Tom Rochea bit mawkishly PC, otherwise quite good
Dr Melanie Giles unravels some of the mysteries around amazingly preserved human remains found in bogs – and reveals what we can learn from them
Dr Melanie Giles unravels some of the mysteries around amazingly preserved human remains found in bogs – and reveals what we can learn from them. She explains why these bodies have survived so well and the reasons why they might have been buried in wetlands across north-western Europe.
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Tom Rochevery "funny about nothing"
Tom Roche[Laleh Khalili @ QMUL](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/politics/staff/profiles/khalililaleh.html), author of [Sinews of War and Trade](https://www.versobooks.com/books/3172-sinews-of-war-and-trade), on the murky side of the shipping business that got lost in the Ever Given coverage • [LaDonna Pivetti @ CBPP](https://www.cbpp.org/about/our-staff/ladonna-pavetti-phd) on subsidizing employment
Tom RocheChomsky excellent as usual
Tom Rocheexcellent, 3rd of 3 (all recorded 9 Mar 2021)
Ben Norton speaks with journalist Yasha Levine about how Silicon Valley has its origins in the US national security and its Cold War on communism. We discuss the links between the United States government and Google, Facebook, and Tor; the far-right anti-China cult Falun Gong; and how Washington rapidly shifted from promoting "internet freedom" to censorship of alternative information.
We also talk about Adam Curtis' documentary series Can't Get You Out of My Head, and respond to questions from our patrons on Patreon.
Yasha's article "Google has been a military-intel contractor from the very beginning": surveillancevalley.com/blog/google-has-been-a-military-contractor-from-the-very-beginning
Tom RocheEXCELLENT as usual (though almost nothing about US politics, quite unusually)
In 2020, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced one of his biggest scandals yet when a charitable organization to which his family had longstanding (and lucrative) ties was given a plum contract to build a high-profile volunteer program for Canadian youth. The ensuing conflict of interest scandal brought down WE Charity (formerly Free the Children), the brainchild of Canuck philanthropy wunderkinds Craig & Mark Kielburger. We watched THE PRICE WE PAID (2021), fine new investigative documentary by the CBC's The Fifth Estate series, which broke down the WE Scandal and the shady practices of the disgraced charity. We discuss how WE Charity is a perfect symbol for the deep rot in the soul of corporate philanthropy. PLUS: the Alberta government's war with Netflix; Celebrity Apprentice memories; and an introduction to the world's best/worst Oscar blogger.
Watch "The Price WE Paid" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC_wos7MwHo&ab_channel=TheFifthEstate
"Jason Kenney’s Energy War Room Launches Campaign to Stop Netflix Children’s Cartoon About ‘Bigfoot’" by PressProgress - https://pressprogress.ca/jason-kenneys-energy-war-room-launches-campaign-to-stop-netflix-childrens-cartoon-about-bigfoot/
Jeffrey Wells's "Hollywood Elsewhere" blog - https://hollywood-elsewhere.com/
Tom Roche[Güney Isikara @ NYU](https://liberalstudies.nyu.edu/content/nyu-as/liberalstudies/about/faculty-listing/baki-isikara.html) on why Turkish president Recep Erdogan is getting even more authoritarian • [Keenan Korth @ Progressives Consulting](https://www.progressivesconsulting.com/who-we-are) on how the left took over the Nevada Democratic party.
Tom Rocheorg2blog targets WordPress.For many more org-mode -> blog-engine (and -> wiki) tools, see https://orgmode.org/worg/org-blog-wiki.html
I occasionally post snippets from my Emacs configuration file, drafting the notes directly in my literate config and posting them via org2blog. I figured it might be a good idea to include a link to my config at the end of the posts, but I didn’t want to scatter redundant links in my config file itself. Wouldn’t it be cool if the link could be automatically added whenever I use org2blog to post a subtree from my config file? I think the code below accomplishes that.
(defun my/org-export-filter-body-add-emacs-configuration-link (string backend info)
(concat string
(let ((id (org-entry-get-with-inheritance "CUSTOM_ID")))
(format
"\n<div class=\"note\">This is part of my <a href=\"https://sachachua.com/dotemacs%s\">Emacs configuration.</a></div>"
(if id (concat "#" id) "")))))
(use-package org2blog
:config
(advice-add 'org2blog-entry-save
:around
(lambda (orig-fun &rest args)
(if (string-match "\\.emacs\\.d/Sacha\\.org" (buffer-file-name))
(let ((org-export-filter-body-functions (cons 'my/org-export-filter-body-add-emacs-configuration-link org-export-filter-body-functions)))
(apply orig-fun args))
(apply orig-fun args)))))
Tom Rocheyet another great Classic Album+Band Dissection: see my previous note on the previous (pre-WBEZ-divorce)) SO feed
Jim and Greg explore the background and influence of the Velvet Underground’s debut with a classic album dissection.
Tom Rocheyet another great Classic Album Dissection
In honor of Halloween, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot share their favorite songs about the powerful, independent women sometimes known as witches. Then they do a classic album dissection of D'Angelo's Voodoo with author Faith Pennick.
Tom Rocheyet another great Classic Album Dissection
In 1971, Carole King released her masterpiece, Tapestry. 50 years later, the music feels more brilliant, moving and comforting than ever. Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot do a classic album dissection of Tapestry and talk to lyricist Toni Stern, guitarist Danny Kortchmar and drummer Russ Kunkel about their involvement on the legendary record.
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Featured Songs:
Carole King, "It's Too Late," Tapestry, Ode, 1971
The Shirelles, "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," Tonight's the Night, Scepter, 1960
Little Eva, "The Loco-motion," The Loco-motion (Single), Dimension 1000, 1962
Bobby Vee, "Take Good Care of My Baby," Take Good Care of My Baby, Liberty, 1961
The Monkees, "Pleasant Valley Sunday," Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd., Colgems, 1967
Carole King, "It Might As Well Rain Until September," It Might As Well Rain Until September (Single), Dimension, 1962
The City, "Now That Everything's Been Said," Now That Everything's Been Said, Ode, 1968
Carole King, "No Easy Way Down," Writer, Ode, 1970
Carole King, "Beautiful," Tapestry, Ode, 1971
Carole King, "I Feel the Earth Move," Tapestry, Ode, 1971
Carole King, "You've Got a Friend," Tapestry, Ode, 1971
Carole King, "Tapestry," Tapestry, Ode, 1971
Carole King, "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman," Tapestry, Ode, 1971
Carole King and Louise Goffin, "Where You Lead," Our Little Corner of the World Music From Gilmore Girls, Rhino, 2002
Carole King, "Where You Lead," Tapestry, Ode, 1971
Carole King, "So Far Away," Tapestry, Ode, 1971
Carole King, "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," Tapestry, Ode, 1971
Carole King, "Way Over Yonder," Tapestry, Ode, 1971
Carole King, "Home Again," Tapestry, Ode, 1971
Carole King, "Smackwater Jack," Tapestry, Ode, 1971
James Taylor, "You've Got a Friend," Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon, Warner Bros., 1971
Carole King and James Taylor, "You've Got a Friend," Live At The Troubadour, Syzygy, 2010
Liz Phair, "Divorce Song (Girly-Sound Version)," The Girly-Sound Tapes, Matador, 2018
Lauryn Hill, "Everything Is Everything," The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Columbia, 1998
Tori Amos, "Cornflake Girl," Under the Pink, Atlantic, 1994
Caroline Rose, "Do You Think We'll Last Forever," Superstar, New West, 2020
Tom Rochea bit sappy but still VERY FUNNY
Tom RocheVERY EXCELLENT
Tom Roche[Sochie Nnaemeka](https://workingfamilies.org/2019/12/welcome-new-nywfp-state-director-sochie-nnaemeka/), director of the New York Working Families Party, on the awfulness of Andrew Cuomo • [Susie Bright](http://www.susiebright.com/), the original sexpert, on what the pandemic is doing to our libidos
Tom RocheEllsberg is great as usual, but the 31:51 bits preceding the interview are skippable
Here is our first truly independent podcast episode of Useful Idiots! [It is audio only and video will be released Tuesday.] We spoke to legendary Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg about the nuclear threat nobody is talking about, the end of the world and how he, despite all that, stays hopeful. But before diving in with Ellsberg, Matt and Katie talk about, of course, Dems sucking, Republicans sucking, things being weird and terrible and even bring you a stoned moment. Stand by for the youtube episode. And, dear paying subscribers, stand by for the paywalled video and audio sections dropping soon where we talk to Ellsberg about the way he’s been cynically rehabilitated by his critics as a “good whistleblower” in order to present Snowden, Assange, and Manning as bad ones. You will be able to find us on RSS feeds soon.
Tom Rochescary Henry Newman piece @ end referencing https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/03/can-we-stop-pretending-sms-is-secure-now/ (archived @ https://web.archive.org/web/20210318022829/https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/03/can-we-stop-pretending-sms-is-secure-now/ )
Tom Rocheexcellent historical summary
Tom RocheFor a longer discussion of issues in environment management (minus why `direnv` is so good), see http://bryan-murdock.blogspot.com/2015/12/linux-environment-management.html . pullquotes on `direnv` goodness:
> direnv [extends] existing shells [to] load and unload environment variables depending on the current directory
...
> direnv gives you the power of never needing to manually source an environment setup script when you are working in a git clone of a project. It also gives you the ability to use project settings from a git clone in other directories if needed.
Straight from the direnv website: "direnv is an extension for your shell. It augments existing shells with a new feature that can load and unload environment variables depending on the current directory. Before each prompt, direnv checks for the existence of a .envrc file in the current and parent directories. If the file exists (and is authorized), it is loaded"
This happens automatically, so it solves the problem of the "Explicit Environment Files" solution above in a way that is much more convenient than the "Per-command Environment Files" solution. The .envrc files are in standard shell syntax and it properly unloads environments like the "Smart Environment Manager Tool" mentioned above as well. It has the downside that it is not easy to share the same environment setup in multiple directories.
I'm not sure if there is a simple solution that gives us both of those things, but we have the option with direnv to choose any of the three the discussed environment setup solutions in any given terminal.
direnv is powerful enough to allow all three techniques for shell configuration described above.
The default automatic direnv behavior is enabled by putting this in your .bashrc file:
eval "$(direnv hook bash)"
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If you want to easily choose between standard direnv and the below option when you start a new shell you could encapsulate this in a shell function named direnvenable. When your terminal starts up, you would run that function if you want standard direnv behavior.
To "source" a given .envrc file you can just spawn a subshell using the direnv exec command, passing it the path to a project and its .envrc file:
direnv exec $(readlink -f /path/to/git/clone) $SHELL -i
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I would suggest wrapping this a shell function to make it easier.
This can work in conjunction with the automatic direnv behavior (you can run direnvenable and still use this for commands outside of any project directory). This is a good way to run commands in scripts using the correct shell environment. It's the same direnv exec call above prefixing any shell command:
direnv exec $(readlink -f /path/to/git/clone) <command>
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I would also suggest wrapping this in a shell function to make it easier.
direnv gives you the power of never needing to manually source an environment setup script when you are working in a git clone of a project. It also gives you the ability to use project settings from a git clone in other directories if needed.
Tom Roche[Brianna Rennix @ Current Affairs](https://www.currentaffairs.org/author/brianna-rennix) on the condition of migrants at the US-Mexico border • [Gianpaolo Biocchi @ NYU](https://gallatin.nyu.edu/people/faculty/gb97.html) on creating a social housing authority in the US (paper [here](https://urbandemos.nyu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/SHDA-whitepaper-Nov2020.pdf), NYT article [here](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/03/opinion/affordable-housing-federal-agency.html))
Tom RocheVERY EXCELLENT
Dr Alun Withey, expert on the history of facial hair, takes us on a journey through shaving and grooming trends from 1650-1900
Why were big bushy beards once the height of fashion? When was it better to have a smooth face? And what were the perceived health benefits of whiskers, moustaches or goatees? Dr Alun Withey, expert on the history of facial hair, takes us on a journey through shaving and grooming trends from 1650-1900.
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Tom Rocheexcellent, 1st of 3 (all recorded 9 Mar 2021)
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with journalist Yasha Levine about racism in Israel, anti-Soviet propaganda, the cold war, the Zionist movement, and weaponization of Russian Jewish immigration.
Tom Rocheexcellent, 2nd of 3 (all recorded 9 Mar 2021)
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with journalist Yasha Levine about Russian politics and Alexei Navalny, his political views and xenophobic nationalist history, his Western backing, his own oligarch sponsors, and the elite capitalists who dominate the country's system.
Tom Rocheexcellent as usual!
America is divided, capitalism is to blame, and the only solution is... more capitalism. That's the thesis of STARS AND STRIFE (2020), another centrist documentary from the last election in which the architects of oligarchy and globalization, and big money in politics call for... an end to those things. Niall Ferguson, Rahm Emanuel, Amy Chua, Alan Greenspan, and Francis Fukuyama are just a few of the titans who deliver wildly contradictory prescriptions to America's ills in this truly dreadful documentary. We're joined by New Republic staff writer Alex Shephard to discuss. PLUS: the ongoing grift of David Brooks.
"David Brooks and the Endless Grift of the Conservative Commentariat" by Alex Shephard - https://newrepublic.com/article/161621/david-brooks-endless-grift-conservative-commentariat
Tom RocheVERY EXCELLENT
University of Texas economist James K. Galbraith engages in a wide-ranging discussion of the many ways in which conventional economics has failed us, ranging from how to manage the post-pandemic economy, the role of finance, to the problems of inequality and climate change.
Tom Roche"guest"=Ali Abunimah, excellent as usual
How will the Biden administration impact prospect of justice for Palestinians?
Tom RocheVERY EXCELLENT
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Tom RocheEXCELLENT
Guests: Kit Klarenberg & Mohamed Elmaazi. New documents that appear to be from the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office have been leaked by a group that identifies as “Anonymous” and is allegedly the same group that has published leaked documents over the past two years about UK Foreign Office covert programs. This batch of documents shows that Whitehall uses private contractors to infiltrate a variety of media (including smaller, “independent” media and social media influencers and civil society. In this case the stated noble objectives are things like improving literacy, ensuring balance in reporting and countering disinformation. The real objectives revealed in the documents are something else entirely. There is also a bonus episode for patrons about how this seems like an evolved, 21st century Operation Mockingbird.
Kit Klarenberg is an investigative journalist who explores the role of intelligence services in shaping politics and perceptions and he currently writes for RT. Mohamed Elmaazi is a journalist with experience in human rights law who is currently writing for Sputnik International.
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Recorded on March 3, 2021. Music by Fluorescent Grey.
Reference Links:
Tom Rochehttps://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/questioning-authority-what-the-evolution-of-policing-can-teach-us-about-today-s-law-enforcement-1.5905428 . excellent, like part 2/2 @ https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/rethinking-the-role-of-police-1.5929292
Tom Rochehttps://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/rethinking-the-role-of-police-1.5929292 . excellent like part 1 (@ https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/questioning-authority-what-the-evolution-of-policing-can-teach-us-about-today-s-law-enforcement-1.5905428)