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How The National Socialist State Saw Hannah Arendt

"In that first summer, after Hitler’s accession to power, there can have been few clearer illustrations than the example of Hannah Arendt that it wasn’t up to individuals to decide who and what they were." - LitHub

North Carolina Theatre Ends ‘Redface’ And Hires Native Actors

"The Lost Colony is guided by Littleturtle, a Native American storyteller. Where the Indian characters that colonists confronted once spoke gibberish and pidgin English, they now sing authentic tribal songs and speak Algonquian." - Washington Post

We’ve Been Through A Whole Pandemic, And All We Got Was Lightly Improved Video Chat

"After all that, the actual experience of video chat is maybe in its most boring state ever. ... The market is largely run by tech giants and the pace of new and interesting features has slowed to practically nothing." - The Verge

The Right Wing Book Freakout Is Harming Librarians, Teachers, And Authors

"No longer are just books under fire, but also the library administrators, teachers and long-beloved librarians who are defending them. They're being shouted down by parents, vilified on billboards, reported to the police, and trolled online, leaving many fearing for their safety." - NPR

International TV Series Won’t Save Streamers From Strikes And Other Worker Actions

"It isn’t just American actors and writers who want to be paid fairly. It’s all of them. ... Actors in South Korea, where Netflix is spending billions to amp up its post-Squid Game presence, are also angry about the lack of residuals and low pay." - Los Angeles Times

Podcasts May Be The Sexy New Thing, But AM/FM Is Still The Preferred Choice

AM/FM radio is the top audio source in the U.S., with double the time spent listening of any other audio platform, according to the most recent quarterly Share Of Ear update from Edison Research. - Inside Radio

Software That Allows Conductor To Change Music Musicians Play On The Fly

A DJ will be able to adjust what musicians are playing what melodies and licks to create a unique arrangement on the spot. This will allow the DJ to manipulate instrumentation and assign solos on the fly in response to the crowd’s energy. - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Ukraine Sets Up Database Of Artwork Owned By Sanctioned Russian Oligarchs

Now accessible through the embattled country’s National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) is a new “War & Art” database of paintings, sculptures, and other artworks that have been bought and sold by sanctioned Russians since 2014, when the Russian-Ukrainian war began. - Artnet

Why Are Rappers Finding A Home With Right Wing Media And Politicians?

In discussions about money, gender identity, public health and a variety of social issues, rappers and rightwingers have a lot more in common than you’d immediately think. - The Guardian

I Helped Write “Suits.” This Summer It Became A Big Netflix Hit. Here’s What I Earned For That

Here, when you write for a show that becomes an unprecedented success, there is no such windfall. There is only a check for $259.71. - Yahoo (Los Angeles Times)

U.S. Ballet Companies’ Budgets Dropped By Almost A Third In FY2021

The first full fiscal year of the COVID-19 pandemic saw a drop in aggregate spending by the largest 150 classically-based companies of 31.62% from FY 2020 and 39% from FY2019. - Dance Data Project

Why Has The Symphony Orchestra Endured In Such A Compelling Way?

The reason the symphony has maintained such heft since then is because it supposedly represents timeless values. It has a tricksy ability to tread a line between repelling meaning – ie it’s pure music, not about anything except music – and attracting meaning like iron filings to a magnet. Not just any old meaning, though. - The Guardian

Australia Will Be The Only Country With Holocaust Museums In Every State And Territory

In 2019, the country's right-wing Liberal-National government, encouraged by then-Treasurer Josh Frydenberg (a descendant of survivors), pledged millions of dollars to fund the building or renovation of a Holocaust museum in every capital city, from Darwin to Canberra to Perth to Melbourne and Sydney. - Tablet

Studios Are Saving Billions While The Actors, Writers Strikes Are On

Walt Disney Co. said Wednesday the strikes will contribute to a projected $3 billion reduction in film and TV production costs this year. - Bloomberg

Preserving Nigeria’s History by Digitizing Its Newspapers

"A nonprofit startup called Archivi.ng is attempting to digitise every edition of every newspaper – 50 in all – published in Nigeria since 1 January 1960, the year of independence from Britain. The archive will launch its first tranche of documents in September." - The Guardian

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