According to weather.com, it’s just a smidgen below zero degrees Fahrenheit outside, with a wind chill of -14°F. Sometime tonight, it’s to drop down to -23°F, with a wind chill of “oh my goodness that’s cold”°F. On Friday, we had a high of 37°F. Vive le difference, or however it is they [...]
This article is just too bizarre not to post. The short of it: food workers at UN headquarters stage a walkout because of a contract dispute; UN staff and diplomats are left without lunch; UN staff and diplomats loot the cafeterias, from entire turkeys and souffles down to the silverware.
They didn’t even have [...]
An implicit commentary on the current state of international copyright. The link contains links to online texts which have ceded to the public domain in Australia, where copyright expires 50 years after the author’s death. In the US, copyright extends 95 years after publication. Therefore, if you are subject to US law, [...]
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The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
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