I’m going to try to do a better job of passing along information about the coronavirus response that I think you might find valuable. Here, for example, slightly edited, is a tweet thread from Andy Slavitt, the former administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under Obama. It’s a little rough, as I […]
Posted in Health, Uncategorized | Also tagged Andy Slavitt, coronavirus, COVID-19, Emily Barson, health care, Italy, pandemic, public health, social distancing, South Korea |
By Mark | September 11, 2019
One of the most genuinely talented people I’ve ever had the pleasure to have known, the visionary artist and musician Daniel Johnston, passed away today at the age of 58. Here, for those of you who might not be aware of Johnson’s work, is the song Story of an Artist, from his self-released 1982 recording […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Crimewave USA, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1982, another famous person has died, Crimewave USA, Daniel Johnston, Don't Be Scared, heroes, Jad Fair, visionary art, visionary musicians, Yip Jump Music |
By Mark | September 23, 2018
A week or so ago, I went to the Michigan Theater to hear a lecture by Ken Segall, a former creative director at Steve’s Jobs’ go-to ad agency, TBWA\Chiat\Day. Segall, who worked with Jobs for over a dozen years, as the maverick tech entrepreneur moved between NeXT and Apple, is credited as having both authored […]
Posted in History, Marketing, Uncategorized | Also tagged advertising, advertising campaign, authenticity, Cahoots, IBM, Isaac Newton, Ken Segall, logos, NeXT, Pablo Picasso, Rob Janoff, Ronald Wayne, simplicity, Steve Jobs, Think different, Trove |
By Mark | September 5, 2017
Donald Trump is expected to announced tomorrow that he’s decided to kill the Obama administration immigration policy known as DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), which essentially allows those who immigrated to the United States illegally as children, to stay in the country without fear of deportation, so long as they continue to be good, […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Ann Arbor Skate Park, Ann Coulter, anti-immigrant, anti-immigration, Assisting Latinos to Maximize Achievement, Charlottesville, Concordia University, DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, deportation, Donald Trump, Dreamers, graffiti, immigration, impeachment, Jeff Sessions, Joe Arpaio, La Casa, Latinx, Latinx Alliance for Community Action Support and Advocacy, MAGA, nationalism, North Korea, racism, Robert Sellers, Steve King, the rock, Tim Cook, University of Michigan, white nationalism, white power |
Late last week, Indiana Governor Mike Pence, surrounded by some of his state’s most hate-filled homophobes, signed into law a piece of legislation called the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, giving those who claim religion conviction the right to withhold goods and services from individuals they find, for whatever reason, to be morally repugnant. At the […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Uncategorized | Also tagged Advance America, gay corporate mafia, gay marriage, gay rights, homophobia, homosexual cake, Indiana, Mike Pence, religious freedom, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Tim Cook |
