… I must say that “IT” has finally happened. By “IT” I mean the arrival of that elusive creature history buffs and reenactors have awaited so long. At long last, there is a good Viking movie. Possibly a great Viking movie.
Digging into the Taylor Lorenz controversy that should not be a controversy at all
This Pandemic Mapping Project Shows How Covid-19 Transformed Our Worlds
Scientific American – “Toward the end of 2020, I interviewed an archaeologist who—while locked out of her lab due to university health restrictions—was collecting photographs of Covid-19’s stamp on public spaces. Latex gloves and polypropylene masks, carelessly discarded in streets, parks, and gutters, featured prominently. She related a horrifying belief: Eventually, these non-decomposable medical accessories would form their own geological layer, a permanent mark of the annus horribilis 2020 in our earthly strata. Whether or not that particular impact is ever revealed, others will be, because archivists, librarians, photographers, and scientists preserved all manner of pandemic-era media.
While the coronavirus infected millions, shut down the global economy, and set the table for social and political foment, they saved masks, gloves, and social distancing floor stickers; screenshots from Zoom and online virus trackers; photographs of food bank lines, restaurant parklets, and mobile morgues; videos of ritualized pot-banging for health workers; anti-vax conspiracy paraphernalia; and so much more…”
Joe Kahn will succeed Dean Baquet as New York Times executive editor. Here’s what it means.
LARGEST EXPLOSION SO FAR: It’s Official: Tonga’s Volcano Was The Largest Explosive Eruption of The 21st Century.
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones files for bankruptcy amid defamation suits
The First Philosopher Of AI
New York launches a campaign for citizens to access books banned in other states Euro 25. The Brooklyn and now the New York public libraries.
John Adams’ Fear Has Come to Pass David French, The Dispatch
