Meta doesn’t want to be a social media company anymore. By Anna Merlan at Mother Jones.
Milo Yiannopoulos has been arrested and detained by ICE and has been ordered removed from the US. Yiannopoulos, a British immigrant to the US, has advocated “ICE checkpoints at supermarket entrances, gas stations, strip malls, intersections and government buildings, with on the spot deportation for anyone who can’t prove they are in the US legally,” “total legal immunity” for ICE agents and “zero immigration in the next 20 years. No ifs, no buts.”
Buh-bye Milo. Don’t let the leopards eat your face on the way out.
The Qataris Gave Trump an Airplane. He Crippled Their Country in Return.. By Shane Harris at The Atlantic.
A character in a Robert A. Heinlein novel described an “honest politician” as one who stays bought.
A Turning Point in AI Writing. The Wall Street Journal is defending an op-ed written by a chatbot. By Will Oremus at The Atlantic.
We watched the latest episode of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” last night and I am still clenched.
The only unrealistic part of “Reacher” is he can go into a random thrift store and get clothes that fit.
I received a very important business email that began, “I hope this message finds you well,” and had to resist temptation to reply with this.
Scenery-chewing is an under-appreciated form of acting, and Tim Curry was the best at it. In life, he seemed to be a person of character. A mensch.
I loved the 1993 “Three Musketeers,” co-starring Curry as Cardinal Richelieu I think it’s my favorite version. And yes I have seen the Richard Lester version and did not care for it.
I was not a huge fan of “Rocky Horror,” not even as a teenager. I saw it once at a midnight showing and enoyed it. I went a second time and fell asleep.
A PR person asked me how I was “envisioning the piece” after interviewing her client. I replied, “I’m envisioning black text on a white background.” I try to always be helpful.