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How history forgot the woman who defined autism

By Orion on Sat, 01/02/2021 - 2:53pm |

[reposted - I'm uncomfortable with the ease of accusations re: Nazi behavior without any proof, as with plagiarism and other accusations, but it's a beautiful story, and to me highlights the fickleness of fate and science, especially during wartime - we know of 1 German Nobel denied to a Jewish woman, Lise Meitner, who had to go into exile, but also there can be normal academic jealousies and sparring and other petty human behavior among our better natures, along with just plain bad luck or not enough promotion.-PP]

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Podcast: Making Money As A Freelance Writer

By Orion on Mon, 12/28/2020 - 8:24am |

I put this together based on my experience finding and working for Bay Area based publications.

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Marilyn Manson: We Are Chaos

By Orion on Tue, 12/22/2020 - 12:06pm |

He is still a shock rocker. It's just that his shock gimmick now is making a classic and incredible rock album in 2020.

 

 

 

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AOC Takes The Vaccine

By Orion on Sat, 12/19/2020 - 4:26pm |

Donald Trump's rampaging Twitter feed might have put a bad taste in people's mouth as far as politicians and public figures on social media go. However, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez seems to actually get the concept of using social media platforms to reach out to people in a constructive way. She took the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine and documented it herself via photos and texts. This is taken from Elle:

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Trumpism Won't Go Anywhere

By Orion on Fri, 12/18/2020 - 8:52am |

Note: If this essay passes 1000 views, I'm going to post it as a podcast.

In 1974, in the aftermath of Richard Nixon's presidency crumbling from scandal, Gerald Ford became president. He came to office proclaiming that "our long national nightmare is over," promising renewal from the scandal of a foul-mouthed president bringing the country to an era of tension, division and shame: 

 

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One Full Hour of Autumn Themed Music

By Orion on Sat, 12/05/2020 - 5:14pm |

Building off of previous posts here in the Creative Corner, I found this lovely little number on YouTube. The person who put this together was somewhat brilliant - amplifying the announcer's voice from an episode of The Great Gildersleeve old time radio show.

I figure that this is actually the sort of music people, or at least people who read Dagblog, could use during such trying times.

 

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The Trump Family Prospects

By Orion on Sat, 12/05/2020 - 3:11pm |

Back in 2019, magician/comedian/entertainer Penn Jillette went on Joe Rogan's podcast (before Spotify) and talked candidly about working with Donald Trump on The Apprentice. Jillette was candid about Trump as a person who generally lacked any sort of filter and had a loss of sensitivity for other people. It wasn't the first time he has talked in such a way - he said in previous interviews that Trump had said racial things that made him uncomfortable. He even theorized that Trump had Asperger's syndrome.

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