For the first time in one place, the listener will see all the likely conspirators revealed. The Warren Commission and the FBI agreed that President John F. Kennedy was killed by a lone gunman, Lee Harvey Oswald. Fifteen years later, the House Committee on Assassinations re-examined the evidence. They announced that he was not killed by a single gunman, but probably murdered as the result of a conspiracy. This House Committee hesitated to speculate on who might have been involved in that conspiracy or why John F. Kennedy was killed in Dallas on November 22, 1963. In 1979, Michael Burke…
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Starting back in 2018, Jami Attenberg brought together writers on social media as a means of accountability. The philosophy of #1000wordsofsummer was to develop a daily writing practice of 1000 words because small increments seem doable and quickly accrue. Over 33,000 writers subscribe to her motivational newsletter connected to the hashtag. In her new book, 1000 Words: A Writer’s Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All Year Round, Attenberg takes her highly successful #1000wordsofsummer to a new phrase as an anthology. In this book version, she includes her words, the “letters” from other well-known writers, as well as occasional…
In Freedom House, KB Brookins uses language to imagine Black liberty in personal, political, and public spheres. Through inventive forms, such as a CV and a poem written after playing Lil Nas X’s “MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)” thirty times, Brookins’ expansive poetry collection expresses a longing for messy and unconstrained selfhood. They are potent calls both inward and outward, weaving between the many textures of pleasure and rage. Brookins cruises through a range of registers, speaking directly and lyrically about harm and resistance. Everything is fair game: Will Smith’s slapping of Chris Rock, revelations about being read as male,…
The Magellanic Clouds are prominent features of the southern sky that are named after the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. He sailed west from Europe to the Philippines in the early 16th century and the clouds were described by a returning crew member. Voyages such as Magellan’s set into motion the European colonization of much of the world. This involved the oppression and assimilation of indigenous peoples and led to racism and inequality that endures to this day. In this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast the astronomers Mia de los Reyes and Sally Oey explain why it is time…
Today #TheSimonettaLeinShow continues its highly anticipated 6th Season, as the show welcomes a renowned American actor, and one who has dedicated his life to portraying some of the world’s favorite onscreen characters, Corey Feldman. Starting his career before he was even 5 years old, Corey became well known for his hit roles in 1980s classics such as “Friday the 13th”, “Time After Time”, “The Goonies”, and “Stand by Me”. As a mainstay in the industry, Feldman has also produced over a dozen projects including “Lost Boys: The Thirst”, a Lifetime Movie about his career, and his most recently self-produced and distributed documentary…
People told me not to write about mom rage. (Consider the internet trolls! Consider your children!) They cautioned me not to publish under my real name. (It will follow you for the rest of your life!) When my book published, they said I should definitely not bring my kids on book tour. (It’s your moment to be an author!) This advice came from other mom writers. I paid close attention, weighed these warnings in my hands. Was I being given sacred protection? Or was I a wayward mother being gently policed, shepherded back into the claustrophobic box of “good mother”?…
When submitting to an agent or editor, you will need a query letter. The purpose of a query letter is to briefly introduce yourself and your work to the editor or agent, with the hope they’ll be intrigued enough to want to read more. Here is a rather typical method I’ve used. Most query letters contain three or four paragraphs, and you’ll want to keep it to no more than a page, single spaced. [Please note: I’ve inserted additional comments in brackets.] First Paragraph There are one of two ways to approach the first paragraph. You can keep it simple by stating the…
The Wishwall Foundation is set to support Dream International in planting 600,000 trees with farmers in Rwenzori mountain hills to promote environmental conservation and improve livelihoods of the local communities in Bunyangabu district, Western Uganda for a period of 2 years. Dream International is an Environmental Community Based Organization legally registered with the laws of Uganda based in Bunyangabu District Western Uganda .It was founded to Plant trees, restore ecosystems and transform lives. Biodiversity loss, through land degradation, is a serious threat to the sustainable development activities in Uganda. This is often exacerbated by the lack of knowledge and skills on…
Diagram showing the directions of magnetic spins in a hopfion ring. These hopfions can form coupled states with strings of skyrmions in plates cut from a single crystal of iron germanide. (Courtesy: Philipp Rybakov) Researchers have observed three-dimensional magnetic spin structures called hopfions in a naturally-occurring material for the first time. The result could lead to new concepts for spintronics devices – that is, those that use the spin of an electron as well as its charge. Hopfions are doughnut-shaped, three-dimensional versions of solitons, which are packets of waves that maintain their shape and size as they propagate through a material.…
You Look Like a Skoo and You Smell Like One, Too Skoo Once upon a time, I had a terrible marriage. We couldn’t stop fighting. We fought all night. We fought so loudly the neighbors complained. We threw things and called each other “prick” and “cunt.” Of course it was a very lonely time. The shame was unbearable and black and continuous. We agonized constantly about how to stop it, and the life we could have if we could just get along. But anything we tried would start a fight. Then we’d be screaming like children, throwing things, terrified, in…
The new memoir in essays Sex With a Brain Injury from Annie Liontas, author of the novel Let Me Explain You, is a highly formally and thematically risky work of nonfiction exploring traumatic brain injury (TBI), queerness, addiction, mass incarceration, and chronic illness. Weaving “history, philosophy, and personal accounts to interrogate and expand representations of mental health, ability, and disability—particularly in relation to women and the LGBT community,” Liontas accomplishes a stunning feat of imagination, empathy, play, witness and reportage. Though named after Liontas’ widely praised essay of the same name, the memoir never falls into the easy groove of…
Innovative technology blending AI and Human Intelligence to transform legal data handling. BlueStar, a leader in eDiscovery and data solutions with over two decades of industry experience, is proud to announce the launch of its latest breakthrough technology, Next-Gen Solutions. Designed to elevate the eDiscovery process, Next-Gen Solutions is a cutting-edge proprietary suite of eDiscovery solutions that seamlessly integrates Artificial Intelligence (AI) with Human Intelligence (HI), revolutionizing how legal teams review and analyze Electronically Stored Information (ESI). “At BlueStar, our unique approach to litigation discovery stems from blending our 20 years of expertise in litigation support and technology with cutting-edge…
Quark core : artist’s impression of the interior of a massive neutron star showing a quark-matter core in red. (Courtesy: Jyrki Hokkanen/CSC) It is very likely that ultra-dense deconfined quark matter exists in the cores of the most massive neutron stars, according to a study by an international team of physicists. The team led by Aleksi Vuorinen at the University of Helsinki applied Bayesian inference to observations of neutron stars and concluded that there is a 80–90% that the exotic state of matter exists in the heaviest objects. At extreme temperatures and pressures, quantum field theory predicts that quarks and…
In the world of comedy, certain individuals make an indelible mark on the entertainment industry. One of a kind doctor/comedian/comedy writer/producer/director/radio personality/best-selling author and motivational speaker Jeffrey Gurian has definitely made a real impact with his unique presence, humor and talent. Jeffrey Gurian was raised in the Bronx, discovering his love of comedy at an early age. He says he always dreamt of being a doctor and comedian from the time he was 12 years old. He knew he wanted to be a doctor, but he felt he was too sensitive to handle life and death situations, and he was…
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Solstice has come and gone, but in addition to the returning of the light, we can also herald another excellent small press publishing season. What I love about these titles is the richness of imagination and inquiry, leading to inventive plots in fiction and deep emotional honesty in non-fiction. There is such a striking contrast between how these amazing authors approach narrative, but what they all have in common is a true attention to craft and a dedication to the story. Empire State Editions: Colorful Palate by Raj Tawney Food is an anchor in this coming of age story which…
Doublon formation: In the moiré material produced at ETH Zurich, the electron spins are disordered if there is exactly one electron per lattice site (left). As soon as there are more electrons than lattice sites (right) and pairs of electrons can form doublons (red), the spins align ferromagnetically as this minimizes the electrons’ kinetic energy. (Courtesy: ETH Zurich) The magnetic properties of materials usually originate from exchange interactions between their electrons, but researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland have now discovered a new type of magnetism that disobeys this rule. Known as kinetic magnetism, and previously only predicted theoretically, the…
Rocky Kramer will be hosting  “Rocky’s Back†on this week’s episode of Rocky Kramer’s Rock & Roll Tuesdays on Twitch. Tune into Twitch on Tuesday, January 16th, 2024 at 7 PM PT for this amazing show. Rocky Kramer is a guitar virtuoso, often being compared to the greatest guitar players in the world. Rocky has performed on shows with some of the greatest musicians on the planet including Ozzy Osbourne, John Lodge, Steve Vai, Leland Sklar, Kenny Aronoff, Tommy James, Verdeen White, Ten Years After, BuckCherry, Rick Wakeman and more. Rocky’s first studio album, “Firestorm†is now available worldwide through…