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Bob Ballentine Feb 22, 2023

Augie Ray Feb 22, 2023

Each event is not isolated. People are bringing new #COVID19 strains into almost every concert, party, conference, airport, and workplace. (In most of the US, any space with 50 people in it is likely to have one more people that are COVID+.) There's little we can do other than staying home and wearing a mask to protect ourselves, but there's much we can to ensure we're not the cause of someone else's acute sickness, chronic Long COVID illness or hospitalization.

Bob Ballentine Feb 21, 2023

Cheshire Feb 21, 2023

After a year of military failure, Putin has retreated deep into delusion - dragging the Russian people with him
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/21/putin-military-failure-deep-delusion-dragging-russian-people-new-start-treaty?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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After a year of military failure, Putin has retreated deep into delusion - dragging the Russian people with him

Confirmation that Russia will be backing out of the New Start treaty underlines his disdain for the international order, says Samantha de Bendern of the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House

The Guardian

Bob Ballentine Feb 21, 2023

Cheshire Feb 21, 2023

John Fetterman can help lift the stigma around mental illness and depression
https://www.theguardian.com/society/commentisfree/2023/feb/21/john-fetterman-depression-mental-illness-stigma?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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John Fetterman can help lift the stigma around mental illness and depression

The US senator checked into a hospital for clinical depression – and has provoked a conversation about mental health

The Guardian

Bob Ballentine Feb 21, 2023

Cheshire Feb 21, 2023

The Hollywood crisis #MeToo missed: ‘Every female composer has been through it’
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/feb/20/film-scoring-hollywood-misconduct-abuse-harassment-metoo?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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The Hollywood crisis #MeToo missed: ‘Every female composer has been through it’

The film scoring industry is largely unregulated, with few protections for assistants. Veterans say abuse is rampant

The Guardian

Bob Ballentine Feb 20, 2023

Dr. D. Elisabeth Glassco Feb 20, 2023

Sidney Poitier, was born on this day, February 20, 1927. He was the FIRST Black man and Afro-Bahamian to win Oscar for Best Actor for Lillies of the Field, Poitier transformed how Black characters were portrayed on screen.

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Full Interview with Sydney Poitier American Academy of Achievement, 2014

https://youtu.be/_nKcrKoX7Is

In the Heat of the Night Original Trailer

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#BlackExcellence #BlackJoy #BlackHistory #History #histodons #BlackMastodon #BlackFedi #Movie #Film

Sidney Poitier, Academy Class of 2014, Full Interview

YouTube

Bob Ballentine Feb 20, 2023

Cheshire Feb 20, 2023

Tár’s gender-balanced profession is a utopian fantasy. In the real world, conducting has a gender problem
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/feb/20/tars-gender-balanced-profession-is-a-utopian-fantasy-in-the-real-world-conducting-has-a-gender-problem?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Tár’s gender-balanced profession is a utopian fantasy. In the real world, conducting has a gender problem

The Bafta-winning film has helped increase visibility of women in conducting, but I long for the day when my presence on the podium won’t be remarked on

The Guardian

Bob Ballentine Feb 20, 2023

Cheshire Feb 20, 2023

Why do we still define female artists as wives, friends and muses?
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/feb/20/why-do-we-still-define-female-artists-as-wives-friends-and-muses?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Why do we still define female artists as wives, friends and muses?

Even in shows devoted to female artists, they are often associated with the men they knew – but as a look in any gallery will reveal, it never happens the other way round

The Guardian

Bob Ballentine Feb 20, 2023

Sheril Kirshenbaum Feb 20, 2023

Born in 1914, Hedy Lamarr was a famous American actress who pioneered the technology that would lead to WiFi, GPS, cell phones & Bluetooth communication.

Lamarr was brilliant. Among many fascinating inventions, she developed a new communication system with composer George Antheil that used “frequency hopping” among radio waves.

Once called the “most beautiful woman in the world," Lamarr is now remembered as "the mother of Wi-Fi."

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/thank-world-war-ii-era-film-star-your-wi-fi-180971584/ #science #history #HistoryRemix

Thank This World War II-Era Film Star for Your Wi-Fi

As the National Portrait Gallery acquires a film poster of Hedy Lamarr, it’s worth reflecting on her double life as an actress and a pioneering inventor

Smithsonian Magazine

Bob Ballentine Feb 19, 2023