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The Super Weird, Remixed Way People Are Watching Old TV Shows

“People are sitting through one-to-two minute, out-of-order clips of TV shows and movies on social media, awkwardly cropped for the vertical format and often with terrible music blaring in the background.” Okaaaaaay. But the people who love them really love them. - Washington Post (MSN)

Nashville Would Like To Bring Back A Pretty Cool Piece Of Red Grooms Visual Heritage, But The Money Isn’t There

“Grooms’s carousel illustrates the financial challenge of regional museums, which scrounge to raise funds and then have to decide whether to add a wing or spend the money on upkeep for their collections.” - The New York Times

Major Studios Turned Down ‘Stranger Things’

And it’s become, essentially, Netflix’s Star Wars, “that anchor series that drives customer acquisition and helps define the original programming.” - Los Angeles Times (Yahoo)

Tom Stoppard’s Language Blazed With Urgency

“He loved his words to the point of mania and yet fretted over their inadequacy, making the mere act of speech seem somehow both heroic and doomed. He caused words to explode like fireworks, dazzling us with their bright, multicolored patterns.” - The New York Times

With A Phone, A Friend, And Some LEGO, You’re All Set To Understand The Planet

Sure, people didn’t have phones (or LEGO) 2,000 years ago, but even they knew the Earth was round. - Wired

Whose ‘Time’ Is It, In Oscars Terms?

And what does that mean, anyway? Can an actor, or director, win on vibes alone? - Vulture

How Did These Film Studios Get Approved In A British Greenbelt?

One person on the town council: “This is the direct result of ill-thought-out planning changes and poor decision making, which threaten to destroy our green spaces.” But hey, James Cameron supports it. - BBC

Actor Jason Schwartzman Loves The Library

“Everyone else is so calm, and everyone’s working or researching or something. It’s almost like a movie set, and I have to pretend I’m working, too. Everyone should have a library card. It’s like a bicycle but for your brain.” - The New York Times

In Turbulent Times, An ‘Uneasy Book’ Might Be The Perfect Thing

Tessa Hadley: "Storytelling was the most powerful magic I knew: it got expressed first in the games I played out with my friends. Written down though, words were puny for such a long time.” Then came Henry James. - The Guardian (UK)

Do You Miss Angelfire And Geocites?

Then the indie web might be for you. It’s “pushing back against algorithms and AI and calling for a more creative, personal internet.” - The Verge (Archive Today)

The Weird Instrument, Invented By Accident, That Sometimes Gets Its Players Exorcised

Well, if not exorcised, at least accosted by crosses: “Thereminists appear to carve sound out of thin air, using their hands to prompt a distinct whir from its wooden, lectern-like body by manipulating the electromagnetic fields around its two antennae.” - The New York Times

Look, Says The Guardian, Both Turner And Constable Were ‘Radical’ In British, And International, Art

“Constable’s paintings might not have the exciting steam trains, boats and burning Houses of Parliament of Turner’s, but they were radical too. Painting mill workers and bargemen was groundbreaking at a time when grandiose classical themes – favoured by Turner – were de rigueur.” - The Guardian (UK)

This Seattle Graphic Novel Store Focuses On The Art Of Comics

Larry Reid, the man who owns and runs Seattle’s Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery, says that comics have “a more immediate impact on culture than fine art.” - Seattle Times

Sally Rooney Says She May No Longer Be Able To Sell Her Books In The UK

Rooney says that “UK legislation may mean she cannot be paid royalties by her British publisher or the BBC because it could leave both at risk of being accused of funding terrorism.” The Irish writer has said that she intends her royalties to support the group Palestine Action. - BBC

Spotify Is Starting To Lose The Streaming Race

“This year, the internet is uncharacteristically quiet during the period when Spotify Wrapped typically appears. The lack of anticipation comes ... as it faces backlash on such issues as artist compensation, AI-generated music and ICE recruitment ads.” - CBC

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