⟳ Репост от Sidney Coles PhD, PhD
Reminder that on his last day of his first term, Trump awarded a commendation to Dr Fauci "in recognition of his exceptional effort on Operation Warp Speed"
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Sidney Coles PhD, PhD
Journo, writer, lover of stories that end abruptly. Find me at Ricochet Media, Canada’s National Observer, Capital Daily, Women’s Media Centre and Watershed Sentinel.
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⟳ Репост от Sidney Coles PhD, PhD
Do white people ever think, "I wonder what it would be like if every book I read or TV or film only had Black people in them?" Just constantly inundated with images of Black people, in our vastness. Probably not, but, I dare say, it would change how they view everything. Representation matters.
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Physicist Ed Purcell was studying outer space when he discovered nuclear magnetic resonance. Years later, scientists would take his discovery and invent the MRI, one of the most important inventions of 20th Century. When people say we shouldn't go to space, they're speaking from ignorance.
We have reached peak stupidity.
Eva Holland"Polymarket listed almost 20 questions related to the wildfires burning up Southern California. How many acres will the Palisades Fire burn by Friday, three days after it ignited on a Tuesday? Will the Palisades Fire reach Santa Monica by Sunday?" @thatsmohrlikeit.bsky.social:
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My latest piece was originally written for Democracy Docket members. They decided to share this one with everyone because of the stakes for this election. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...
The GOP has a plan to undermine free and fair elections. We must stop themThe GOP is not acting like a party trying to persuade voters to support its candidates — because it isn’t.www.democracydocket.com
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While we are in this Greek Mythology moment, may I remind you that Emma Thompson is adapting Pat Barker’s take on The Iliad, and she’s struggled to get it made bc the focus on what acts of war against women and survival thereafter actually look like (the core of Barker’s narrative) is too intense.
Emma Thompson adapting feminist retelling of Iliad for big screenThe actress told the Hay Festival she is writing a film version of Pat Barker’s The Silence of the Girls to draw attention to sexual abuse in war zoneswww.thetimes.comAn excellent review of Nolan’s Odyssey by Homer’s latest and uber brilliant translator, Emily Wilson. Interesting challenges to Nolan’s choices and omissions. Best review I’ve read yet. #LRB
London Review of Books‘Nolan has read at least the first line of my translation of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘥𝘺𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘺 into iambic pentameter. In one interview, he cited my version of it: “Tell me about a complicated man.” But I would be ashamed to have written any part of this script.’ New, by Emily Wilson www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...