Bob Iger Exits Trump Advisory Council Over Paris Accord Withdrawal

No more free Park Hopper passes for The Donald.
Read more: http://deadline.com/2017/06/bob-iger-disney-resigns-donald-trump-council-1202106269/?source=Snapzu

Chocolate in History: Food, Medicine, Medi-Food

I don't care what that other snap said.
Read more: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3708337/?source=Snapzu

The Hypnotic Allure of Cinemagraphic Waves

They rise, swell, or crest—but never truly break.
Read more: http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/cinemagraph-waves?source=Snapzu

The avocado toast index: How many breakfasts to buy a house?

If you’re under 35, you’re a millennial. Recent culinary trends suggest that, while reading this, you might have an overpriced latte in one hand, and a fancy piece of toast smothered with avocadoes in the other. And some suggest that you’d rather waste your money on an Instagrammable breakfast than make sensible investments like buying a house. Well, so says conventional grumpy wisdom, most recently articulated by Australian tycoon Tim Gurner, who made international headlines this month for blasting young home buyers for their spending habits.
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20170530-the-avocado-toast-index-how-many-breakfasts-to-buy-a-house?source=Snapzu

Expert Asserts That Universal Basic Income Would Eliminate Poverty

Rutger Bregman, a basic income advocate gave a TED Talk on Universal Basic Income and how pulling people out of poverty will give them more choice in life.
Read more: https://futurism.com/expert-asserts-that-universal-basic-income-would-eliminate-poverty/?source=Snapzu

Why politicians don't, and can't, understand the Internet

Politicians do not understand the Internet. It is not so much that the politicians in power today in their 60s weren’t born with it, even if that’s also true. It’s more that politicians as a profession are institutionally incapable of understanding it, just because it functions without – even despite – political interference.
Read more: https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2017/05/politicians-dont-cant-understand-internet/?source=Snapzu

Hong Kong Looks Beautifully Uncanny When Seen From the Sky

Few cities represent the remarkable 20th century trend of skyscraper-filled, obscenely dense cities better than Hong Kong. At its height, The Kowloon Walled City, which was demolished in 1993, was perhaps the most dystopian portrait of urban living.
Read more: http://gizmodo.com/hong-kong-looks-beautifully-uncanny-when-seen-from-the-1795688978?source=Snapzu