Meskis was the owner of the Tattered Cover in Denver. "In addition to creating a bookstore famed for its vast selection and bibliophile-friendly atmosphere, Ms. Meskis often took a stand in matters related to censorship and the First Amendment." - The New York Times
Think of the Pantheon, for instance. "An ancient manufacturing technique can create self-healing concrete that naturally fills in cracks. Using a similar process now could help shrink concrete’s massive carbon footprint." - Fast Company
Performance and repetition rule: "Songs, settings, movements, dances and concepts are relentlessly rehashed, wringing a measure of soothing predictability from TikTok’s general anarchy. ... Users don’t have to be original to achieve prominence." - Los Angeles Times
As theatres reckon with racial diversity onstage, some of them are also hiring interpreters who speak Black American Sign Language, or hiring other interpreters who align culturally and racially with productions' speaking actors. - The New York Times
Maia Kobabe, author of Gender Queer: "I drew as much as I felt like I needed to tell the story that I was trying to tell and get the points across that I was trying to make. And I honestly think the book is a lot less explicit than it could be." - NPR
Apple has new AI narrators. They're not great. "Jackson sounds like a pretty standard—if maddening—customer service line voice. ... Madison, on the other hand, sounds a little like a female version of Aiden Gillen playing American on The Wire." - LitHub
"The space is alive with the sounds of thawing permafrost, cracking ice, grinding glacier. ... 'Sometimes, moving ice can sound like something that’s alive.'" - The Guardian (UK)
The head of production at Macmillan Audio started months ago. "Betting that the committee’s report would be substantial, accessible and 'very narrative-driven,' he hired nine experienced voice actors." - Washington Post
The claim: "Combining the same kind of vocal-erasing processors used by those bespoke karaoke creators and Apple’s prodigious lyrics database, Sing can instantly engineer a karaoke video out of any song in the Apple Music library, no matter how obscure." - Slate
"There are worse ways of groping through the opening murk of another miserable year. ... if you are going to take on a New Year Reading Project it is as well to get the rules straight." - Irish Times
