Opinion: At ‘ground zero’ for slavery, a new museum helps rewrite history | The Washington Post
Zach Barocas, Diasporist Diarist
Seven Tips From Susan Sontag for Independent Thinking | The Atlantic
If a point is to have meaning some of the time it can’t be used all of the time.
Dogs embody our love of the world, in all its richness and variety. Cats represent the world’s indifference to us. Dogs want to please us; they come when called. Cats may recognize their names but see no need to answer to them. And why should they? Cats don’t care.
The Album Art Studio That Made Pink Floyd’s Pig Fly | The New York Times
Among the 415 album covers Hipgnosis made between 1968 and 1983 was Pink Floyd’s “Animals” (1977), for which a 40-foot inflatable pig was photographed floating between the chimneys of London’s Battersea Power Station. Unfortunately, the single cable affixed to the pig snapped, and up the balloon went — into the flight zone for Heathrow Airport.
‘The Godfather of A.I.’ Leaves Google and Warns of Danger Ahead | The New York Times
It is hard to see how you can prevent the bad actors from using it for bad things.
I refuse to characterize as opinion a doctrine that is aimed directly at particular persons and that seeks to suppress their rights or to exterminate them.
Jean-Paul Sartre, Anti-Semite And Jew
It doesn’t take long to find something interesting at the RVG Legacy website. RVG refers to Rudy Van Gelder, preeminent recording and mastering engineer of jazz recordings across five decades. Chances are he recorded one of your favorite’s finest sessions if was released by Prestige, Impulse!, Verve, or Blue Note. The site provides a look at Van Gelder’s story as well as the technical side of his accomplishments.