Marcia Chatelain, FRANCHISE: THE GOLDEN ARCHES IN BLACK AMERICA
Can’t wait to read this book. And after 40 years working in the franchise industry, shame on me for just discovering it.
Project Salt Box tonight:
projectsaltbox.substack.com/p/using-data...
Bravo to @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social for his bravery and journalistic integrity.
Fever Pitch!
Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.
“The man, Luigi Mangione, was arrested…carrying a handwritten manifesto criticizing health insurance companies...”
Mangioni appears to have been very online, and we’re already seeing a lot of content on this.
He is proving as memetic after arrest as he was before.
www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...
Who should replace Joe and Mika?
“Defies #me-too movement” is framing that valorizes sexual predators. I mean, one in particular.
If you're a Veteran and you get your healthcare from the VA, please make appointments with your PCP and specialists before January 20th, and make sure to update all your vaccines and order your meds.
Three very helpful Bluesky add-on tools:
(updated with a preferred link)
* Find your old Twitter peeps on this platform:
sky-follower-bridge.dev
* TweetDeck equivalent:
deck.blue
* Delete old posts (skeets):
bsky.jazco.dev/cleanup