the continuing demise of physical media: HMV succumbs

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/dec/30/hmv-is-a-bedrock-of-the-british-music-industry-its-loss-would-affect-us-all

neo-Nazi ties to military

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/inside-a-neo-nazi-group-with-members-tied-to-the-u-s-military/

The real, unreal, unreal real, and real unreal on the Net

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/how-much-of-the-internet-is-fake.html

Art Ensemble of Chicago box set

The release of this 21-CD retrospective brought to mind one of my favorite nights when AEC played first and were followed by swing dancing to Room Full of Blues live! I bet this was also a peak night for Nick Lawrence, who was there also.

Art Ensemble of Chicago and Related Ensembles

NYT Best Comedy of 2018

Nanette is essential watching - both comedy and social commentary! 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/23/arts/best-comedy-of-2018.html

One line Linux Dropbox client

http://lpan.io/one-liner-dropbox-client/

Donald Knuth profile

"If you had an optimization function that was in some way a combination of warmth and depth, Don would be it."

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/17/science/donald-knuth-computers-algorithms-programming.html

Rova Quartet - Live @ Atlantique Jazz 2018

Viola Davis Receives Sherry Lansing Leadership Award | Women in Entertai...

improv horn music

Jai Uttal and Pagan Love Orchestra tix bought

roots of Republican rot

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/12/how-did-republican-party-get-so-corrupt/578095/

Nordhause Nobel prize contributes to global warming

https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/12/06/the-nobel-prize-for-climate-catastrophe/

Yuval Noah Harari and Tristan Harris interviewed by Wired

The Open 2018 1st Place Winners Classic Finals Gary McIntyre and Susan Kirklin

NT TImes 3-part video series on Russian meddling in the US

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/opinion/russia-meddling-disinformation-fake-news-elections.html

wish for Trump apology

A part of the 60 Minutes Fukushima report showed top executives of Tepco, the nuclear company, bowing to the ground to local residents in apology. My first reaction included the wish that Trump would do the same during his exit...

Fukushima disaster on 60 Minutes

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/robots-come-to-the-rescue-after-fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-disaster-60-minutes/

Last night 60 Minutes aired an episode on the current work to address the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. The scope of the problems and the attempts to address them is amazing. Well worth watching!