Weekly Filet #126: Assad Tells it Like it is. And more.
This week's top recommendation
As US air strikes against Syria are looming, everyone is gauging whether they are necessary or not, right or wrong, and what the possible effects might be. However, the best articles have been those that haven't tried to give answers, but rather disclosed the complexity of the issue and the deep ambiguity felt towards it. Like «Two Minds on Syria» in The New Yorker. Or, like satire site The Onion, which chose to let Assad himself deliver tell it like it is.
→ So, What’s It Going To Be? (The Onion)
Further recommendations
A thought-provoking essay by anthropologist David Graeber (author of «Debt: The First 5000 Years»).
→ On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs (Strike! Magazine)
A short history of an iconic sound in (American) television: the bleep.
→ Curses! The birth of the bleep and modern American censorship
Good for a few hours of reflection (or bar chatter, come to think of it): Questions found via Google autocomplete, compiled by the always fantastic xkcd.
→ Questions (xkcd)
French indie pop band Phoenix, playing a song in Versailles, filmed by a drone. Yet another great Blogothèque take away show.
→ Phoenix - Entertainment (La Blogothèque)
One more thing...
Thanks for all the great book recommendations last week. I'm almost finished with compiling them, you'll be given the link shortly.