Ernest Hemingway supposedly wrote a six-word short story: “For Sale: Baby Shoes. Never Worn.”
Didn’t happen. The story about Hemingway is apocryphal, appearing first in “Papa,” a one-many play about Hemingway by John deGroot, which debuted in 1996.
However, something very like that ad appeared in real life in a Tucson newspaper in 1945.
A former prosecutor dismantles Tara Reade’s sexual assault allegations against Biden.
It just didn’t happen. She’s lying.
I’m hosting a “town hall” style Zoom meeting next week and I’m looking for a guide to doing such a thing. Anybody with experience willing to walk me through the process? We’re talking about seven or 8 speakers and maybe 100 attendees or more.
Today on Cory Doctorow’s Pluralistic
++ “Swedish covid death rates soar above neighbors': “Do nothing” is not doing something.”
++ “Financial services workers dying for junk mail: Broadridge workers denied PPE, sick leave.”
++ AMC: “We will never show another Universal movie”: The feds are dismantling the monopoly regulations that broke up the Hollywood studio system. Soon we will have a few companies owning all the cable companies, movie studios and movie theaters. That’l be financially disastrous for anybody who works on or consumes Hollywood products.
They died for junk mail: Six workers died of COVID-19 at a Long Island, New York, warehouse for a company that prints and mails financial documents.
The company, Bainbridge Financial Solutions, pressured employees to avoid taking sick days, and delayed distributing PPE.
Coronavirus Kills Six Workers at Broadridge Warehouse
Thanks, Cory!
Last night, Julie and I watched the first episode of “Tales from the Loop,” an anthology series on Amazon Prime about the people in an Ohio smalltown where everybody works at some kind of paranormal research facility.
The episode was long on visual style and mood, short on actual story.
I’m not inclined to watch it again.
On the other hand, Julie likes it and I don’t dislike it enough to not watch another episode with her. So I’ll give the show at least one more try.
Even the fact that the show is apparently set in the 70s or early 80s was not enough to pull me in. 📺
Congress Concierge Health Clinic Quietly Gets Funding Boost — Congresspeople who reject government healthcare for the people — including Rand Paul and Nancy Pelosi — enjoy the finest government healthcare themselves.
