Unaccountable Accounting in the Pentagon.
Facial Recognition Technology and AI Are Tainted With Racial Bias.
Jared’s Plan for Mideast Peace.
Homelessness Czar Seeks to Further Criminalize the Homeless.
Politifact has looked into 42 of Limbaugh’s controversial statements, and found zero of them to be entirely true. Thirty-five were rated Mostly False, False, or Pants on Fire.
BUT… Let’s Talk Each Other Down.
Sir Nicholas Winton, the hero who rescued 669 Jewish children on the eve of WWII.
Son rebukes his racist dad who asked immigrant, “Why didn’t you stay in Mexico?”
We can become more prosperous while taking better care of our planet.
Amy Biancolli on Daniel P. Richardson.
Lin-Manuel Miranda gives us a lesson in the slang of Broadway.
Science and technology
TED talk: “Bonk” author Mary Roach delves into obscure scientific research to make 10 surprising claims about sexual climax.
What it’s like to live without a sense of smell.
Concussion risk in youth football.
The color of your clothing can impact wildlife.
Key challenges, collective insights, and possible futures for the music industry.
Verizon’s latest dirty trick. Planned obsolescence.
Teevee
James Corden: The late-night TV host sees his job as a chance to spread joy and he “comes clean” on the subject of whether he drives the car in his “Carpool Karoke” segments.
John Oliver: asks questions and is interviewed by Ali Velshi and Push Notifications.
In response to a Facebook meme about putting up pictures of sci-fi shows, I posted one from The Wild, Wild West, which we decided was steampunk. Just a couple days later, Robert Conrad had died at 84.
Pushing Daisies – the great show that never got a fair shake.
Cookie Monster crashes The Washington Post.
One Second from Every Muppet Show Episode.
Mark Twain Award: Jonathan Winters (1999) and Bob Newhart (2002) and David Letterman (2017).
Actor and game show panelist Orson Bean, born Dallas Frederick Burrows, has died. He was the correct response that I got on my first JEOPARDY! appearance. Later, one of the competitors I did not play was happy for that fact, because he had no idea who Orson Bean was.
Now I Know
The Anti-Labor Origins of the Oscars and Why Are There Random Colored Squares on My Box of Almond Milk? and A Creative Way to Pay the Czechs and A Frank-ly Kind Act and The Drones With Brains of Their Own.
MUSIC
Rebecca Jade, the niece: (I’m Gonna) Love Me Again – Elton John at the Oscars, 9 Feb 2020. In the video, Rebecca Jade is screen left, in the middle. Also, listen to Miss You.
Overture to Hector Berlioz’s Benvenuto Cellini.
Coverville: 1294: Covering the 2020 Inductees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and 1295: The 40th Anniversary Tribute to London Calling.
Hoopla: A Touch of Glee by George Walker.
Everybody Wants To Be Sondheim – Alan Chapman.
Non nobis domine by Patrick Doyle from Henry V.
Hooked on a Feeling– Swedish Royal Guards.
That time Johnny Rotten called me a “stupid, filthy sod.”
Top photo: copyright Rebecca Jade, 2020