So Christopher Columbus isn't Genoese or even Italian, but an Iberian crypto-Jew hiding his identity from the Catholic Monarchs and the Inquisition.
I think Spanish broadcaster TVE hired the Ancient Aliens editor for this Christopher Columbus DNA show. So many cuts. And the non-stop dramatic music.
Spain's public TV broadcaster TVE is really trying to sell their new documentary revealing Christopher Columbus' DNA test results. I bet that it turns out he's actually "Spanish". If so, there will be a lot of upset, incredulous Italians and people of Italian descent. We will know tomorrow I […]
Jimi Hendrix's _Star-Spangled Banner_ / anti-war performance at Woodstock remains sadly relevant 55 years later. Worth listening to this retrospective. https://theworld.org/stories/2018/03/24/american-icons-jimi-hendrixs-star-spangled-banner-0
The Hollies - Bus Stop (1967), another transit-oriented banger of a song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSprHUjAFK8
One day closer to Election Day. Election work is always tiring, but this one has been doozy. So many polls. Independent expenditure and ballot measure committee meetings to attend. Contributions that need to be disbursed and tracked. Mailers and ads that need approval and endorsements to be […]
Trump is without a doubt an authoritarian. If he gets re-elected (and it's a coin toss right now), it will for sure hurt, maybe kill, U.S. democracy. But I also argue that he is a symptom of a diseased democracy that has seen actual political power concentrate in an effective oligarchy. So […]
TikTok executives know about app’s effect on teens, lawsuit documents allege: One unnamed TikTok executive put it in stark terms, saying the reason kids watch TikTok is because of the power of the app’s algorithm, “ _but I think we need to be cognizant of what it might mean for other […]