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Les défaitistes révolutionnaires français (et notre tsar surendetté)
L'EDITO D'ETIENNE GERNELLE. Pourquoi les insurges de LFI et du Rassemblement national se revelent bien pacifiques face a la guerre en Ukraine ? Quelques hypotheses, a la lumiere de l'Histoire.
Gannett and McClatchy to drop The Associated Press. What does that mean?
This is a stunning development in American news media. Gannett, the publisher of USA Today and the largest newspaper chain in the country with more than 200 outlets, announced it […] The post Gannett and McClatchy to drop The Associated Press. What does that mean? appeared first on Poynter.
Like Gannett, McClatchy plans to stop using The AP's news feed, publishing no AP content after March 31; McClatchy will continue to use AP election results data (New York Times)
New York Times: Like Gannett, McClatchy plans to stop using The AP's news feed, publishing no AP content after March 31; McClatchy will continue to use AP election results data  —  The Associated Press said the decisions by the two major newspaper chains “would not have a material impact on our overall revenue.”
Misogynie, sexisme, grossièreté... Pourquoi Les Valseuses souffle ses 50 ans en cachette
Déjà à sa sortie, le film de Bertrand Blier provoqua beaucoup de remous. Un demi-siècle plus tard, Patrick Dewaere est mort, Gérard Depardieu se cache et nulle chaîne de télé ne le diffuse.
Science Magazine Reaches New Low, Defames Their Critics
8 minute read“Science reporting isn’t really journalism,” he said, a grin spreading across his face.“Oh, fuck you,” I replied.It was a weekend night, and I was seated at the Post Pub—a dingy burger spot, frequented by Washington Post reporters—with some of the most respected journalists in the United States, Washington Post reporters who had won top...
How ‘Land of Bad’ Distributor The Avenue Is Disrupting the Action Thriller Space
It’s been four years since The Avenue first launched, and the indie distributor just scored its first top 10 film with William Eubank’s “Land of Bad.”  The action flick starring Liam Hemsworth, Russell Crowe, Luke Hemsworth, Ricky Whittle and Milo Ventimiglia opened on Feb. 16, had the fourth-highest per screen average over the holiday weekend […]
Ben Mankiewicz’s ‘Talking Pictures’ Movie Interview Podcast Renewed for Season 2 at TCM and Max
Longtime TCM host Ben Mankiewicz will be returning for more in-depth tête-à-têtes with noted filmmakers. Mankiewicz’s “Talking Pictures: A Movie Memories Podcast” has been renewed for Season 2 by TCM and Max. He announced the renewal on the Season 1 finale featuring guest Bill Hader, star, co-creator and director of HBO’s “Barry” and former “Saturday...
IATSE Back at the Bargaining Table With a Focus on Cinematographer Issues
IATSE resumed negotiations with the major studios on Monday, with a day spent focused on items relevant to the International Cinematographers Guild, Local 600. IATSE began talks earlier this month, as it seeks to address artificial intelligence, see wage increases to make up for inflation, and close a significant shortfall in its pension and health...
An Orchard for a Dome
The painter Charles Burchfield kept a journal for most of his life, from 1909, when he was sixteen, to 1966, a year before his death. He filled some ten thousand pages—seventy-two notebooks containing an assortment of newspaper clippings, sketches, doodles, and notations alongside written reflections on his daily life and the natural world. Still, looking...
What's the Happiest Country on Earth?
The latest World Happiness Report delivers some unhappy news to Americans -- and the rest of the world.
Start Up No.2191: Apple said to seek Google Gemini for iOS, DNA shows incest prevalence, Nvidia amps up the AI, and more
Production of Sony’s PSVR 2 headset has been halted as stocks build up, according to a new report. CC-licensed photo by Marco Verch on Flickr. You can sign up to receive each day’s Start Up post by email. You’ll need to click a confirmation link, so no spam. There’s another post coming this week at the Social Warming Substack on Friday at 0845 UK...
The Last ATM
Spain’s aging population is struggling with the digitalization of the financial system—and the far right is seizing the moment.MARCH 19, 2024   My father, a truck driver, travels every Sunday from Fuente-Tójar, a small town in Andalusia, to Almería, a city on the other side of the region,...
So many newsletters: Reading to learn to write to be read
By Jacqui Banaszynski I try to take notice of writing approaches in all manner of places. As a kid, I read the back of cereal boxes, which probably were promo-style or maybe kid-type stories. I read the “Green Pages” of the Milwaukee Journal, which were a stylized features section. I read books, of course — my mother’s Agatha Christie mysteries and...
Whale Thought To Have Gone Extinct Nearly 200 Years Ago Spotted off Coast of Massachusetts
Whale Thought To Have Gone Extinct Nearly 200 Years Ago Spotted off Coast of Massachusetts Photo: isanbar/Depositphotos On March 1, a whale was spotted swimming in the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 30 miles south of Nantucket, Massachusetts. Spotting whales around this time of year isn't unusual for New England Aquarium scientists, but something about...
Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis of ‘Via Triumphalis’ to the Public
Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis of ‘Via Triumphalis’ to the Public The necropolis, which is now open to the public. (Photo: Carole Raddato via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED) Vatican City is a unique place. As both a country and the headquarters of the Catholic Church, the city is encircled by the wider landscape of Rome, Italy....
Literary Theory for Robots: How Computers Learned to Write. “Something as simple...
Literary Theory for Robots: How Computers Learned to Write. “Something as simple as a spell-checker…represents the culmination of a shared human effort, spanning centuries.” Thumbed through this over the weekend…looks really interesting. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
#173 Did You Hear the One About the Skills Gap?
For decades we’ve been told that there is an urgent looming skills gap, and that unless our education system churns out more STEM grads, economic disaster looms. But what if it’s not true? In a provocative new book, Neil Kraus argues that this story is at the heart of what he calls the fantasy economy, a wrongheaded view of the labor market that has...
#174 Religious Charter Schools are Coming. Be Worried.
Last year Oklahoma approved the nation’s first tax-payer funded religious charter school. It won’t be the last, warns Rachel Laser of Americans United for Church and State. We’re joined by Laser and two plaintiffs in a legal effort to keep the school from opening. As our guests explain, the school is part of a larger project to roll back the clock on...
Mimestream is Hookmark’s Partner of the Month of March
We are delighted that Mimestream 1.3, just released, adds compatibility with Hookmark! That means Mimestream is now a linkable app, conforming to the Manifesto for Ubiquitous Linking. So it’s with great pleasure that we announce that Mimestream is Hookmark’s Partner of the Month of March 2024. Mimestream is a native macOS email client for Gmail:...
The Daily Heller: New York “Wonder City” in Posters
David Klein, 1960. I’ve been dubbed “New York–centric,” as if it were a bad thing. My love for the city goes back to my birth. I’ve always thought of Manhattan as the center of the world. Now, Poster House in Manhattan is celebrating my NYCentricity with an exhibition curated by Nicholas D. Lowry and designed by Ola Baldych, Wonder City of the...