Thursday, May 31, 2018

@12:08, 5/31/18

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Style

Hey, That’s My Dad You’re Talking About!

A reader feels torn between separated parents, one of whom hides none of the anger she harbors toward her ex.

"The truest thing I will tell anyone this week is that it’s not your job to take care of your mother, your father or their marriage. In fact, I’m upset that they’re not looking out for you! You’re still (partly) a kid, and you’ve been through a lot. What makes this complicated is that, at 15, you’re also old enough to see that your mom is deeply hurt and your dad behaved badly. But that doesn’t excuse their selfishness.
Stay with your dad for the time being. It’s a more neutral environment with fewer stressors for you. But don’t give up on your mom. You were close; and, sad but true, there are times we all fall down on the job. (This sounds like her time.) Keep in touch with her, but be prepared: She may lash out at you for your decision."

I will try to listen and understand.


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Magazine

Readers Respond to the 5.20.18 Issue

What they had to say about electronic health-record technology and therapeutic psychedelic drugs.

I will not try to micromanage healthcare.
They should do what works.
The costs should be spread over the entire population.

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Real Estate

Homes for Sale in Brooklyn and Manhattan

This week’s properties are in Midtown South, Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.

I need to know more to be rational.
Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.

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U.S.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders Chokes Up at Student’s Question on Shootings


Fix the second amendment.

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Fashion & Style

The $1,290 Balenciaga Shirt That Messed With the Internet


A studio joke that escaped.

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Style

This Harry Potter Uses a Bow and Arrow. Not a Wand.

Jamie Parker, who portrays the grown-up wizard in Broadway’s “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” repairs to the archery range on his day off.

Let the work speak.

The actors trade and culture are close to identicle.


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Style

Is Gucci Stylish or Tacky? Yes.


yes.

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Fashion & Style

From Luxe Head Scarf to Prison Garb: A Star of Islamic Fashion Falls

Anniesa Hasibuan once epitomized Muslim glamour. Now the Indonesian designer has been sentenced to prison for defrauding people hoping to travel to Mecca.

Conservative religion is fighting for its existence.

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Business Day

In a First for Germany, Hamburg Bans Diesel Engines. On 2 Roads.

The move highlights growing opposition to diesel, as concerns have mounted over its health and environmental effects.

Half measures.

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Style

Gucci Has a Rave in a Cemetery

Alessandro Michele took his sprawling vision of cruise collection muchness to a Roman necropolis in France. No ghosts allowed.

A destructive stunt.

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@8:00, 5/31/18

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Opinion

Bad Blood

Joe Bryan probably didn’t kill his wife. But he’s behind bars for her murder, thanks to the dubious forensic practice of bloodstain-pattern analysis.

The defense is not doing the job they are hired to do.

The police are often the problem.
Fabricated evidence is criminal.

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Movies

Review: ‘The Doctor From India’ Pushes Nontraditional Medicine

The documentary focuses on Vasant Lad and his claims that ayurveda can cure various ailments.

The state claims a limited duty of care.
What those limits are is a continuing debate.
Another's income should not hasten ones death intentionally.

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Opinion

On Race: The Moral High Ground

Racism reduces the racist. That is the ironic, poetic justice of it.

There is no case for racism.

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Movies

Review: In ‘A Kid Like Jake,’ Parents, Gender and a 4-Year-Old

When Brooklyn parents, played by Claire Danes and Jim Parsons, are told that their son enjoys “gender expansive play,” things get interesting.

Some cildren are gay.

They are their own persons and children.
Some behavior cannot be corrected.
The attempt is destructive.

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Opinion

The 1,500 ‘Missing’ Kids Are the Lucky Ones

Trump doesn’t want to protect immigrant children. He wants to lock them up.

Yes.

Trump and some of his supporters are racist monsters.

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U.S.

Teachers Find Public Support as Campaign for Higher Pay Goes to Voters

In a survey, nearly three in four American adults said teachers’ salaries were too low. The sentiment crossed party lines, even if raises meant higher taxes.

Do what works.
The fights over curriculum can come later.

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The Learning Network

Should All Americans Receive Anti-Bias Education?

In your opinion, is educating people about unconscious bias an appropriate response to racist incidents like the one that happened at Starbucks?

Top down commands should not work or be necessary.

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Technology

‘I Don’t Feel Superhuman. I Feel Like a Mom Who Has a Career.’

Rebecca Slaughter, a new commissioner at the F.T.C., brings her infant to work in Washington, a city whose work culture has been stubbornly slow to change.

Pioneering is never easy for the pioneers.
The strong prosper.

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Travel

5 Tips to Sleep Better on Your Next Trip

We all have tricks to beat jet lag and get a good night’s sleep when traveling, but these five tips will help, no matter where you roam.

Good advice.

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U.S.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders Chokes Up at Student’s Question on Shootings


Tears do not help.

Weapons are for killing.
People must accept arbitrary deaths or limit weapons.
The choice is that stark.

I am for limits on weapons. 
Tools I will compromise about.

Paranoia is an illness.
It should be recognized and treated.  



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@9:00, 5/30/18

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U.S.

Ivanka Trump Abruptly Leaves Call After Question About China Trademarks

At the outset, a White House official said that Ms. Trump would take a few questions before departing for a meeting.

Ivanka Trump does not read minds or will not explain.

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U.S.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders Chokes Up at Student’s Question on Shootings

A 13-year-old boy asked what the Trump administration was doing to prevent violence in schools.

"Form a committee and see what can be done by talking"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rootabaga_Stories

Nothing has been done to make schools safer.

8h8 hours ago
I had a letter from a Sheriff Joe supporter insisting that I had no idea what it was like living near the border. "How would you feel if New York was full of immigrants?" .... 

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Fashion & Style

The $1,290 Balenciaga Shirt That Messed With the Internet

The French brand keeps making products that push all of social media’s buttons, and that serves the company very, very well.

A studio joke that escaped.

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Style

Is Gucci Stylish or Tacky? Yes.

The idea of luxury has come to include the stylish and unstylish, the well-to-do and the aspiring, the sincere and the ironic, the real and the fake.

I am going to have to study the fashion pages.

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Style

From Transgender Activist to Runway Model

Hunter Schafer, 19, is an A.C.L.U. plaintiff who has modeled for Helmut Lang, Marc Jacobs and Miu Miu.

Good luck to Mx.

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Magazine

How to Pose for a Photograph

Elongate your neck. Find your good side. Don’t say “cheese.”

Good advice.

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Real Estate

$850,000 Homes in Kentucky, New York and Michigan

An 1894 home in Louisville, a Marcel Breuer house in Poughkeepsie and a lakefront home in Montague.

I do not want grand.

Let us talk and  draw.
Sooner is better.    As soon as you can is best.

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Style

Shaniqwa Jarvis Is No One’s Assistant

The fashion photographer’s portfolio should speak for itself. But in an industry where women of color are underrepresented, her talent and accomplishments haven’t always been recognized.

OK

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World

When a Stranger Ruins Your Day

Sometimes the city you call home can both charm you and break your heart.

Racism is traditional.

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Style

Beach Break: Where to Shop Out East

And, a new sneaker for fashion girls, how to dress for Pride Month — with an assist from Miley Cyrus — and more.



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Fashion & Style

The $1,290 Balenciaga Shirt That Messed With the Internet


Style

Is Gucci Stylish or Tacky? Yes.


Style

From Transgender Activist to Runway Model

Magazine
Real Estate

$850,000 Homes in Kentucky, New York and Michigan

Style

Beach Break: Where to Shop Out East

And, a new sneaker for fashion girls, how to dress for Pride Month — with an assist from Miley Cyrus — and more.

Gucci is not on this list.
World

When a Stranger Ruins Your Day


The Upshot

The Largest Health Disparity We Don’t Talk About

Americans with serious mental illnesses die 15 to 30 years younger than those without.

Failure to communicate can get one dead.

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Wednesday, May 30, 2018

@10:15, 5/30/18

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U.S.

Ivanka Trump Abruptly Leaves Call After Question About China Trademarks

At the outset, a White House official said that Ms. Trump would take a few questions before departing for a meeting.

The press has found another tender spot.
The questions will continue.

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World

Italy’s Populists May Give Talks Another Shot, as Uncertainty Lingers

That the president vetoed a key euroskeptic cabinet minister, and that global markets sank with fear, was apparently no deterrent to new discussions on a cabinet.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/28/opinion/italy-mattarrella-election-coalition.html

German inflation fears have frozen Italy.

Inflation is a way to reduce wages with minimal psychological pain to workers.

Deflation is the condition of Europe and America.

Borrow and spend along with taxes on wealth will solve the problem.

That is unlikely.

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Style

My Relationship Makes Me Feel Excruciatingly Lonely. But I Love Her!

A 22-year-old says his relationship makes him miserable. So why does he stay?

Changes are necessary.

Sooner is better.   As soon as you can is best.

I will feel better if you make them explicit.

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World

When a Stranger Ruins Your Day

Sometimes the city you call home can both charm you and break your heart.

Racism is usually the cause.

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The Upshot

The Largest Health Disparity We Don’t Talk About

Americans with serious mental illnesses die 15 to 30 years younger than those without.

Single payer is obviously a part of a solution.
Early death is what we have.

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Style

One Door Closes, and an Uber Door Opens. Love Follows.

For some people, car services like Uber and Via provide more than just transportation. They turn out to be vehicles for meeting their beloved.

Sooner is better.   As soon as you can is best.

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Magazine

How to Pose for a Photograph

Elongate your neck. Find your good side. Don’t say “cheese.”

All good advice.

" Find a posture that makes you feel confident, even radiant. “We’re in these bodies for life,” Hurley says. “We have to figure out what we like about ourselves.”"

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Style

Jeans, Made in the … U.K.?

The British are coming for the United States denim market.

They can try.
Maybe automation has become good enough.

Artisinal has not saved commodity operations.



These producers have found a hole in western culture.

The fit of their product is wrong.  They know.

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Style

Costume Secrets From ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’

The show’s costume designer explains the genesis of the most influential looks from Amazon’s new series.

If I understand, I agree.

Costume and culture are closely coupled.

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Food

A Red-Sauce Joint for Our Times

Don Angie, in the West Village, updates the recipes and traditions of old-school spaghetti-and-meatballs restaurants.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/29/dining/don-angie-review.html

We can try it or we can fake it.

Sooner is better.   As soon as you can is best.

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