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But very short fictions need not be concessions to workshop practicalities, the Internet, or shallow attention spans. They can also be—as my extracts show us—serious explorations of the formal possibilities of extreme compression. from The Art of Compression by Richard Hughes Gibson
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Introducing Gastro Obscura’s Juneteenth Series by guest editor Michael Twitty [Atlas Obscura] Beyond red cake and soda, food holds a special place on Juneteenth. Like Emancipation itself, the withheld promise of true freedom and equality continues to be fought for, and food remains a key weapon in that battle. [...] The African American food experience is intimately tied to all of the elements discussed here—the celebration of the push and the movement towards equality; the expressive eloquence and power of Black music, dance, and oratory; and the communication of soul energy through food as well as the migrations and movements that have pushed Black people across history’s landscape. : The Legacy of a Civil Rights Icon’s Vegetarian Cookbook | 6 Restaurants That Celebrate Black History | The Chef Fighting Mass Incarceration With Food | The Civil Rights Icon Who Saw Freedom in Farming | A Rare Recipe From a Talented Chef Enslaved by a Founding Father | How a West African Woman Became the ‘Pastry Queen’ of Colonial Rhode Island | The Underground Kitchen That Funded the Civil Rights Movement | The Story Behind Red-Hued Juneteenth Food and Drink [more inside]
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Live reporting at the BBC. It is unclear how many people were on board. The submersible belonged to OceanGate, a company that has been offering tours to the Titanic, two miles deep in the North Atlantic. Tickets: $250,000 per person. A search-and-rescue mission is underway, led by the U. S. Coast Guard.
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Happy Pride Month! Being an old, I'd never heard of JoJo Siwa [Wikipedia] before RobinofFrocksley mentioned her. At the age of 20, she's a pop star, an online influencer, and even is a video game [Nintendo]. Here, JoJo sits with Demi Lovato in 2021 for a 40 minute conversation about her life as a young queer icon. She's been talking this month about how she felt safe coming out on social media. [EOnline] She springboarded into pop stardom at the age of 13, outside of her earlier childhood reality show career, with her anti-bullying anthem BOOMERANG [3m30s], which currently has well over 976 million views.
posted by hippybear at 5:38 AM PST - 5 comments

FBI resisted opening probe into Trump’s role in Jan. 6 for more than a year In the DOJ’s investigation of Jan. 6, key Justice officials also quashed an early plan for a task force focused on people in Trump’s orbit
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The diary of a woman forced to flee Texas for an abortion Lauren Miller is one of 14 women suing Texas with the Center for Reproductive Rights.
posted by goo at 5:32 AM PST - 5 comments

We Rate Dogs has a new series on their YouTube channel, We Walk Dogs. Their latest episode goes for a walk with Dave Bautista and his 4 rescue pitbulls. [more inside]
posted by the primroses were over at 5:13 AM PST - 17 comments

Da da da (alternative), by Trio, was a top five hit single in 15 countries in 1982. (Joyful Top of the Pops version) (One hour version). In live performance, lead singer (and only surviving band member) Stephan Remmler played the Casio VL-1 keyboard using the Rock-1 rhythm preset and the Piano voice. (Previously: the demo melody on the Casio VL-1)
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