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• Rise Of The Efficiency Gurus

  20-06-2024 23:57 via commonwealmagazine.org
  
  We flaunt long workweeks and disdain anyone working less than full-time. But we’re likewise seduced by get-rich-quick schemes and “labor-saving” gimmicks. The rich may work long hours, but much of their income is passive, the fruit of asset appreciation and other people’s labor. – Commonweal
  
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• The Radical Meaning Of Paradigm Shifts

  20-06-2024 23:31 via newrepublic.com
  
  Paradigms and normal science? Sure. But the truly radical idea here is that outsiders—in this case, historians—can offer better insight into the inner workings of a profession than the practitioners themselves. – The New Republic
  
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• Donald Sutherland, 88

  20-06-2024 23:01 via nytimes.com
  
  Across six decades, starting in the early 1960s, he appeared in nearly 200 films and television shows — some years he was in as many as half a dozen movies. – The New York Times
  
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• Ben Vautier obituary

  20-06-2024 18:46
  
  French conceptual artist known for his work featuring handwritten texts with quirky messages that had mass appealThe French conceptual artist Ben Vautier – known simply as “Ben” – who has died aged 88, was best known for his Écritures – trademark painted epigrams in a simple cursive script on a monochrome background.Instantly recognisable with their bold messages to the world, sometimes humorous, often political, always thought-provoking, his “writings&
  
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• AI Is Spamming Up Academic Journals

  20-06-2024 18:33 via techcrunch.com
  
  The fake journals show how easy it is to game the systems used to evaluate researchers for promotions and hiring — and this could be a bellwether for knowledge workers in other industries. – TechCrunch
  
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• How Did We End Up With Two Broadway-Bound “Great Gatsby” Musicals At Once?

  20-06-2024 18:06 via msn.com
  The pull-out-all-the-stops production now on Broadway is pulling in $1 million a week despite lukewarm reviews. The version at ART in Cambridge, initially billed as “pre-Broadway,” has direction by a Tony winner, book by a Pulitzer laureate, and score by a rockstar. Is there room for both? – The Washington Post (MSN)
  
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• Why Is Netflix Taking Over Dead Department Stores In Malls?

  20-06-2024 17:31 via theverge.com
  
  The initial Netflix House locations will open in “two of the most popular shopping centers in America,” according to Netflix, the Galleria Dallas and the King of Prussia Mall, and will take over the sites of former department stores, providing each venue with over 100,000 square feet of space. – The Verge
  
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• Since Shari Redstone Killed The Merger, What’s Next, With Whom, For Debt-Laden Paramount Global?

  20-06-2024 17:03 via hollywoodreporter.com
  
  “Now, the future of the company that owns Paramount Pictures, CBS, Nickelodeon, MTV and Paramount+ is once again in question — with many of the players involved six months ago out of the picture, and some new names” — including potential buyers — “joining the fray.” – The Hollywood Reporter
  
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• Inside The Last-Minute Collapse Of The Paramount-Skydance Merger

  20-06-2024 16:31 via variety.com
  
  “(Shari) Redstone’s ability to make a unilateral decision to call off the talks is a testament to her unusual power, even with her empire’s diminished state. The only woman to ever control one of Hollywood’s largest media conglomerates (concluded) that Skydance wasn’t the right move at the right time.” – Variety
  
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• California Schools Have $1 Billion In New Money For Arts Education. How Are They Spending It?

  20-06-2024 16:04 via pbssocal.org
  
  While there are concerns that some districts are illegally using the new money to pay for existing teachers, schools around the state are adding different kinds of instruction — in Santa Cruz County, for instance, ukulele lessons, tin-embossing classes and hip-hop dance workshops. – PBS SoCal
  
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• L.A. Unified School District Accused Of Violating Law On Prop 28 Arts Education Funding

  20-06-2024 15:32 via yahoo.com
  
  “In a 10-page analysis …, (former schools superintendent Austin) Beutner’s coalition — which includes the labor representatives of most district employees — documented alleged misspending at 14 schools and suggested their research represents a small sample of what they believe is widespread misuse of the arts funding.” – Los Angeles Times (Yahoo!)
  
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• Greensboro Symphony In North Carolina Appoints Music Director

  20-06-2024 15:07 via greensboro.com
  A 34-year-old Singaporean-Australian who is currently music director of the Wyoming Symphony and resident conductor of the Colorado Symphony (jobs he will retain), Christopher Dragon begins his term with the upcoming season. Chelsea Tipton has been named principal guest conductor. – The News and Record (Greensboro, NC)
  
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• Dentist, modernist, activist: the many lives of sculptor Ronald Moody

  20-06-2024 15:00
  
  A new book and exhibition celebrate the Jamaica-born British artist, poet, broadcaster and educator whose influence still reverberatesIn the summer of 1938, the sculptor Ronald Moody might have been forgiven for thinking that the path of his career was set. He had exhibited alongside Jacob Epstein, Elisabeth Frink, Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore, and his work was being well reviewed on both sides of the Atlantic. He moved from London to Paris, where he got married and began moving among a 
  
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• Ian McKellen Is Out Of Commission For His Remaining Shows As Falstaff

  20-06-2024 14:35 via bbc.com
  
  “Sir Ian McKellen will not be returning to his starring role for the final three West End performances of Player Kings, after falling from the stage on 17 June. It is hoped the veteran actor will return to the cast when the play moves to Bristol on 3 July.” – BBC
  
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• Stonehenge (Stonehenge!) Is Latest Target Of Climate-Protesting Art Vandals

  20-06-2024 14:00 via apnews.com
  
  Two members of Just Stop Oil sprayed orange paint (which they say is made of cornstarch and will rinse off) on the ancient monument just a day before summer solstice crowds arrive. Their reason is that the Labour Party’s promise to stop new oil and gas exploration licenses is not enough. – AP
  
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• Hacked Game Boys and horseplay! Jarman award shortlist celebrates thinking outside the box

  20-06-2024 12:52
  
  Video artists Larry Achiampong and Rosalind Nashashibi are among those nominated for the prestigious £10,000 prize – which has a strong record of spotting UK art talentWhether breaking down binary views of gender or making films guided by Chinese divination text the I Ching, this year’s nominees for the prestigious Film London Jarman award invite viewers to see – and think – differently.The six-person shortlist for the £10,000 prize, which recognises British a
  
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• Painting by Numbers: What AI Can Tell Us about Innovation in the Visual Arts

  20-06-2024 12:00 via artsjournal.com
  
  
  In this episode, we ponder the use of computational image analysis to learn how differentiation in art translates to market rewards.
  
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• Olé! Joel Meyerowitz’s vintage European road trip – in pictures

  20-06-2024 08:00
  
  Taking a trip across the continent – and snapping people in a speeding car at 100km an hour – taught the legendary photographer how to really see things Continue reading...
  
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• Culture War: Fighting Over Palm Springs’ Marilyn Statue

  20-06-2024 00:01 via msn.com
  In the rest of the country, they’re arguing about statues of Confederate generals. In Palm Springs, they’re arguing about Marilyn Monroe’s underpants. This is fitting, perhaps, for a make-believe city, an oasis in the desert created by unsustainable water policies and the Hollywood studio system. – Slate (MSN)
  
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