Friday, November 22, 2019

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1
Technology

Stop! Don’t Charge Your Phone This Way

You might want to think twice before plugging in at an airport or on the train.

OK
Cutting the data wire is easy.

2
Health

Something in the Man’s Bed Was Making Him Sick

Doctors were stumped, until a pulmonologist asked about feather bedding in the man's home.

Feathers and own are not a novelty for me.  I use them daily.
If you are alergic I will remove them when you show.

3.
Style

A Designer’s Suicide and the Clothes He Left Behind

Josephus Thimister died last week. You probably don’t know who he was. You should.

Once one gets in front of of a crowd it is a question: is one leading or being pursued?

The pressure to "do it again" is unbearable.


Magazine

The Mister Rogers No One Saw

Fred Rogers wasn’t just a brilliant educator and a profoundly moral person. He was an uncompromising artist.

Fred Rodgers did well with the tools he had.
He was seen by those who could see.

5
Arts

‘S.N.L.’ Turns Impeachment Inquiry Into a Soap Opera Starring Jon Hamm

“Days of Our Impeachment” opened the episode, and Harry Styles did double duty as the host and musical guest.

Winner!

6
U.S.

How Deval Patrick and Michael Bloomberg Could Alter the 2020 Race

They want to lead the Democratic Party’s moderate wing. But it will not be easy to displace Joseph R. Biden Jr., and then battle Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.

The Times does not see this race as I do.
The also rans will be stopped at the Democratic convention.
Most of them will serve on the platform committee.

7
Opinion

Andrew Yang: Yes, Robots Are Stealing Your Job

Self-driving trucks will be great for the G.D.P. They’ll be terrible for millions of truck drivers.

Low wage workers get the jobs.
They are in the Far East.
When Robots work they do not earn.

8
U.S.

Werner G. Doehner, Last Survivor of the Hindenburg, Dies at 90

He was 8 and traveling with his family when the German airship caught fire and crashed in New Jersey.

Eventually the world runs out of witnesses.

9
Technology

Whistle-Blower’s Purported Name Keeps Evading Facebook and YouTube Defenses

The sites said they would delete posts that include the purported name of the Ukraine whistle-blower. But the name keeps reappearing.

Conspiracy to murder should be added to the charges.

10
Science

Millions of Ibises Were Mummified. But Where Did Ancient Egypt Get Them?

DNA analysis of the preserved birds found in many catacombs undercuts the explanation that there were large-scale ibis breeding farms.

The question is raised.  There is no resolution yet.

11
Business

The Streaming Era Has Finally Arrived. Everything Is About to Change.

Once a generation, Hollywood experiences a seismic shift. It is happening again.

The quantity of well made film falls as my sophistication rises.

The writing has suffered.

12 
T Magazine

Japan in Bloom

For more than a thousand years, the country’s cherry blossom season has been a source of fascination and wonderment. How did such an infatuation begin?

I prefer the cherries.
The bloom is the beginning of the campaigning season.
Civil war ruled Japan for centuries.

13
Arts

‘The Crown’: The History Behind Season 3 on Netflix

As in past seasons, the latest installment of Netflix’s show about the life and times of Queen Elizabeth II melds fact and fiction. Here’s how The Times covered events depicted this season.

I have been seeing Queen Elizabeth's Secret Agents.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MI5
Britain has a deep state.





Technology

A Paranoid Guide to Fighting the ‘Bugging Epidemic’

With surveillance gear cheaper and easier to use, security experts say checking your environment for cameras and microphones is not a crazy idea.

There is money in other's paranoia.

15
Style

I’m No Doctor, but My Sister Definitely Has Autism

Our advice columnist explains to a reader the trouble with armchair diagnoses.

I make no claim to omniscience.
I often guess wrong.

16
New York

Respect the Hustle of Soda Can Raccoon and Murder Cat

Pizza Rat is not the only resourceful city critter. A look at the endlessly entertaining (and slightly dangerous) world of urban wildlife.

Animals have their own lives.
Dogs are different people.

17
World

First Comes Snapchat, Then the Bachelor and Spinster Ball

In the cities, technology has transformed social life. But in Australia’s vast rural areas, finding a mate is a bit more complicated.

I am not looking.

Taken is a way of life.

18
Your Money

FAFSA Says How Much You Can Pay for College. It’s Often Wrong.

The form opens the door to student aid. But it’s “a terrible measure of what people can actually afford,” one expert said. And many families will be asked to pay more, anyway.

False promises are expected.

19
Travel

Luxury for Less: The Travel Advisor Gambit

When booking a high-end vacation, using a travel agency can mean scoring perks and benefits that would cost hundreds, at no cost to you.

I am game.   Send instructions.

20
Smarter Living

The Basics of Caring for Your Sneakers

A little care can make your sneakers last for the long haul.

Sandals have their own problems.

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