This is a photo of a kitten
Honestly trying to work here.
Facebook is adding security and privacy protections to Messenger. That’s like Ghislaine Maxwell taking first aid classes so she can be a better babysitter for your teen-age girls.
We ordered a new couch which was supposed to arrive today but which seems to have disappeared in transit. I am haunted by the vision of it being sat on by people with poor personal hygiene who are eating Cheetos and wiping their fingers on the upholstery.
America can become the country claims to be, starting by telling the truth about its history of slavery, genocide and oppression. “Until we tell the truth we deny ourselves the opportunity for beauty.”
The Ezra Klein Show: Bryan Stevenson on how America can heal
Tucker Carlson, the most popular host in the history of cable news, returned from a week-long vacation after his head writer was exposed as a raging bigot. The scandal won’t stick.
Financially, it will cost some advertisers but Fox gets most of its revenue from subscribers, who love this kind of controversy.
I walked a different route than I usually do today, and saw several noteworthy vehicles. Two were classics, all had character. 📷
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Lush photo essay from the golden age of shopping malls.
Cruising the Past & Future of the Retro Shopping Mall
I loved to go to the mall in my 20s. I’d go alone, during the day, get a fast food lunch, see what was new on the science fiction shelves at B. Dalton and Waldenbooks — anything by Asimov, Heinlein, Niven or Zelazny? A new Robert B. Parker? In that era before the mainstream internet and before I got plugged into science fiction fandom, the only way to find out if a favorite author had a new book out was to check in stores.
Then I’d catch a movie matinee. I’d find a spot directly under a light in the theater and read from one of my new books until the movie started.
That was a good afternoon.