Professional Dungeon Masters, Esther The Wonder Pig, & SDCC

Howdy, it's Lunch Read time! 

Lunch reads from around the web...since 2013! //   //   View this email in your browser TLR @ SDCC Tommy from The Lunch Read team will be at San Diego Comic Con this weekend! Stop by our booth and say hi! Well, it's more of a stall. Well, it's more of a bathroom stall. Come say hi! Enjoy your lunch. - Today's Menu - The Rise of the Professional Dungeon Master "Nerd culture, Stranger Things, and the gig economy have created a world where Dungeons & Dragons enthusiasts host games for $500." Starter (7 min) | Bloomberg The Unsolved Mystery of the Malibu Creek Murder Welcome to the wonderful horrible world of obsessing over true crime stories. Entrée (9+ min) | GQ Facial Recognition Tech Is Growing Stronger, Thanks to Your Face It's even scarier than Facebook trying to automatically tag you in ugly pictures. Starter (5 min) | New York Times The Murky Ethics of Posthumous Music "With a new version of "Higher Love," the EDM star Kygo reworks a 1990 Whitney Houston vocal into a pool-party jam both of its time and out of it." Appetizer (5 min) | The Atlantic The Charmed Life of Esther the Wonder Pig Some freakin' pig. Entrée (9 min) | The Walrus What if Being a YouTube Celebrity Is Actually Backbreaking Work? "Emma Chamberlain dropped out of school and changed the world of online video. It hasn't been easy." Dessert (4 min) | New York Times On TikTok, Teens Meme The Safety App Ruining Their Summer Kids pretend to say the darnedest things. Dessert (5 min) | Wired Job Posting for "President of the United States" Found on Indeed.com @kellyoxford: Mercury's in gatorade again. Getting contraband into prison is as easy as pie. put it in a pie Songs That My Friend John Says Are Cool Giving Up by Whitney -- Hope by (Sandy) Alex G -- Sunset Canyon by Foxwarren -- STMFJSAC Spotify Playlist Thanks for reading! If you're in Barry's path - stay safe please! Share Tweet Forward Send The Lunch Read to a Friend! Written and curated by Tommy, Alexis, John, Kristin, Melissa, Colleen, and Adam Copyright © 2019, All Rights Reserved.  Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list