Webtacular World Issue # 150, October 16, 2016

Greetings Webtaculators! Hey! Northern California finally got some rain! Its kinda nice. Hopefully we get some more. On to the news.

STORY OF THE WEEK (15 min. read)
What: Trump’s Implosion
Why: Because Trump is trying his best to bring the whole country down with him. At least SNL is somehow managing to keep this entertaining in the meantime.

LAW THING OF THE WEEK (2 min. read)
What: How To Respond To Claims Of Libel
Why: Because the New York Times basically set the precedent for modern libel law, so it probably knows what it’s talking about.

SCIENCE THING OF THE WEEK (4 min. read)
What: Trying To Tackle Climate Change
Why: Because this deal to curb the use of hydroflurocarbons will go a long way to fight global warming. Of course, many people in the U.S. still don’t believe climate change is a real thing.

SPORTS THING OF THE WEEK (6 min. read)
What: Go Giants Go Cubs
Why: Because baseball is bullshit and I hate sports forever (until next season).

MOVIE THING OF THE WEEK (2 min. watch)
What: Rogue One Is Soon
Why: Because the latest commercial was just released, and it seems like Disney is finally ready to tell us what the hell it’s actually about.

TELEVISION THING OF THE WEEK (2 min. watch)
What: Planet Earth II: Planet Earthier
Why: Because the original Planet Earth show was one of the most spectacular things I have ever seen, and I can’t wait to watch another one.

MUSIC / LITERATURE THING OF THE WEEK (4 min. read)
What: How Many Roads Must A Man Walk Down Before He Wins A Nobel Prize For Literature?
Why: Because Bob Dylan won the Noble prize in literature.

PHOTOGRAPHY THING OF THE WEEK ()
What: Free The Nipple
Why: Because our culture still has a very weird relationship with women’s breasts, since they are perfectly fine until there is a hint of an areola. One photographer is trying to fight back.

VIDEO GAME THING OF THE WEEK (3 min. read)
What: Battlefield Growing Pains
Why: Because video games seem to be trying to tackle their subject matter in more meaningful ways than before, even if the games themselves still make parts of war seem fun.

INTERNET THINGS OF THE WEEK (∞)
What: How To Play Music; The Washington Post Was Actually Funny; All About Bidets
Why: Because Internet.

THING YOU SHOULD GET BRIAN OF THE WEEK
What: Nobel Prize
Why: Because Brian deserves it.

Webtacularly yours,
Brian
Managing Editor, Webtacular World
The Internet You Didn’t Know You Needed™

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