An editorial cartoon, killed
Cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit The Washington Post after her editor killed a cartoon.
Zounds
I just figured out what my New York Times and Washington Post subscriptions have been costing me.
Trump Bible in Oklahoma
Only the Trump Bible will do.
Watch your wallet
Jonathan Last and Mary Trump offer commentary on Donald Trump’s latest grift: watches.
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Harvard, Meta, and veritas: the story of a misinformation expert and misinformation.
Long-term care insurance: my 2¢
Now that my mom's long-term care insurance (hereafter, “LTCI”) has run out, I feel free to offer some observations.
Slam the Scam
The Social Security Administration announces National Slam the Scam Day.
$364M+ $355M $450M+
Engoron!
$83,300,000
A staggering and well-deserved judgement.
Harvard, Meta, and veritas
From The Washington Post: “A prominent disinformation scholar has accused Harvard University of dismissing her to curry favor with Facebook and its current and former executives in violation of her right to free speech.”
Time is money
A Mac menu bar timer costing $79.99.
Words and money and adjunctdom
“Words like ‘equity,’ ‘inclusion’ or ‘care’ should be used with consideration for what they really mean,” says Matthew Spiegelman, who teaches photography at the New School’s Parsons School of Design. “The more they get used in conversation and not acted on, the less they mean anything.”
FTX fortunes
Many months ago our favorite restaurant (Thai) began handing out fortune cookies with FTX advertising on one side. I wonder how long it’ll be before these fortunes disappear.
Cheesy vignette
Shrinkflation.
Gravity and Dan Price
Ending badly.
Grifting
Somehow an e-mail address that I haven’t used in years made its way to the Trump world. So I’ve been getting grifting messages, even during this morning’s January 6 hearing.
“Official”
The Trump-created so-called “Official Election Defense Fund” — which did not in fact exist — channeled donor contributions to the Save America PAC, which in turn channeled funds to a charitable organization run by Mark Meadows, to the company that managed the January 6 rally, and to — wait for it — Trump hotels.
“I began in a world without time”
From Akenfield.
Genius
Man, that Elon Musk must be a genius. Who could ever have seen through these tactics?
Pfft
Melania Trump’s NFTs (non-fungible tokens) of photographs from a defeated former president’s mad reign seem to be not exactly NFTs.
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A UCSB mega-dorm: Now with links to a letter of resignation and an opinion piece by Dennis McFadden, an architect affiliated with the University of California at Santa Barbara.
A UCSB mega-dorm
Hey, University of California at Santa Barbara: Franz Kafka called, and he wants his idea for a dorm back.
Poverty and dignity
“I think if there’s one thing I’ve learned in thirty-five years, it’s the opposite of poverty isn’t wealth. The opposite of poverty is dignity”: Jacqueline Novogratz.
Money and time
A college president, staff, and buying back time.
American Edge (ugh)
A Facebook initiative. Yes, dark money.
Grifters gonna grift
The Trump campaign steering donors into unwitting donations.
$519,328,369
From The Washington Post: “President Donald Trump’s onslaught of falsehoods about the November election misled millions of Americans, undermined faith in the electoral system, sparked a deadly riot — and has now left taxpayers with a large, and growing, bill.”
Jeff Tweedy giving back
Jeff Tweedy giving back. Bob Dylan ripping off.
Bam!
Elizabeth Warren: “I don’t care how much money Mayor Bloomberg has. The core of the Democratic Party will never trust him.”
Make it new
“Shortly after the Democratic Presidential debate on Wednesday night, aides to Michael Bloomberg announced that he would spend ten billion dollars to buy an entirely new personality.”