Engaged Reading Time - Issue #62
Welcome to your mid-week bonus issue of EGR.
As a reminder, this is my general reading newsletter. If you're specifically interested in the journalism stuff, you'd best stick your email in here, which will get you stuff like this.
The Big Read
The Sum of What? On Gender, Visibility, and Wikipedia
Wikipedia is great. It is one of the best things about the web. But it is very far from perfect - and this piece delves into how systematic the gender imbalance there is.
The Climate Crisis
I make no apologies for turning this into a regular section of the newsletter — it is the biggest issue of our day.
The new reality: this is Australia at 1°C warming
A useful compilation of posts, links and data to make it clear just how bad the situation in Australia is.
Global Apathy Toward the Fires in Australia Is a Scary Portent for the Future
This is troubling. Given the massive — almost incomprehensible — scale of the devastation, why isn't it being reported more globally?
Disinformation Falsely Claims Australia Bushfires Tied to Arson
Click through, and see the on-page headline.
Go on.
Headline of the year so far, right?
Paper Love
Rescuing and Running with Books
A wonderfully bizarre tale of a woman who loves books so very much that she collects abandoned books on her runs…
Colorful & Meticulous Hand-Drawn Travel Notebooks
My goodness. These are just stunning. I’ve actually removed the preview photo so as not to spoil the effect of clicking through.
How reading and writing can help us live longer, healthier lives
Reading: officially good for your health. :-)
Your NEXT great read: book recommendations for 2020
Four of the NEXT team (including me) recommend books to educate, entertain and challenge you in the year to come. There's some great stuff in here — and a couple in German, if that's your thing.
