Friday, October 13, 2017

@20:00, 10/12/17

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1
Food

Traditional Ethiopian Food in a Cosmopolitan Setting

At Benyam in Harlem, four siblings have set up a space filled with the work of New York street artists and cuisine straight out of Addis Ababa.

As convenient.

2
Health

A Condom-Maker’s Discovery: Size Matters

Men have long complained about how condoms fit. Now a manufacturer is selling condoms in bespoke sizes, including 10 lengths and nine circumferences.

It is silly but size does matter.
Aesthetic is important.

3
Science

Genes for Skin Color Rebut Dated Notions of Race, Researchers Say

Humans have long shared a genetic palette for skin pigmentation, slightly tweaked by evolution, scientists report.

Yes.

4
Style

What Happens When a Will is Unsigned? (It’s Not Fun)

And: the friend who won’t wash his hands after using the bathroom; sharing one’s rape story with a boyfriend; the old “throw out some dates” gambit.

Get a will signed and witnessed.
The witnessing is important.  There are durable methods.

5
Movies

Review: Two Hoarders Clean House in ‘Thy Father’s Chair’

The mess that two Brooklyn brothers make of their house in this documentary is unholy in several senses of the term.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5135256/

6
N.Y. / Region

The Poet Knows

Helping a stranger lug a heavy suitcase across Lexington Avenue.

A kind man.

7
Arts

‘Mr. Robot’ Season 3 Premiere: A Whole New World

Can “Mr. Robot” get out of its own head and recapture the fun that made its first season so intoxicating? Wednesday’s premiere suggests that it has.

I need a diagram to follow this braided plot.

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N.Y. / Region

Kim Wall, Slain Journalist, Is Remembered in Her Own Words

At a memorial service at Columbia University, family and friends read from Ms. Wall’s work and urged others to continue the work she had loved.

There are never enough speakers of truth.

"Some circumstantial evidence is stronger than others."

9
Opinion

The Latin Mass in Nigeria

A professor of Scripture writes that Christianity has a long history of changing languages.

Schismatics come in all flavors.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/schismatic#English

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/schism

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/heresy

People like the Latin mass

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/12/magazine/philip-pullman-returns-to-his-fantasy-world.html

His God was insane.

10
Arts

‘Mr. Robot’ Season 3 Premiere: Sam Esmail on Parallel Universes and President Trump

The creator of the USA techno-thriller discusses the new season, which began on Wednesday.

Enjoy.

There may be a snow globe to end the show.

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