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There is a really good documentary to be made about Johnny Manziel. That documentary would have to do more than capture the height of his fame and the depth of his fall, though. It would need to explore the way social media enabled Manziel to become so famous so fast, and it would have to fully address the questions of substance abuse and assault. “Untold: Johnny Football” is not that documentary.
Did you ever hear about the massacre of the Catholic peasants perpetrated by the French revolutionary soldiers with genocidal intent upon the Vendeans? This historical fact was first publicly revealed in France amid controversy (of course!) only in the 1980s, thanks to the doctoral thesis work of ncG1vNJzZminoJq7b7%2FUm6qtmZOge6S7zGinrppfpa61tMaiqaVwX6V8p7XLpmSvmZmjsLOxjKisZqWfqr%2BqvoyvmKeppZ7AqXnOq3aurJ2UwLDB0ZycdqifqMFnr86mpJ6mpKiKtb7Unl2urJ2UuqawyK6kdq%2BVlw%3D%3D
There are a lot of questions about the company Bending Spoons and their future. BS purchased many, mostly free apps, over the years to convert into subscription based apps. Most recently, Evernote became their latest baby. I am going to share a bit about the news of the layoff just announced. I will focus on Filmic Pro, because this company has been part of the “rat pack” of mobile filmmaking industry pioneers.
As with my books of the year, I updated aTwitter thread every time I watched a film. At the time of writing, I have seen eighty films. Is that a lot? If so, it is mainly from having been extremely disciplined in not watching television. In an age of streaming, it makes no sense to list only those that came out this calendar year. Instead, I’ve made a list of the ten best films I saw, no matter when they were made.
Hi all. Hope your December is treating you well and that you are gearing up for some time off around the holidays. I know we all need it. I am wrapping up stories on my end and have a few outstanding things I’m sourcing for. I wanted to share this resource that Jill & I put together. We all know it's a weird time in the industry right now with budget cuts, clients on hold, etc.
As I announced in March, once a month between now and October 2023, Dana Gaskin Wenig will take my place in your inbox and share her own extensive knowledge of, experience with, insight into, and love of children’s literature. She kicked things off with an excellent introductory post about the Moomins and the adventure of everyday life, which you should read, right this very moment, if you haven’t already.
First, some housekeeping! I meant to send a free preview oflast week’s recap to everyone, but I clicked the wrong buttons here at Ye Olde Substack and my plan went awry. Which is why every Broad is seeing at least a snippet of episode two’s coverage right now. Hello! The good news is that this episode had a SHOCKING DEVELOPMENT and was also reasonably funny, so it’s an apt one to whet your appetite.
“I’m a [software engineer, product manager, lawyer, analyst, so on] and I want to transition to climate work. Where should I look?” I get a version of this question a lot. This note summarizes how I usually answer it in case it’s useful for folks asking a similar question. In general, I’ve seen (and myself taken) two approaches to getting a job in climate. I’ll call them the ‘bottom-up’ and ‘top-down’ approach.
Sophie McCallum has first and foremost on her website the question, “Are you ready to love being you?” This is over her looking very chic riding an escalator up from the NYC Subway. She emulates strength and grace in mid life, but that hasn’t always been the case. She tells about hitting herself repeatedly in the head with a brush when she looked in the mirror or biting her arm so hard it bled when she was a young girl.