Friday, July 15, 2022

Perfect Swans: Lidka at Kami

Perfect storms,” “black swans,” and “bubbles” galore — on Wall Street the market for clichesis booming Perfect Swans 🦢 


Ride-Hailing Drivers Revolt Vietnam Weekly 


Nursing home robots dance, sing and watch for signs of trouble MPR News


There Ain’t No Such Thing as a Free LunchQuoteInvestigator 


Why Are We Still Talking About Black Mountain College? New York Times


Physician-Assisted Death for Patients With Dementia JAMA Psychiatry 


Whatever Happened to the Satirical Novel?Counterpunch


Shareholder Power and the Decline of LaborNBER. From the Abstract: “Consistent with theory of the firm based on conflicts of interests between shareholders and stakeholders, we find that establishments of firms that experience an increase in ownership by larger and more concentrated institutional shareholders have lower employment and wages.”

How Foreign Private Equity Hooked New England’s Fishing Industry ProPublica

 

The Shrinking of the Middle-Class Neighborhood NYT

 

The Happiness Data That Wrecks a Freudian TheoryWSJ


These Photographs Capture the Indescribable Glory of Trains Smithsonian


Walking Venice Craig Mod


Dancers and Social Workers Unite: Recovering the Body through Creative Movement

A dance/movement workshop series, when integrated with other social services, can be effective in relieving symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and psychological distress...


Journalists Prize Access To Sources. But Too Much

I’ve come to believe that one of most overrated aspirations in journalism is access. This is particularly true in any story involving people who are wealthy or powerful, and who have experience in dealing with the press. They know that journalists and editors prize access above all else. -LitHub


Meet Rufus, the hawk who keeps pigeons away from Wimbledon LA Times


Stunning new Webb images: baby stars, colliding galaxies and hot exoplanets Nature


Wall Street recession fears stoked by patchy US economic data FT