What I read today - Oct 10

• Ugh, What's With These Generational Color “Trends”?, architectural digest
• A Sea Scum Bloom Off Australia Can Be Seen From Space, Atlas obscura
• W.E.B. Du Bois’s Little-Known, Arresting Modernist Data Visualizations of Black Life for the World’s Fair of 1900, brain pickings
• The Destruction From the California Fires in Photos and Maps, NY Times
• Why Do We Celebrate Columbus Day and Not Leif Erikson Day?, Nat Geo
• Brookfield to buy Houston-based investment firm focused on energy infrastructure, Houston Biz Journal

I was told today that I didn't understand a garden member's "black vernacular." So while I suspect she's saying that I'm not listening to her because she's black (which is untrue), I wanted to know more about "black vernacular." Onward!

• African American Vernacular English
• What 'ThugLife' Can Teach Us About Twitter, AdAge
• PDF: Tweets, Tweeps, and Signifyin’: Communication and Cultural Performance on “Black Twitter,” Sarah Florini
• White Writing Black?, carosene
• African American Vernacular English: A Language History Lesson, carosene
• The Case for Black English, The New Yorker
• Understanding the ‘cultural not remedial’ aspect of Black Vernacular English, Black Youth Project
• STUDY FINDS BLACKS' ENGLISH INCREASINGLY DIFFERENT, NY Times