NotMax sent me the following: Following up about a potential NYC area meet-up. Commenter satby, who will be in town, suggested July 29th. Sunday works for me (don’t have to go to work on Monday) but maybe not for others? If a Sunday, maybe set an afternoon start time? Say, 4-ish or 5-ish. As for …
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For A Good Time In Cambridge (Tonight!)
Just a quick heads-up. My colleague Seth Mnookin will be moderating a panel for the MIT Communications Forum on “Republican Resistance in the Age of Trump.” The event goes from 6-8 p.m. in MIT Building 3, room 270. (MIT map.) The speakers are interesting: Stuart Stevens (Romney’s 2012 chief strategist, among other presidential election gigs); Jennifer …
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Balloon Juice Public Service Announcement: Immigrant Integration Event in Denver on November 14th, 2017
TaMara emailed and asked me to do a PSA post on the immigrant integration event tomorrow night in Denver. Here are the details from one of our lurkers: I’m a BJ lurker in Denver, and my partner and I are putting on an immigrant integration event sponsored by the city’s Office of Immigrant and Refugee …
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Forty-two years ago tonight the Edmund Fitzgerald was lost with all hands on Lake Superior. Most of us know the tragic story from the Gordon Lightfoot song about the wreck. In 2001 a documentary about the Fitzgerald debuted. One of the things that always stayed with me from the documentary, as both a testament to …
These Are, Indeed, Strange Days: All the Cowboys Take a Knee
Including team owner Jerry Jones! As a statement of unity and equality, the entire Dallas Cowboys team took a knee before the national anthem. pic.twitter.com/5DsS0KFZXg — FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) September 26, 2017 ETA at 9:30 PM EDT: We have video! The Cowboys and owner Jerry Jones locked arms and took a knee in unity …
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On The Road: Please Stand By…
Alain asked me to schedule a post for him. He has asked me to inform you all that he is experiencing technical issues and, as a result, today’s On the Road post will not be happening as normally scheduled. Please consider this an open thread while he waits for someone at tech support to answer his …
Santa Fe Meetup Monday
O. Felix Culpa and I will be having lunch at Joe’s on Rodeo Road Monday, June 19, at noon. Any Juicer in the area is welcome to join us.