https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/christopher-buckleys-make-russia-great-again-is-the-trump-satire-weve-been-waiting-for/2020/07/06/c1179190-bf2c-11ea-b178-bb7b05b94af1_story.html Christopher Buckley’s ‘Make Russia Great Again’ is the Trump satire we’ve been waiting for By Ron Charles Critic, Book World July 6, 2020 at 6:12 p.m. EDT (Simon & Schuster) Until now, Donald Trump has avoided being fully captured by novelists simply by behaving worse than any of them could fathom. But the great fiction … Continue reading Enthusiastic review of Christopher Buckley Trump satire
What Disneyland is doing with its feral cats now
NYC is currently having a major problem at the restaurants with outside dining -- starving rats. After a lengthy period of few places with food waste, the rats left after eating each other have no shame about almost attacking diners for something to eat. Maybe NYC needs to look to some of its feral cat … Continue reading What Disneyland is doing with its feral cats now
NYC’s Mint Theatre has three gems streaming now
The Fatal Weakness Mint Theater, New YorkViewable online through July 19, freeTo watch, go to minttheater.orgPASSWORD: LostPlays2020by TERRY TEACHOUTHere’s a happy surprise: The Mint Theater, an off-Broadway troupe that specializes in staging unjustly forgotten 20th-century plays to unfailingly pleasing effect, has been storing up broadcast-ready three-camera archival videos of its productions since 2013. Now it’s making three of … Continue reading NYC’s Mint Theatre has three gems streaming now
For techies: keep yourself from being tracked while reading Gmail
https://www.theverge.com/21319293/gmail-reading-email-tracking-pixels-how-to-prevent-block-chrome How to prevent being tracked while reading your Gmail Keep from being followed online By Barbara Krasnoff Jul 10, 2020, 1:33pm EDT If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. All of those obnoxious marketing emails that crowd your inbox aren’t just pushing a … Continue reading For techies: keep yourself from being tracked while reading Gmail
Supreme Court says law can deny robocallers the right to call cellphones
Altho I'm personally quite pleased by this result, I do find it curious (word choice very intentional) that the right to own guns is more or less unlimited, but the right to free speech can be substantially restricted. Why do I say restricted? Fewer and fewer people have phone service that's connected to anything but … Continue reading Supreme Court says law can deny robocallers the right to call cellphones
NYC’s Metropolitan Opera still showing free screenings — tonight’s is special
Subscribe to playbill.com for emails with the latest news about entertainment. Other places may do it more in depth or from a different angle, but Playbill will give you the schedules and what else you need to know. https://www.playbill.com/article/next-up-in-the-nightly-met-streams-a-2020-wozzeck-puccini-times-3-more?u Next Up in the Nightly Met Streams: a 2020 Wozzeck, Puccini Times 3, MoreBY RYAN MCPHEEJUL 13, 2020 The Metropolitan … Continue reading NYC’s Metropolitan Opera still showing free screenings — tonight’s is special
It’s going to get worse — heat records at risk in southern U.S.
Officials warn of health risks as heatwave may break records in the south of US Many of the affected areas are also seeing a coronavirus surge and some experts are anxious heat could increase infections Miranda Bryant in New York Sun 12 Jul 2020 15.34 EDTLast modified on Sun 12 Jul 2020 16.24 EDT A woman wearing a face mask … Continue reading It’s going to get worse — heat records at risk in southern U.S.
Traveling ICU nurse compares NY & AZ
https://www.today.com/health/icu-nurse-who-worked-new-york-city-arizona-reveals-how-t186226 ICU travel nurse compares treating coronavirus patients in New York and Arizona As more states start to see surges in coronavirus cases, many of us are wondering: Will things get as bad as New York City in March and April? July 9, 2020, 10:30 AM EDT / Source: TODAYBy Maura Hohman When New York … Continue reading Traveling ICU nurse compares NY & AZ
Understanding SDK trackers on your iPhone
https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/7/8/21311533/sdks-tracking-data-location The hidden trackers in your phone, explained How covert code enables your phone’s apps to spy on you.By Sara Morrison Jul 8, 2020, 10:30am EDT In the earlier days of the coronavirus pandemic, an animated map from a company called Tectonix went viral. It showed spring breakers leaving a Florida beach to return to their homes across the US, as … Continue reading Understanding SDK trackers on your iPhone
Simple directions on setting up Disney+ for Hamilton
"Hamilton" is so incredibly dense with words that there's no prayer of catching all of them. Fortunately, because Disney+ is offering the screen capture of the musical for an indefinite period, watchers have time to view it multiples times to get the full impact and all of the language and rhythms. It's easier, however, to … Continue reading Simple directions on setting up Disney+ for Hamilton
Trump playing games to remove legal immigrants their status
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-the-trump-administration-is-turning-legal-immigrants-into-undocumented-ones/2020/07/09/15c1cbf6-c203-11ea-9fdd-b7ac6b051dc8_story.html? Opinions How the Trump administration is turning legal immigrants into undocumented ones A parking structure at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services headquarters in Detroit where drive-thru naturalization services are being conducted during the coronavirus outbreak. (Carlos Osorio/AP) Opinion by Catherine RampellColumnistJuly 9, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. EDTAdd to list The Trump administration is turning … Continue reading Trump playing games to remove legal immigrants their status
“Hamilton” juggernaut gets reviewed and commented upon
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/movies/hamilton-critics-lin-manuel-miranda.html “Hamilton,” Lin-Manuel Miranda’s revisionist take on our founding fathers, was the subject of conversation, debate and argument at The Times when the musical premiered Off Broadway in 2015 and again when it moved to Broadway. Why should the filmed version, which started streaming on Disney+ over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, be any … Continue reading “Hamilton” juggernaut gets reviewed and commented upon
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