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DANCE
IDEAS
- Whistleblowers Accuse The Trump Administration Of Harming The Kennedy Center
“The documents — sent to a Senate and a House committee last month by lawyers for unidentified clients referred to as whistle-blowers — detail how vendors were selected for work without competitive bidding under rationales that are depicted as flawed.” – The New York Times
- Some Streamers Sure Are Benefitting From This Men’s World Cup
Viewership is smashing records, especially for Telemundo and Peacock. The Mexico-England game was Telemundo’s most-watched telecast ever. Many English-speaking viewers have turned away from Fox because of its analysts line-up, joining the U.S.-based Spanish-speaking audience. – Variety
- What In The Living Heck Happened To Decorated Historian Kerri Greenidge, And Her Most Famous Work?
“A major publisher appeared to pull a prizewinning history book about a prominent South Carolina slaveholding family and its role in the abolitionist movement, after several scholars accused the author of misleading readers” – and it looks like the historian lost her job at Tufts as well. – The New York Times
- Meta Installs AI Deepfake Tool For Instagram On Tuesday, Removes It On Friday
That went well. “Just because Meta owns one of the largest social media platforms, and we’re forced to use it, it’s been taking it as an excuse to violate our consent and privacy again and again.” Uh, oops. – Business Insider
- How Many Books Is Too Many Books For A New York City Apartment?
One landlord decided 10,000 was truly beyond the acceptable limit. – The New York Times
ISSUES
- This Artwork Requires Covering The Gallery Floor In Peanut Butter
Smooth, not chunky – the artist wasn’t a monster. – The Guardian (UK)
- Anish Kapoor And The Meaning Of The Void
“When Kapoor first made one of these works in Prussian blue, he was stunned to find ‘it wasn’t an empty space painted blue,’ he said. ‘It was full of blueness or, as I say, darkness. What was empty became full. How can that be?’” – ArtNet
- The Bayeux Tapestry Arrives In Britain, Under Armed Guard, For The First Time In A While
Where “a while” equals 900 years. – BBC
- The Bacteria That Causes Legionnaire’s Disease Has Been Found In The Guggenheim’s Cooling Tower
But, er, don’t freak out, New York. “The building remains safe for employees and visitors, according to both the museum and the union that represents its workers.” – The Art Newspaper
- Bayeux Tapestry Arrives Safely At British Museum
“The secretive operation was the result of years of negotiations, tricky logistical planning and multiple technical studies to ensure the integrity of the 70-metre-long (230ft) medieval artwork.” – The Guardian
MEDIA
- Whistleblowers Accuse The Trump Administration Of Harming The Kennedy Center
“The documents — sent to a Senate and a House committee last month by lawyers for unidentified clients referred to as whistle-blowers — detail how vendors were selected for work without competitive bidding under rationales that are depicted as flawed.” – The New York Times
- Meta Installs AI Deepfake Tool For Instagram On Tuesday, Removes It On Friday
That went well. “Just because Meta owns one of the largest social media platforms, and we’re forced to use it, it’s been taking it as an excuse to violate our consent and privacy again and again.” Uh, oops. – Business Insider
- A Lot Of True Believers Sponsored ‘The Chosen’ Before It Became A Money-Printing Juggernaut
But they seem to have been left behind. “A shareholder lawsuit, quietly filed this past week against 5&2 Studios in the Delaware Court of Chancery, alleges that some of those early acolytes were prevented from sharing in the miracle.” – Puck
- New York Times, Ziff Davis, The Intercept, Others Accuse OpenAI Of Possible Obstruction Of Justice
As part of their broader lawsuits against OpenAI for copyright infringement for training its software on their media products without consent or compensation, the plaintiffs filed a motion accusing the company of lying during discovery by deliberately hiding evidence that its training datasets and output logs are searchable. – Variety
- Will The Kennedy Center Survive This ‘Open,’ Empty Time?
“What’s left has the air of a ghost ship, as the center’s board prepares to reconsider to what degree the building will remain open. The Kennedy Center declined to comment.” – Washington Post
MUSIC
- What In The Living Heck Happened To Decorated Historian Kerri Greenidge, And Her Most Famous Work?
“A major publisher appeared to pull a prizewinning history book about a prominent South Carolina slaveholding family and its role in the abolitionist movement, after several scholars accused the author of misleading readers” – and it looks like the historian lost her job at Tufts as well. – The New York Times
- How Many Books Is Too Many Books For A New York City Apartment?
One landlord decided 10,000 was truly beyond the acceptable limit. – The New York Times
- When Catcher In The Rye – Yes, That Old Chestnut Of Freshman Year – Saves You
“The great secret of Catcher, though—what gets lost in its reputation—is that Holden’s attitude is itself phony. He’s a tender kid who famously worries about the ducks in cold, icy Central Park, and who adores and hopes to protect his little sister, Phoebe.” – The Atlantic
- Reckoning With Beat Poet Allen Ginsburg’s Complicated Legacy
The great poet of Howl and defender of free speech has one (pretty huge) legacy problem during his centennial celebration: His defense of, and membership in, the North American Man-Boy Love Association. – The Guardian (UK)
- Dinaw Mengestu Resigns As President Of PEN America After Only Seven Months
“Mengestu declined to provide further details. PEN America confirmed that he had resigned and also declined to say more. The organization has been on shaky ground in recent years because of backlash from writers and activists over its response to the war in Gaza.” – The New York Times
PEOPLE
- Whistleblowers Accuse The Trump Administration Of Harming The Kennedy Center
“The documents — sent to a Senate and a House committee last month by lawyers for unidentified clients referred to as whistle-blowers — detail how vendors were selected for work without competitive bidding under rationales that are depicted as flawed.” – The New York Times
- Some Streamers Sure Are Benefitting From This Men’s World Cup
Viewership is smashing records, especially for Telemundo and Peacock. The Mexico-England game was Telemundo’s most-watched telecast ever. Many English-speaking viewers have turned away from Fox because of its analysts line-up, joining the U.S.-based Spanish-speaking audience. – Variety
- What In The Living Heck Happened To Decorated Historian Kerri Greenidge, And Her Most Famous Work?
“A major publisher appeared to pull a prizewinning history book about a prominent South Carolina slaveholding family and its role in the abolitionist movement, after several scholars accused the author of misleading readers” – and it looks like the historian lost her job at Tufts as well. – The New York Times
- Meta Installs AI Deepfake Tool For Instagram On Tuesday, Removes It On Friday
That went well. “Just because Meta owns one of the largest social media platforms, and we’re forced to use it, it’s been taking it as an excuse to violate our consent and privacy again and again.” Uh, oops. – Business Insider
- How Many Books Is Too Many Books For A New York City Apartment?
One landlord decided 10,000 was truly beyond the acceptable limit. – The New York Times
PEOPLE
- Whistleblowers Accuse The Trump Administration Of Harming The Kennedy Center
“The documents — sent to a Senate and a House committee last month by lawyers for unidentified clients referred to as whistle-blowers — detail how vendors were selected for work without competitive bidding under rationales that are depicted as flawed.” – The New York Times
- Some Streamers Sure Are Benefitting From This Men’s World Cup
Viewership is smashing records, especially for Telemundo and Peacock. The Mexico-England game was Telemundo’s most-watched telecast ever. Many English-speaking viewers have turned away from Fox because of its analysts line-up, joining the U.S.-based Spanish-speaking audience. – Variety
- What In The Living Heck Happened To Decorated Historian Kerri Greenidge, And Her Most Famous Work?
“A major publisher appeared to pull a prizewinning history book about a prominent South Carolina slaveholding family and its role in the abolitionist movement, after several scholars accused the author of misleading readers” – and it looks like the historian lost her job at Tufts as well. – The New York Times
- Meta Installs AI Deepfake Tool For Instagram On Tuesday, Removes It On Friday
That went well. “Just because Meta owns one of the largest social media platforms, and we’re forced to use it, it’s been taking it as an excuse to violate our consent and privacy again and again.” Uh, oops. – Business Insider
- How Many Books Is Too Many Books For A New York City Apartment?
One landlord decided 10,000 was truly beyond the acceptable limit. – The New York Times
THEATRE
VISUAL
- The Schomburg Center Turns A Century Old
“Growing up in Puerto Rico in the late 19th century, Arturo Alfonso Schomburg was told by his teacher that Black people had no significant history or accomplishments.” Just how wrong was that teacher? Very. – The Guardian (UK)
- What Society Is Losing As It Becomes Postliterate
“The literate era will prove to be a brief interlude between the oral and digital ages. Reading shaped the modern mind. Its disappearance will reshape it. Cognitive scientists are starting to understand what these changes might look like.” – The Atlantic
- Does Worldwide Modernization Lead To Reduction In Cultural Differences? Not Necessarily
“When researchers have actually tried to document the size of cultural differences over time, the picture is far more complicated – and more interesting.” – Psyche
- Who Makes Choices When We ‘Choose’?
“The brain initiates voluntary action unconsciously: our conscious sense that we have decided to act is actually the result of this brain activity.” It’s possible that our only choice is in deciding not to do something. – 3 Quarks
- The Effective-Altruism Movement Is About To Make A Comeback, Powered By AI Titans And Their Money
“Since the (Sam Bankman-Fried/FTX) scandal, the movement’s organizations have shied away from the limelight and become extremely concerned with PR. For several years, their growth has been severely curtailed. But they survived. And the new AI money has given EA a chance to come back larger than ever before.” – New York Magazine