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Calm Down, Netflix Password Sharing Isn’t Over In The US – Yet

One Netflix exec said, though, that it will be coming, and he added, "I think it’s worth noting that this will not be a universally popular move." - Wired

Tourist From The States Arrested For Knocking Down And Assaulting Statue Of Jesus In Jerusalem

"In social media video, the suspect can reportedly be heard saying 'You can’t have idols in Jerusalem.'" - Yahoo News (The Independent UK)

Why Society Needs Violent, Scary Computer Games

"My favorites are the games that have intricate plots, because many of them are cultural markers that reveal what fascinates us — and more important, what scares us." - The Atlantic

Everything To Know About The Grammys Before The Big Music Industry Night

First of all, Beyoncé "needs three wins to tie, and four to beat the conductor Georg Solti, who holds the record for most overall wins." - The New York Times

A Head-Spinning Time For Podcasts

And those heads aren't spinning in a "get rich podcasting!" kind of a way. "Call it a pivot, call it a withdrawal; ... whatever the nomenclature, the financial realities of Spotify needing its big podcast bets to pay off have been true for some time." - Vulture

The So-Called Discovery Of Knossos Was ‘Half Bull, Half Truth,’ New Show Says

You might not revile Sir Arthur Evans in the same breath that you do Lord Elgin - but the British archaeologist was a fabulist who spun tales and poured concrete into the palace he claimed was the site of the Minoan Labyrinth. - The Observer (UK)

Apple’s ‘Failed’ Lisa Computer Shaped Everything We Do On Screen

From 3D graphics to half-tone images, from letters of different widths to editing pictures - it all started with the Lisa in 1983. - Verge

The Rift Within Art Criticism Reflects, In Part, The Shrinking Job Market

In addition, the more progressive U.S. membership has clashed - repeatedly - with the much more culturally conservative international contingent. - The New York Times

How (And Why) Film Creatives Bow At The Altar Of Groundhog Day

"It gave a name to the very common human experience of realising that you’re stuck. ... And that you can’t seem to get out of this repeating pattern of behaviours and consequences." But also, it offered hope. - The Guardian (UK)

How Different Cultures Process Grief

Studies of grieving brains – be it scans of the brain regions which process grief, or measures of the stress hormone cortisol that is released in grief – show no differences in relation to race, age or religion. - The Conversation

How Thelonius Monk Changed Music

Like his hero Duke Ellington, he had a gift for reconciling musical experiment with the immediacy of pop, finding freedom in the constraints of a verse-chorus-bridge grammar that might otherwise default to clichés. - The Baffler

What Literary Criticism Is (And Isn’t) For

What is literary criticism — specifically, the kind of highly specialized, theoretically sophisticated textual readings generated by academic critics — really for? - The New York Times

Our Need For Constant Entertainment Has Ruined Everything

We have surrendered ourselves to our entertainment. We will become so distracted and dazed by our fictions that we’ll lose our sense of what is real. We will make our escapes so comprehensive that we cannot free ourselves from them. The result will be a populace that forgets how to think... - The Atlantic

Ukraine Ballet Comes To US

Some 60 dancers who fled the war make up The United Ukrainian Ballet. With help from local dance professionals and city officials, the company is based in The Hague. - NPR

Was This Antarctica’s First-Ever Professional Outdoor Dance Performance?

Probably. Earlier this week, members of the Ballet Folklórico Nacional Argentino and Compañía Nacional de Danza Contemporánea traveled from Buenos Aires down to Argentina's Base Marambio and performed in snowsuits as the temperature hit 19°F. (It's summer there.) - Buenos Aires Herald

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