On AI in #publishing. Today’s must-read for folks in book biz & #writing from e-publishing analyst @ThadMcIlroy in @PublishersWkly
I don’t agree with all of this but it definitely puts a lot of critical questions into focus:
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Indie film fans, #historians & #history buffs, pals in #NewJersey, #astronomy mavens, #dance lovers--don't miss this new movie in
@NJFilmFestival: STARGAZER.
See it live on June 11 or stream it the same day: tix & info here:
Stargazer | Stargazer and Meet Cute – Online for 24 Hours and In-Person at 7PM! | 2023 New Jersey International Film Festival
How do you tell a story that makes people care? What do you do if someone steals your work? How far are you willing to compromise to attain success? Stargazer asks these and more questions of its characters and audience. A university library is a natural setting for such inquiries – and for some heavy petting.
The Browning of Elon and Tucker:
another 🎯 piece, on the psychology of fascist formation, from @lionel_trolling:
https://open.substack.com/pub/johnganz/p/the-browning-of-the-right?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Keep an eye out for this terrific indie #film now on the festival circuit: STARGAZER ( More info at stargazerfilm.com) Here’s the team with multiple awards from #BerkeleySpringsWV Film Festival
STARGAZER brings a contemporary angle to the remarkable true story of pioneering astronomer Cecelia Payne, the first woman to earn a PhD in #astronomy at Harvard, and the person who first identified what stars are made of, only to have a male professor get credit for her work.
#womenshistory #science
Hadn’t thought about it this way until reading this post from @HC_Richardson but in Frances Perkins’ telling, the Triangle Fire affected New Yorkers much like 9/11. Fine tribute here to the redoubtable FP
March 25, 2023
On March 25, 1911, Frances Perkins was visiting with a friend who lived near Washington Square in New York City when they heard fire engines and screams. They rushed out to the street to see what the trouble was. A fire had broken out in a garment factory on the upper floors of a building on Washington Square, and the blaze ripped through the lint in the air. The only way out was down the elevator, which had been abandoned at the base of its shaft, or through an exit to the roof. But the factory owner had locked the roof exit that day because, he later testified, he was worried some of his workers might steal some of the blouses they were making.
Hugely important article here from @propublica.
Illiteracy is an underappreciated crisis in the US. 1 in 5 adults struggle with it.
BTW for bookfolk, think what it would mean for #publishing if these millions of potential readers joined the market.
https://www.propublica.org/article/literacy-adult-education-united-states
At last, diplomacy has yielded the US-Lobster-Cheese Treaty we have dreamed of for generations
