(Neerja Bhanot) I meant to get to this on the 20th, but all the excitement from Infrastructure Week got me carried away with other matters. Thirty-three years and three days ago, Neerja Bhanot, a 23 year old flight attendant, risked and ultimately sacrificed her life protecting the passengers of Pan Am 73, during an attempted …
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Schlemazel Memorial Service Information
Schlemazel’s niece, who you may remember from comments as Laura Too, emailed me earlier today with the information about Schlemazel’s memorial service. I have permission from my aunt to share this. Mark’s memorial will be on Saturday September 28th 12:00 Skyview shelter at French Park in Plymouth, MN. Anyone who knew him is welcome to come, and …
Late Night Open Thread: RIP, Easy Rider
Peter Fonda, the Oscar-nominated ‘Easy Rider’ actor who became a counterculture hero, has died at age 79 https://t.co/vly2LF1NnI pic.twitter.com/71DUY3hxSC — Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) August 16, 2019
Sunday Book Talk Open Thread: Toni Morrison, Who Left A Legacy
“We die,” Morrison closed her Nobel Prize address. “That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.” https://t.co/ZkIgJOChdO — Laura Rozen (@lrozen) August 6, 2019 One of my favorite interviews with Toni Morrison. The interviewer asked her when she was going to “substantially” write about …
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RIP Toni Morrison
We’ve lost a giant. Thread here for any remembrances, or just literary fandom. I’ll start: the writing speaks for itself. Others speak of her unparalleled commitment to other writers, of color, of course, but also to anyone driven to the vital act of committing words to paper: I just retweeted that one. Then there’s this: …
Rest in Peace David C. MacDonald: Scotian Has Died
For those who didn’t or weren’t able to donate to David’s/Scotian’s GoFundMe and didn’t get the update by email earlier today, David passed away last night. I got a text a little while ago from whom I’m assuming is his wife also informing me as I was in direct contact with him over the past …
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PopCult Nostalgia Open Thread: Ave Atque Vale, MAD Magazine
(Signe Wilkinson via GoComics.com) . This su{fold here}upposed news about Mad closing is inevitable in an age where advertisers have so many other choices, and nobody's kids are rushing to the supermarket magazine rack. Which revered publication is next? It's as random as how a bingo machine pi{fold here}cks balls. — Jason Markusoff (@markusoff) July …
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