“An open source approach, perhaps with the micropayment system Polosukhin envisions, might provide a way to resolve the tough intellectual property crisis that AI has triggered.” - Wired
In another blow to physical media, Redbox's owner just filed for bankruptcy protection. Why? “The company hasn’t paid employees in over a week and owes money to almost everyone in Hollywood.” - The Verge
In Berlin, “although every program booklet had a portrait of a female composer on its cover, her piece was usually a small fraction of the total running time: Unfamiliar works by women were often eclipsed by large-scale, crowd-pleasing compositions by men.” - The New York Times
Roger Walker says that in many cases, he was just reacting to the fact that so many houses looked essentially the same. Why not add a turret or two? - The Observer (UK)
Iowa’s censorship law has been suspended under appeal. And while there is no list “designated for schools to determine whether or not materials are in compliance with the law, Salmon has used state letterhead to inform some districts that there is” - a Moms for Liberty list. - Book Riot
Mull, who died Thursday at age 80, "was a comfortingly disquieting presence -- deceptively normal, even bland, but with a spark of evil” in many of his most famous characters, ranging from Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman up to Sabrina the Teenage Witch. - Los Angeles Times (Yahoo News)
“Her concerns – unusual and even eccentric in her own times – are now ubiquitous. Ecology, feminism, the interconnectedness of all life forms, spirituality outside of organised religion: today we’re all aware of these issues, but they were front and centre for Carrington 80 years ago.” - The Observer (UK)
“The thing with the cow really happened. My mom was a hobby farmer raising a beef cow and it just got too aggressive, so she called a local farmer to come take care of it and he shot it in front of my brother’s school bus.” - Washington Post
But thanks to what looks like reality, art will imitate life: There will be a Hallmark Christmas movie about a Kansas City Chiefs player and, um, a big fan. - NPR
The bill "provides subsidies for renting space to open bookstores and the introduction of book certificates (worth 908 hryvnia, or about $22) for 18-year-olds starting this year.” - LitHub
“I remember feeling a sense of comfort and security after seeing some very friendly faces in the getaway car. But I also felt fear that it might turn out another way — that at any second, it could fall apart and become like a bad police movie.” - The New York Times
Molly Templeton’s desire is “for us to have the time, the space, the mental bandwidth to welcome uncertainty, to crank up our curiosity and give the weird or confusing or just slightly unexpected books a chance. And I want it to be totally okay and acceptable and normal.” - Reactor Mag
Just a portion of the issues: “The library’s public computers have been unavailable for a month. So have its public Wi-Fi networks. Books are being checked out by spreadsheet. And librarians are asking patrons to not return books.” - Seattle Times
The Real that art helps us come into contact with is something far more slippery, and far closer to what Walter Benjamin called the “true surrealist face of existence.” - Harper's
Over the past few years, attendance levels fell and fund-raising efforts slowed as overhead costs and employee salaries rose. Many museums are doing fewer exhibitions per year in an attempt to tighten their belts. - The New York Times
