November 8, 2020
Slash in Short Pants (Several LYT)
Space is big.
The Size of Space - from astronaut to the observable universe. A visualization by Neal Agarwal.
US Election: The Party after the After-party
As President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris claim a mandate to lead and seek to unite a divided America, Democrats begin to wrestle with what comes next for the Party.
Biden and Harris begin the work of transition even as Trump rejects the election results, and plan executive actions to roll back the Trump agenda. [more inside]
Alex Trebek has died at age 80.
And hold you in the palm of His hand
The victory speech that President-Elect Joe Biden gave yesterday evening contained a poignant moment as he was ending when he recalled the hymn "On Eagle's Wings." a song that was important to his family and that was sung at his son Beau's funeral. Biden quoted the hymn's chorus: And He will raise you up on eagles' wings/ Bear you on the breath of dawn/ Make you to shine like the sun/ And hold you in the palm of His hand Biden is the second Catholic to be elected to the American presidency (after JFK) and "On Eagle's Wings" is widely considered a "Catholic hymn." In 2017, the Jesuit-published America magazine took a look at “'On Eagle’s Wings': The simple origin of the song that makes the world cry." [more inside]
Just One More Thing...
Joe Dator’s short, sweet comic on Columbo’s renewed popularity and what made the show so special (The New Yorker)
remember you can have what you ask for, ask for everything
Poet, one of the few surviving members of the Beat generation, feminist, activist, Diane di Prima died this week.
Revolutionary Letters #48, #9-11, #4, Influence (Wooing)
For all your holiday feasting needs
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