Month: September 2020

TODAY: In 1923, Radio Times, the world’s first broadcast listings magazine, is published, detailing programs for six BBC wireless stations; Newspapers at the time boycotted radio listings fearing that increased listenership might decrease their sales. Why does everyone in this country think they’re middle class? David R. Roediger on the myth of American exceptionalism. | Lit Hub
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(CNN) — A magnificent beast made of four million parts from 30 different countries, the Airbus A380 is the world’s largest passenger airliner, and its era is almost at an end. Initial assembly has recently been completed on the last ever superjumbo, after it was announced in 2019 that the European airplane manufacturers were discontinuing
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Search warrants aren’t mere formalities; they’re written into the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution as an independent check on the government’s limited authority to seize and search “persons, houses, papers, and effects” — all things that, to the Founders, represented “the sanctity of a man’s home and the privacies of life.” Some 135
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Image courtesy of Amazon PrimeThe iconic sitcom is now available on Amazon Prime. By Odessa Paloma Parker Date September 25, 2020 icon-facebook icon-twitter Much-beloved show The Golden Girls has been in the news a lot lately. Not only was it recently rebooted for a charitable cause with an all-Black cast consisting of Tracee Ellis Ross,
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Antarctica Flights operates 12-hour sightseeing tours over the continent that take off and land on the same day. Courtesy of Antarctica Flights The coronavirus has ravaged the world now for nine months, with people across the globe enduring lockdowns of varying intensities, workplace and school shutdowns and restrictions on group gatherings.  Yet there’s still one continent
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September 25, 2020, 9:58am We’re a little more than a month out from Election Day and the New York Times nonfiction bestseller list is looking predictably odd. In a year when books about anti-racism have reached unprecedented sales, so too has the tide of journalistic blockbusters and books by conservative mainstays been steadily rolling. After seven weeks
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Slovakian, UK-Based DJ-Producer David Flix has released his latest radio ready single: “Monster,” an all-out immersive experience ready to get you on your feet. In this track, David Flix gives us a melodic yet powerful drop driven by a mesmeric flute solo, while leaving the breaks open with atmosphere and cinematic effects. Dark, epic and emotional are
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Photography courtesy of Emilio Pucci.“It’s like one of my biggest dreams came true.” By Odessa Paloma Parker Date September 26, 2020 icon-facebook icon-twitter “I really wanted to create a fantasy side to fashion, which people really need now,” says Tokyo-based creative Tomo Koizumi shortly before his capsule collection for the Italian house of Emilio Pucci
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