Monday, July 17, 2017

@17:00, 7/16/17

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1
Technology

Daily Report: A Technology to Close the Digital Divide

Microsoft plans to use unused channels between television broadcasts for broadband service, which could help rural Americans connect to the internet.

I have no desire to pay Microsoft.

Spread spectrum will be necessary. 

2
Watching

Before ‘Game of Thrones’ Returns, Let’s Revisit Season 4

“Game of Thrones” returns to HBO on July 16, and we’re looking back at the first six seasons. Season 4 was defined by the Lannisters’ turning against one another.

I have seen none of Game of Thrones.

I will binge watch it with you.

3
Well

‘To the Bone’ Opens Frank Dialogue on Eating Disorders: ‘They Steal Your Voice’

Some experts said that people who have had eating disorders should consider the state of their health before watching the film.

A price people pay.

4
Opinion

Donald Trump Jr. Makes the Russian Connection

It’s all there in his emails.

An end to fantasy.

5
Times Insider

‘The Fact Is, They Still Went Fishing’

Our Top 10 Comments of the Week: Readers debate Donald Trump Jr.’s Russia contacts, campus rape policies and chemicals in boxed macaroni and cheese.

The fishing was the crime.

The catching would have been another.

Free samples were not supplied.

6
Opinion

No One Cares About Russia in the World Breitbart Made

If you’re not a Republican, watching Republicans react to the news can feel a bit like witnessing a mass hallucination.

The world is flat and ends at the border according to Breitbart "news".

7
Style

‘Alexa, Where Have You Been All My Life?’

Siri is so five years ago: How a sleek, smooth-talking cylinder from Amazon stole our hearts, bamboozled our spouses and enchanted our children.

A computer is a machine.  
I speak to machines.
They obey or they are broken and in need of repair  or
I have asked something beyond their abilities.

8
U.S.

Stories of Foreign Election Influence, Separate and Not Equal

There are important distinctions between Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with a Russian lawyer and two stories some conservatives cited about Democrats and the Clinton campaign.

Foreign diplomats talking with campaign staff
About future policy diretions is different from an accepted offer of help with election.

Thinking is not a strength of Republicans.

9
Watching

What to Remember Before Starting Season 7 of ‘Game of Thrones’

“Game of Thrones” returns to HBO on Sunday, and we’re looking back at the first six seasons. Season 6 cleared the way for the story’s final clashes.

George R.R. Martin is not a nice man.

Tyrion Lannister is supposed to be modeled on Martin.

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N.Y. / Region

Memories of the Night New York City Went Dark

Readers shared their memories of the New York City blackout of 1977, stories of both chaos in the streets and kindness among neighbors.

I was there.    Traffic lights are important.

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