The Weekly Links: Björk, Pandemic Trade-Offs and Joan Didion's Memorial Service

Here it is, our weekly roundup of things on the internet that Scene staffers read and found enjoyable or interesting or otherwise engaging. Most of us spend too much time online and we might as well share.

From The New Yorker: Living with Our Pandemic Trade-Offs

From Grist: Torn apart: In Houston, a generations-deep community is being dismantled by mandatory buyouts

From The New York Times: Judge Overturns Murder Conviction of Adnan Syed of ‘Serial’

From Variety: Sarah Paulson to Play Cult Leader Gwen Shamblin in ‘The Way Down’ Scripted Adaptation at HBO Max

From AnOther: On Death, Music and Motherhood: Björk & Ocean Vuong in Conversation

From Susannah Felts' Field Trip Substack: A launch! Or an emergence.

From Variety: Tom Hardy Surprise Enters Martial Arts Competition and Wins Gold: ‘He Lived Up to His Bane Character, That’s for Sure’

From n+1: Lab-Leak Theory and the “Asiatic” Form

From The Atlantic: Killed for Walking a Dog

From Pitchfork: New York Drill Rappers Removed From the Rolling Loud Bill at Request of NYPD

From Intelligencer: Would Joan Didion Have Liked her Memorial Service Much?

From Vice: Matt Gaetz Joined Twitch. It Did Not Go Well.

From the Joan Mitchell Foundation: Announcing the 2022 Joan Mitchell Fellows