With Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, Cory Booker, Henry Louis Gates Jr., John Kennedy Jr.. Designers Diane van Fürstenberg and Narciso Rodriguez and actor RuPaul Charles learn about their ancestors.
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Tuesday on the NewsHour, talks continue over a potential COVID-19 relief package, but time is running short to complete a deal before the election. Plus: The economic impact of pandemic aid, an antitrust lawsuit against Google, the U.S. and Russia near an agreement on nuclear arms control, court cases on voting rules, the high cost of foreign beef and Lynne Cheney’s book on Virginia presidents.
In this provocative and original exploration of racial subjugation during slavery and its aftermath, Saidiya Hartman illumines the forms of terror and resistance that shaped black identity. Scenes of Subjection examines the forms of domination that usually go undetected; in particular, the encroachments of power that take place through notions of humanity, enjoyment, protection, rights, and consent. By looking at slave narratives, plantation diaries, popular theater, slave performance, freedmen's primers, and legal cases, Hartman investigates a wide variety of "scenes" ranging from the auction block and minstrel show to the staging of the self-possessed and rights-bearing individual of freedom. While attentive to the performance of power--the terrible spectacles of slaveholders' dominion and the innocent amusements designed to abase and pacify the enslaved--and the entanglements of pleasure and terror in these displays of mastery, Hartman also examines the possibilities for resistance, redress and transformation embodied in black performance and everyday practice. This important study contends that despite the legal abolition of slavery, emergent notions of individual will and responsibility revealed the tragic continuities between slavery and freedom. Bold and persuasively argued, Scenes of Subjection will engage readers in a broad range of historical, literary, and cultural studies.
Browsing some used books. Good to see them back at Santa Anita.
Interesting to see the tape and decals on the mall floors to help separate people for the coronavirus. It’s dead empty here, but apparently they’ve either had crowds or may be expecting them. They’ve also blocked off the seating everywhere as well.
Stopping in to return 10 extra curtains we didn’t end up using in the living room. Browsed around for a bit.
Picked up a few pillows for the family room couch.
I’ve apparently let it slide since February 2019, but I’ve done a light update of my /now page. It needs more work, but better late than never. I really ought to build something to do auto updates to portions of it.
Raven Black begins on New Year’s Eve with a lonely outcast named Magnus Tait, who stays home waiting for visitors who never come. But the next morning the body of a murdered teenage girl is discovered nearby, and suspicion falls on Magnus. Inspector Jimmy Perez enters an investigative maze that leads deeper into the past of the Shetland Islands than anyone wants to go.
Finished through chapter 12 last night.
Open source provides the competitive advantage in the Internet Age. According to the August Forrester Report, 56 percent of IT managers interviewed at Global 2,500 companies are already using some type of open source software in their infrastructure and another 6 percent will install it in the next two years. This revolutionary model for collaborative software development is being embraced and studied by many of the biggest players in the high-tech industry, from Sun Microsystems to IBM to Intel.
The Cathedral & the Bazaar is a must for anyone who cares about the future of the computer industry or the dynamics of the information economy. Already, billions of dollars have been made and lost based on the ideas in this book. Its conclusions will be studied, debated, and implemented for years to come. According to Bob Young, "This is Eric Raymond's great contribution to the success of the open source revolution, to the adoption of Linux-based operating systems, and to the success of open source users and the companies that supply them."
The interest in open source software development has grown enormously in the past year. This revised and expanded paperback edition includes new material on open source developments in 1999 and 2000. Raymond's clear and effective writing style accurately describing the benefits of open source software has been key to its success. With major vendors creating acceptance for open source within companies, independent vendors will become the open source story in 2001.
First heard about as a “bible for opensource” from Francesca Marano at WordCamp LA. Sounds interesting…
you can do something really cool called webmentions where your tweets will basically ping back to your website so you can have all your content forever. i would never do that bc most of my twitter is shitposts but i would love to see if there's something similar for instagram
— christina (@_christinadan) October 17, 2020
Brid.gy can handle that for you.
Directed by Francis Lawrence. With Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Philip Seymour Hoffman. Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark become targets of the Capitol after their victory in the 74th Hunger Games sparks a rebellion in the Districts of Panem.
Rating: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, 2013 – ★★★½
Picking up the pants with the repaired zipper. $20 seems a bit steep…
Haven’t stopped by since before the pandemic. Good to see Mitsuko open things up for private appointments. Arrived at 11:59 and browsed for about 20 minutes.