Month: February 2019
Dinner before class tonight.
👓 The official fast food French fry power rankings | LA Times
One man's opinion on the best (and worst) fast food French fries.
👓 Kara Swisher interview with Jack Dorsey: Highlights | Recode
How hard is it to have a conversation on Twitter? So hard even the CEO can’t do it. Kara Swisher’s live-tweeted interview with Jack Dorsey highlighted some of Twitter’s product issues.
👓 Before Bezos Fight, Enquirer Publisher AMI Faced Steep Losses | Bloomberg
- AMI had negative net worth as of Sept. 30, documents show
- Losses spurred borrowing, leading to more than $1 billion debt
👓 A Reading List for Ralph Northam | The Atlantic
Ibram X. Kendi (The Atlantic)If he won’t step down, the governor will need this anti-racist syllabus.
The sad part is that there needs to be a Ralph Northam story for people to potentially be interested in reading an article like this much less consume some of the reading list he kindly provides. I’ve started Kendi’s book myself and have to say it’s quite enlightening with lots of history that’s not commonly taught in most high school or college curricula.
For those without as much reading time there’s also the excellent Seeing White podcast that folks might appreciate.
📺 "The Americans" Stealth | Amazon Prime
Directed by Gregory Hoblit. With Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Annet Mahendru, Susan Misner. Elizabeth makes a shocking discovery about Kate. Philip pursues a contact for information about the new Stealth technology. Stan continues his pursuit of the illegals.
📺 "The Americans" Operation Chronicle | Amazon Prime
Directed by Andrew Bernstein. With Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Annet Mahendru, Susan Misner. With Larrick closing in, Elizabeth rushes to exfiltrate Jared while Philip readies Fred for a crucial mission. Arkady finally plays his hand, forcing Stan to make an impossible choice.
📺 "The Americans" EST Men | Amazon Prime
Directed by Daniel Sackheim. With Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Lev Gorn, Annet Mahendru. Tensions simmer between Philip and Elizabeth as they disagree over handling orders from the Centre. When Elizabeth loses key intel, Philip enlists Annelise on a mission with an unexpected outcome.