5 things we’re reading this weekend
Welcome to the latest installment of a series where we point you to what we’ve found fascinating, amazing, entertaining, and interesting this week.
The meteorologist monks of Mt. Washington: Wonder what it’s like working your day job at 6,000 feet? Boston magazine writer Kyle Clauss took a wintry ride up Mount Washington in a 6,000-pound snowcat with the meteorologists who work for days on end atop the Northeast’s highest peak, “Home of the World’s Worst Weather.’’ [Boston magazine] –Nik DeCosta-Klipa
Jeb Bush is more recognizable to Americans than Tom Brady: Vox conducted a poll with 2,028 people, testing American voters’ ability to recognize presidential candidates and celebrities. Turns out, Brady was recognizable to only 56 percent of respondents, which is a stat that’ll undoubtedly seem crazy to New Englanders. Vox points out, “in fairness,’’ the photo used of Brady was of him out of uniform, but still. [Vox] –Bryanna Cappadona
The Madonna-hot for teacher complex: If one of your many undergrad nervous breakdowns took place in the office hours of a female professor, you’re part of the problem. According to Carol Hay, director of the gender studies program at UMass Lowell, female professors have an especially difficult time establishing a rapport with students that don’t revolve around the oh-so-Freudian tropes of mother figure or sexual plaything. A great read made all the greater by an extended mermaid metaphor. [The New York Times] –Brian Burns
ESPN was once thought to be invincible: But thanks to “skinny bundles’’ and a generation of cord cutters — those folks who don’t subscribe to traditional cable — they’re losing subscribers…and money. The future is now, and it’s uncertain. [Deadspin] –Dan Fogarty
Zika virus is spreading ‘explosively’ through the Americas: The World Health Organization is convening an emergency meeting on Monday to decide whether to declare a public health emergency over the spread of the Zika virus. Health officials predict that three to four million people in the Americas could be exposed the virus in the next 12 months. The virus has been linked to cases of microcephaly — a condition with which infants are born with abnormally small heads. There is no vaccine against the virus. [The New York Times] –Dialynn Dwyer
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