Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and renowned Holocaust survivor, dies at 87

Author and human rights activist made perpetuating the memory of the Shoah his life's work.
Read more: http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.575072?source=Snapzu

Behind the Scenes in Taco Bell's Insane Food Development Lab

From maybe 10FT away, the Naked Chicken Chalupa looks like a regular taco. The crispy shell might be a little thicker than normal, but the crown of shredded lettuce and diced tomato gives it a distinct air of quasi-Mexican legitimacy. Get a little closer, though, and you'll see that the taco shell is not a shell at all: it's a piece of fried chicken. Flattened, folded into a cardboard holster, and loaded down with taco fixings, it beckons your taste buds like a mythic meat-siren smothered in avocado-ranch sauce.
Read more: https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/taco-bell-insane-food-development-lab?source=Snapzu

What are some good Youtube documentaries between 5 and 20 minutes long?

<p>You can give or take a few minutes :-P</p>
Read more: http://snapzu.com/t/asksnapzu/tribepost/GDKC165/what-are-some-good-youtube-documentaries-between-5-and-20-minutes-long?source=Snapzu

J.R.R. Tolkien Reads from The Lord of the Rings and Sings “Sam’s Rhyme of the Troll” in a Rare Recording

In the summer of 1952, sixty-year-old J.R.R. Tolkien (January 3, 1892–September 2, 1973) encountered a tape recorder for the first time, which resulted in some wonderful archival audio of the beloved author reading from The Hobbit. So enchanted was Tolkien with this novel technology that he proceeded to record himself reading much of his work over the years to come.
Read more: https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/01/15/j-r-r-tolkien-reads-from-lotr/?source=Snapzu

What you read matters more than you might think

Time spent watching television is almost always pointless (your brain powers down almost immediately) no matter how hard you try to justify it.
Read more: http://qz.com/714987/what-you-read-matters-more-than-you-might-think/?source=Snapzu

‘Tech tax’: San Francisco mulls plan for taxing the rich to house the poor

San Francisco’s long, complex and often fraught relationship with the tech industry has come to a head with a proposal to levy a “tech tax” on the companies that have fueled the city’s transformation into a place that is increasingly uninhabitable for people on low or medium incomes. Under the plan, large tech employers in the city, potentially including Google, Twitter, Uber, Airbnb and Salesforce, would be required to pay a 1.5% payroll tax. The estimated $120m in annual revenue would be used to fund affordable housing and services for the city’s large homeless population.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/01/tech-tax-san-francisco-homelessness-inequality?source=Snapzu

Take it from me: Your local library needs a cat

In the wake of the firing of a library cat in Texas, an author who knows a thing or two about library felines argues that they make some of America&#039;s most democratic institutions feel even more welcoming.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2016/07/01/take-it-from-me-your-local-library-needs-a-cat/?source=Snapzu