Daily Archive: August 1, 2021

Books / Culture / Feature / Sunday / Uncategorized

August 1, 2021

Sunday Morning! “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler

The second book in Butler’s Parables series shows how our stories can often blind us to reality, but also keep us alive.

trump endorsements

2022 Elections / American Politics / Podcasts

August 1, 2021

OT Contributor Network: Heard Tell Podcast w/Elections Daily’s Eric Cunningham

The latest Heard Tell podcast has Elections Daily & OT Contributor Eric Cunningham talking elections, midterms, and Trump’s endorsement “strategy”.

COVID Vaccine Numbers

Coronavirus / Feature / Science and Technology

August 1, 2021

A Bad Number in A Good Cause: A Scientist’s Plea About COVID Vaccine Numbers

I am going to ask folks nicely: please please stop putting out COVID vaccine numbers like this. Without context, it is absolutely meaningless

Clare Briggs / Comics

August 1, 2021

The Bacon

Bringing home the glorious result

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POETS Day! On James Joyce’s Ulysses with a Few Poems Thrown In

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