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The Met jumps on the “even abolitionist anti-slavery artists were actually celebrating slavery” bandwagon
Heather Mac Donald describes the latest art-world insanity, this time at the Met. You may have to concentrate very very hard to follow it: Why Born Enslaved! has been understood since its creation as an antislavery work. The Met, however, … Continue reading →
When did Bermuda shorts become a thing?
That highly pressing question has been asked in the comments on the open thread, and I will take it on myself to answer it without looking anything up. The Fifties was the height (or length) of the Bermudas craze. Only … Continue reading →
Nikole Hannah-Jones takes on Thomas Sowell
And makes a fool of herself: Other than being Black, what exactly is Sowell’s expertise in slavery or history? Yeah, it’s kind of funny. But it’s also tremendously sad, because millions more young people absorb Hannah-Jones’ utterly mendacious work than … Continue reading →
Open thread 2/13/23
Cancer rising?
Commeter “Banned Lizard” recently linked to this: Dr. Ryan Cole’s Biopsy Results May Explain The Shocking Rise In “Mysterious” Cancers — He Explains There Is Spike Protein “Inside Every Single Cancer Cell” “What’s inside of every cancer cell? Spike protein. … Continue reading →
Rings are in the news
File under “things we don’t understand”: Astronomers have discovered an entirely new ring system within the solar system, and it’s located at such a great distance from its dwarf planet parent that it should be impossible. The ring surrounds Quaoar, … Continue reading →
Seymour Hersh and the pipeline – again
[NOTE: See my previous post on the subject. See also this post for some of my previously-expressed thoughts on Hersh, from 2015.] Here’s a piece about Hersh’s pipeline article on the destruction of the Nord pipeline: All the information in … Continue reading →
Open thread 2/11/23
The return of the lost
The other day I thought I’d lost my favorite earrings. That is, one of the pair of my favorite earrings, which are these. I’ve had those earrings for at least twenty years, maybe thirty or forty years. Hard to say … Continue reading →
RIP Burt Bachrach
At 94. That’s a pretty good run. My favorite Bachrach songs were the rhythmically-interesting ones he made for Dionne Warwick, who tossed them off with her characteristic light touch:
Continue reading →What’s going on with Pennsylvania’s Senator John Fetterman
Well you might ask. He experienced a bout of what’s being called “lightheadedness” on Wednesday, was hospitalized, and is still undergoing tests. A new stroke has been ruled out, and now they’re wondering about a seizure. It may end up … Continue reading →