by Survivability - The Ringer: How would you fair in a post-apocalyptic movie? Not well, my friends, not well at all. Have the best possible week, everyone! [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/6/2/2244262/-Sunday-Good-Reads-for-June-2nd-2024?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=more_community&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/