Sunday, March 24, 2019

The Rapid Decline Of The Natural World Is A Crisis Even Bigger Than Climate Change


The Rapid Decline Of The Natural World Is A Crisis Even Bigger Than Climate Change HuffPo



Sydney suburbs are the 'new noir' in novel writing

First time novelist Cassie Hamer uses Sydney's suburbs as a backdrop for her new 'noir' novel.


The idea of a "good death" is commonplace, as if death were something at which we succeed or fail, something to achieve. Better to think of a "fitting death"...  Certainties  



Never forget the attorneys general, they may move against the big tech companies.


These Are The Lengths Actors Will Go To In Order To Put On A Play


Dang, Chicago. Here’s the story’s start, when actors get to the theatre, but the set doesn’t: “The cast arrived at the theater and got into costume. No wrestling ring. It’s 5 p.m. and getting dark. Still no ring. Calabrese and Mayberry started looking for a plan B, and fast. ‘We gotta do something,’ Calabrese said. A U-Haul truck was a rented, a ring was found in Villa Park — delivery not included — about an hour away in evening traffic. In the rain.” (Now wait for the part where the set doesn’t fit into the elevator.) – Chicago Tribune