Mercifully, Elbowgate Has Come To A Close: Here’s What We’re Reading Today
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Here’s what we’re reading:
1. Australia just censored a UN report on the Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef has a massive bleaching problem. “For months, the northern half of Australia’s famed coral reef has been ravaged by an unprecedented mass bleaching event,” Vox writes. So it makes sense then that every reference to the UNESCO Heritage site was removed from a UN report on the impact of climate change after Australia complained.
2. Mercifully, Elbowgate has come to a close
“An all-party parliamentary committee has decided not to pursue an investigation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for the so-called elbowgate incident that rocked the House of Commons on May 18.” Thank god.
3. The broken guardrails of democracy
Around the world, liberal democracies are struggling to cope with the rise of authoritarianism. You can see it in France, Austria, Turkey, even the United States. In a New York Times op-ed, German writer Jochen Bittner asks if this is the West’s Weimar moment. Meanwhile, in The Atlantic, conservative pundit David Frum writes about the broken promises of democracy that have led to the rise of Donald Trump.
+1: Inside a white nationalist convention energized by Trump’s emergence.
+1: David Hume is, like, so hot right now. And you won’t believe why the 18th century philosopher, known for his skepticism towards religion and the existence of the self, is so popular among academics today.
4. Millenials are making bank teaching olds how to use Slack
For $1,000 an hour, David Markinovich will teach your company’s aging work force how to use Slack. His company, ChatOverload, “holds seminars, builds custom Slackbots, and explains how to ‘have fun’ with group chat.” Explains how to have fun. For $1,000 an hour. This is what the world has come to.
+1: Buzzfeed’s Internet Explorer podcast devoted its latest episode entirely to the group-messaging-platform thing.
+1: It turns out people actually kind of really like work. Must be nice! (I just got back from vacation, btw).
5. Two girls for every guy, just not in Sweden
So this is weird. According to a new study, Sweden has a surplus of dudes, and no one noticed until, like, last week.
