While 24 of the 35 productions reported at least some box office downturn – some more significantly than others – one show… Read more →
While 24 of the 35 productions reported at least some box office downturn – some more significantly than others – one show bucked the trend with a best-ever number: The Rocky Horror Show grossed $1,215,225, filling 97% of seats at Studio 54 and setting a new house record at the venue.
Source: ‘The Rocky Horror Show’ Sets Broadway House Record With $1.2M Take
Larry Tesler, the creator of copy/paste, explains: The Lisa was the first system to assign XCVZ to cut, copy, paste and undo… Read more →
Larry Tesler, the creator of copy/paste, explains:
The Lisa was the first system to assign XCVZ to cut, copy, paste and undo (shifted with the “apple” key). I chose them myself. X was a standard symbol of deletion. C was the first letter of Copy. V was an upside down caret and apparently meant Insert in at least one earlier editor.
On the organizational front, a group of House Democrats aligned with a new centrist initiative, launched in the immediate aftermath of the… Read more →
On the organizational front, a group of House Democrats aligned with a new centrist initiative, launched in the immediate aftermath of the democratic socialist victories, framed the wins as a reputational liability. “They should not be the face of our party,” the group declared, positioning the effort explicitly as a corrective to the party’s direction.
The data, however, offers a more complicated picture of where the Democratic base actually stands. A Fox News poll in March showed that 49% of all registered voters, including 72% of Democrats and 60% of independents, described capitalism as working “not very” or “not at all” well.
CNN data analyst Harry Enten pointed to a poll from Marquette Law School that found the DSA now holds higher favorability than sitting congressional Democrats, from Democratic voters and leaners themselves.
Josh Lyman decides to weigh in:
Rahm Emanuel, the former Chicago mayor and White House chief of staff, offered a structural diagnosis. “What the socialist wing has decided to do is turn blue districts, dark blue,” he told CNN, arguing that Democrats had broadly “lost the plot” by becoming mired in niche concerns rather than mainstream US priorities.
Source: Backlash from centrist Democrats as democratic socialist candidates…
Taco Bell moves away from in-restaurant fajita flair and reimagines those flavors on the go with its new Fajita Street Chalupas and… Read more →
Taco Bell moves away from in-restaurant fajita flair and reimagines those flavors on the go with its new Fajita Street Chalupas and Chicken Fajita Nacho Fries.
Source: Fajita Street Chalupas & Chicken Fajita Nacho Fries | Taco Bell® Newsroom
OH NO, whatever shall we do?! 🙄 [Avila Chevalier] maintained a since-deleted Twitter account with repeated sympathetic references to communism, Marxist ideology and… Read more →
OH NO, whatever shall we do?! 🙄
[Avila Chevalier] maintained a since-deleted Twitter account with repeated sympathetic references to communism, Marxist ideology and Soviet figures, including Vladimir Lenin.
Source: Deleted tweets on Darializa Avila Chevalier’s account…
not me over here, yearning for the constraint of the 1930s… smdh The ruling overturned the Supreme Court’s 1935 precedent that had… Read more →
not me over here, yearning for the constraint of the 1930s… smdh
The ruling overturned the Supreme Court’s 1935 precedent that had recognized the authority of Congress to protect leaders of certain regulatory agencies from presidential removal at will.
Source: US Supreme Court vastly expands Trump’s presidential power
If you are behind on payments, you may qualify for an Unemployment Deferment or an Economic Hardship Deferment, but be warned: These… Read more →
If you are behind on payments, you may qualify for an Unemployment Deferment or an Economic Hardship Deferment, but be warned: These programs are being eliminated for loans initiated on or after July 1, 2027. Forbearance will be limited to a maximum of nine months every two years for loans funded on or after July 1, 2027.
The rule change would require political oversight of more than $1 trillion of federal grants across 42 different agencies. Federal grants are… Read more →
The rule change would require political oversight of more than $1 trillion of federal grants across 42 different agencies. Federal grants are what pay for most of the scientific research, and the researchers, at universities across the country, from research into new vaccines to studies on natural hazards.
Source: The war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it | The Verge
Remember that WKNA site that DuckDuckGo was citing to claim that Trump had died from rabies? It appears to be a pink… Read more →
Remember that WKNA site that DuckDuckGo was citing to claim that Trump had died from rabies? It appears to be a pink slime publication masquerading as a real local outlet, filled with fake news content that itself strongly appears to be generated by AI — and it very much seems to be cribbing from the r/poisonai subreddit, weaving the false claims into a fantastical alternate reality that seems to be fooling mainstream AI chatbots, and perhaps even some particularly gullible humans.
“Rabies awareness and prevention highlighted following death of JD Vance,” reads another headline from WKNA.
Source: DuckDuckGo’s AI Feature Is Telling Users That Trump Died of Rabies Earlier This Month
