Each week, we share the top five articles that caught our attention. Here are your must-reads, published here and abroad, for the week of March 12th 2018.
Marijuana for moms
Many a meme has been made about “wine moms”—mothers who joke online about their love for a relaxing glass of cabernet, or three. In 2018, enter weed moms, who are using marijuana and its various incarnations to deal with everything from the daily aches and stresses of motherhood, to postpartum depression and anxiety, to menstrual cramps.
→ Read it on The Atlantic Pocket
How pop-ups are taking over American restaurants
Limited-edition restaurants, elite chef residencies, and other one-night-only dining experiences have become the fastest-moving craze in food. Writer Ryan Bradley investigates why.
→ Read it on GQ Pocket
Why hasn’t AI mastered language translation?
AI systems can do almost anything humans can do…except language translation. Considering the speed at which artificial intelligence can learn new skills, what makes translation that much more difficult?
→ Read it on Singularity Hub Pocket
To rise above our past, we must acknowledge it
National Geographic magazine asked a preeminent historian to investigate our coverage of people of color in the U.S. and abroad. Here’s what he found.
→ Read it on National Geographic Pocket
Ball breakers
The life of a female billiards player is built on long hours, bad pay, and frequent travel. But at least you don’t have to share the table with men.
→ Read it on Topic Pocket
Quebec @ SXSW
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A delegation of Havas Montrealers traveled to SXSW this past week. Our CEO, Jan-Nicolas Vanderveken, shares a recap of the event and describes Montreal’s role in tech and innovation.
→ Watch it on Facebook
In your earbuds: The Secret Life of Canada
The podcast The Secret Life of Canada looks at all the people, places and events regularly left out of Canadian history. Hosted and written by Leah-Simone Bowen and Falen Johnson.
This week’s favourite thing
Thousands of students left their classrooms on Wednesday, March 14th at exactly 10 a.m. as part of a walkout demonstration against gun violence. What made the walkout even more moving? The kids protested in a way that was their own, using memes to communicate.
Image from Mass Roots
