MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Order today at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
A man who runs a beach club in the Philippines took a stand against “wannabe freeloaders.”
By Heather Murphy @ NYTimes.com, April 3
A small-business owner on an island in the Philippines has become a local hero for pushing back at the growing number of international travelers who introduce themselves as “influencers” as a way to get free food, drinks and lodging.
He made his stand on Siargao, a tear-drop-shaped island long popular with surfers. In recent years it has also drawn a large number of travelers who believe that their vacations should be free so long as they make Instagram stories, according to several local business owners [.....]
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While over @ WaPo on the home page I find this guy who doesn't wannabe an influencer:
Chinese homeless ‘philosopher’ finds Internet fame, flees it
At the height of his stardom, Shen Wei would be greeted each morning by dozens, sometimes hundreds, of people with smartphones. “I blame no one, but I hate the Internet,” he said. “The Internet has brought me nothing but trouble.”
by artappraiser on Mon, 04/08/2019 - 3:08am