Roy: “‘What have we done to democracy? What happens when it’s been used up and emptied of meaning, and every institution has been turned against you? But … you have the most incredible people fighting back too.”- Irish Times (Archive Today)
Carrie Underwood, winner of American Idol in 2005, has sung the musical opener for every game of Sunday Night Football for 12 years. “Underwood gamely sings each version before her, giving NBC options when it edits the song into the version that makes the television broadcast.” - The New York Times
The reverse of the probable portrait of the Earl of Southampton, a representation of a playing card heart, is defaced with a spade, or a spear. And that brings “thoughts of Shakespeare, whose coat of arms, drawn up c1602, incorporated a spear as a pun.” - The Guardian (UK)
Pennsylvania’s first drive-in was also the second one in the country as a whole. And now it’s on its fourth set of owners, who say they’ve made it work. - The Seattle Times
“The biggest question in the room, more relevant than ever in Germany and cities across Europe, is how to create affordable, quality housing.” - The Guardian (UK)
“One former instructor told The Washington Post that the decision appears to have been rooted in avoiding an ‘uncomfortable’ relationship between West Point leadership and the White House. That was not the official reason provided by the alumni association.” - Daily Beast
Truly, says another indie bookstore in town, what were they thinking?! And on the venerable store's Instagram sort-of apology, the comments are, hm, not super favorable. - KATU (Portland)
“The Arts Council of Wales has called for statutory funding for the sector from the Welsh government, saying funding cuts could mean the sector does not exist in a decade.” - BBC
Riley’s “In C launched a maximal musical journey and one of the most remarkable in American music. If he was the father of Minimalism — or, more accurately, the affable uncle — he presented In C as a gift to the world, rather than a plan for action.” - Los Angeles Times (Yahoo)
Ms. Rachel is best known “for her enthusiastic and approachable ditties on key subjects, like potty training.” But recently, she’s been using her big YouTube platform to advocate, strongly, for child welfare in Gaza. - LitHub
His movie “had not been a favourite for the top prize, with many critics instead tipping the Voice of Hind Rajab, a harrowing true-life account of the killing of a five-year-old Palestinian girl during the Gaza war,” which ended up winning silver. - The Guardian (UK)
“Smoke was still billowing from the rooftop rotunda late on Saturday morning as crews used a drone to help tackle the blaze and crowds gathered on the street to watch and take photos” of the iconic round building. - BBC
Each of the brief snippets “will end with the words ‘If you hear something, free something,’ which is also the title of this ambitious public art project by the conceptual artist Chloë Bass.” - The New York Times
For instance, before the Rosetta Stone, scholars had assumed the symbols were ideographs or pictographs. Were they, in fact, phonetic symbols? Turned out that they can be both. And in which direction were they read? (Well, that depends.) And what about that quasi-cursive called hieratic script? - Artnet
