The weekend reads
Why So Many Pop Stars Are Trying to Be Working-Class Heroes Now Artists including Justin Bieber, Drake, and Travis Scott are making clumsy plays at humble relatability during an era of deepening economic inequality. (Pitchfork)
A Glass or Two of Red Helps Square the Numbers Deloitte's informal dealings with a fallen U.K. tech darling exemplify how auditors and clients can get too close. (Blomberg)
‘Our souls are dead’: how I survived a Chinese ‘re-education’ camp for Uighur’s After 10 years living in France, I returned to China to sign some papers and I was locked up. For the next two years, I was systematically dehumanized, humiliated and brainwashed (The Guardian)
Inside Twitter’s Decision to Cut Off Trump Jack Dorsey, the chief executive, had reservations about locking the president’s account. But the calls for violence that his tweets provoked were too overwhelming. (New York Times)
Among the Insurrectionists The Capitol was breached by Trump supporters who had been declaring, at rally after rally, that they would go to violent lengths to keep the President in power. A chronicle of an attack foretold.(New Yorker)
State Capitols Brace for Right-Wing Violence The FBI warns that pro-Trump protests are planned at U.S. statehouses before the presidential inauguration. Long targets of far-right militias, capitol buildings now face new security fears. (Bloomberg)
John Florence’s Last Sessions of 2020 on the Seven Mile Miracle
The Pacific’s been churning recently. Despite La Niña, everywhere from Vancouver Island to Hawaii has seen an astounding six-week run of swell. Perhaps one of the best surf season in ages.