Supreme Court nomination, new Animal Collective, free art from MoMA and more
We're reading about...Scalia, of course. The Supreme Court justice's unexpected death on Saturday, February 13, has left the sitting Supreme Court with only eight justices, meaning there is a possibility for ties on controversial decisions. Mother Jones breaks down six of those decisions and the expected outcomes. Many expect the nominee for Scalia's seat to be Sri Srinivasan. Check out the New Yorker's profile of him from 2013.The Atlantic feature, "Life Stories," examines the relationship between people's narration of their own life and how they actually live it. It's a fascinating read on how people sort the random facts of life into a digestible narrative–and how this narrative is actually a part of our personality.Seven racial justice activists talked to Mashable about what Black History Month means to them and how the recent spurt of racial activism plays into America's current conception of Black history. The result is a diverse patchwork of perspectives on Black community organizing in America.In the spirit of Valentine's Day, we're reading Vice's piece "We Asked Our Exes What It Was Like To Date Us," inspired by the impending launch of Peeple, a Yelp-like app for...people.One of our bloggers is reading a study about men underestimating their female peers in undergraduate biology classrooms, which is extremely relevant to Brown considering the size of our biology department and the persistent bias against women and people of color in science departments.This week in new music, we're listening to...Chairlift's new album, Mothhttps://play.spotify.com/album/4j7QJ7DKZ0cBsNuD7GmJFxSnarky Puppy's new album, Family Dinner Volume Twohttps://play.spotify.com/album/0uVM7b6Ew7RHmgRjfTxaWeSantigold's new single, "Banshee," off her upcoming album 99¢ (which was supposed to drop on January 22 but is currently MIA)https://play.spotify.com/album/6f5woZbH3AWs42bSVkPlobAnimal Collective's new single, "Golden Gal," off their upcoming album Painting With, dropping on February 19https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7O0rBGSqjIWe wish we were listening to The Life of Pablo, but we don't have Tidal. And we don't recommend it.And over the weekend, A$AP Rocky announced Wavy Wednesdays, a take on Kanye's famous GOOD Fridays, in which the rapper plans to tweet new music every Wednesday for "the foreseeable future."We're watching...This video of President Obama speaking to the White House interns.Like many college students, a lot of Blog's staff is #feelingthebern, including a campaign ad released last week featuring Eric Garner's daughter, Erica Garner.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Syln8IkOIqc&app=desktopThe MoMA launched a free online course, "Seeing Through Photographs," which includes a free download of short films, video interviews and photographs that have been on display at the museum.Like everyone in the world, we're watching that SNL sketch "The Day Beyoncé Turned Black."https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ociMBfkDG1wAnd last, but certainly not least, we're watching OK Go's new music video, "Upside Down." (Fun fact of the day: The band's frontman, Damian Kulash, is an #alumwhodoescoolthings.)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia9EkgIeNsk