Good morning! If today’s Morning Reads seem a little heavy on the NYT, that’s because, well, they are. The Grey Lady recently covered everything from how Georgia State is an engine for upward economic mobility for minority students, to SCTV, goths at Disney, and since the Tuesday Reads are a reflection of what interests me, well, I hope you like Disney goths!
- The Georgia House’s School Safety Committee had its first meeting.
- Segregated, and mostly for white men who wanted to get a business degree at night, Georgia State University “has awarded more degrees to black students than any other nonprofit college or university in the country.”
- Bad news for bees on Tybee Island.
- The thing about Congress is that they prefer to not be in session.
- “It is a remarkable feature of our political system that members of Congress get to take time off their jobs to persuade people to let them keep their jobs.”
- These folks are really REALLY into their Marriott Points.
- Can you bet on tonight’s game? Maybe.
- There was an SCTV reunion, you hosers!
- Disney Goths.
- If you need a rabbit hole that runs deeper than Disney Goths, and you are kind of an archives nerd (I know I am!), you’ll love this link.
- Here’s the direct link to the NYPL digital collection.
- And here’s an 1875 stereograph image of the state capitol building:
