We saw the musical Hadestown last night. It’s a rousing retelling of the tragic Orpheus and Eurydice myth. It is of course a major bummer–no Broadway magic swoops in to rescue the doomed heroes. I felt lightly chided by Hermes at the end, when he said that the reason we watch tragedies is because we hope that maybe, …
Other Stuff Open Thread
I watched the Dem lawyer’s questioning, which was great. Then I watched about five minutes of the GOP questioning, which was just asinine, and I turned it off. It was too stupid to even rise to the level of bad-faith badgering. Anywho, I figured I am not alone, and maybe somebody should put up a …
Andrew Yang’s Dangerous Idea
If there’s a tech company that’s so big and ubiquitous you feel it’s a danger to democracy, what you have isn’t a justification for an algorithm-policing bureaucracy—what you have is a company that’s too big.
Afternoon Fat Cat Open Thread
(No, not the easily-trolled fat cats who just can’t stop giving Sen. Warren free campaign ads…) This found its way onto my Twitter timeline yesterday, and I just had to share it with y’all. This story is what I wanted Ocean’s 8 to be https://t.co/cB4dMAgeGt — Iva Dixit (@ivadixit) November 13, 2019 From the NYT… …
Pence Administration Declares War on Orphans
…and refugees, the sick, the elderly, the homeless… but only if they’re LGBT or the wrong kind of Christian, of course. These people aren’t complete monsters. Daniel Reynolds at The Advocate writes: The Department of Health and Human Services announced a new rule Friday that would allow adoption agencies and other programs that receive HHS grants …
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Contempt For Democracy All The Way Down
I’ll be casting my first New York ballot this weekend! It’ll be a hell of a lot shorter than my last California ballot, which I swear to god weighed as much as Samwise (pictured). Ballot length aside, it’s harder to vote here; they only started early voting this year, I believe, and voting by mail …
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Evening Respite Thread: Words!
I don’t know about you, but I sure would love a nice relaxing respite thread. So! My friend Louis was kind enough to bring this fun page to my attention this weekend: This website tells you what words were born the same year you were. Delighted to share the stage with “cringey,” “chat room,” “FYI,” “deets,” …