#KetanjiBrownJackson also accepted 4 tickets worth nearly $4k from #Beyoncé to one of her concerts, & 2 pieces of art worth $12.5k to display in her chambers.
“Justice Jackson is Crazy in Love w/Beyoncé's music. Who isn’t?” said court spox Patricia McCabe.
Justice #Sotomayor reported a turn as a character on a #PBS children’s show “Alma’s Way,” a cartoon about a Puerto Rican girl & her family from the Bronx. The justice was paid ~$1.9k for voice work on 1 episode in which she played herself.
#OnThisDay in 1989, the People's Liberation Army violently cracked down on a student protest calling for freedom of speech, less censorship, and an end to government corruption in what is known as the #TiananmenSquare massacre. Although the exact death toll is unknown, estimates range from several hundred to 10,000, with many more wounded.
Stateside, Chinese students protested and called for an extension of their student visas.
informative: snow can increase but warmer conditions alter snow cover days. More snow fall is not the same as more snow cover in total. (because it melts faster for one).
A new PBS documentary, “Teilhard: Visionary Scientist,” premiered this month. Paleontologist, theologian, and mystic Pierre Teilhard de Chardin tried to be a faithful son of the Church and a faithful scientist as he brought both those together. Challenged during his life (and after), refused permission to publish, rehabilitated by recent popes.
"Menzies said the fundamental problem with the CBC is that it’s not so much a public broadcaster as it is a publicly funded commercial broadcaster that is competing with private news organizations for eyeballs and advertising dollars."
Here's my plan for the #CBC in the age of streaming. Keep #RadioCanada as is. Keep the news. #Telefilm becomes the home for funding new video; the #NFB produces videos in house and CBC TV becomes the distributer.
#CBCRadio as is; #RadioCanada as is; CBC News as is [0]; #CBC TV as a repertory broadcaster, more like #PBS; CBC Internet as a repository of Canadian taxpayer-subsidised videos.
No more direct competition with private networks for viewers and advertising; no more US game shows; no more CBC Sports; no quest to create a new hit show that also vaunts the Canadian identity.
[0] Maybe a few minutes on the hour every hour on CBC TV, similar to CBC Radio?
I'll live post what I can of the rest of the day's #TrumpTrial, but I'm utterly exhausted.
We've packed up most of the house (moving May 26), which did me in, even though we've gone so slowly. But all the lifting, sorting, etc, takes it out of me regardless.
We're still packing more today, plus a showing, so I'll be in and out.
Alvin Ailey is one of the most important choreographers in the history of modern dance.
In 1958 at just 27years old he founded the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater
Today, we mourn the loss of a journalism legend. #RobertMacNeil passed away at the age of 93. His contributions to the field were immeasurable, and his legacy will continue to inspire generations to come.
His impact lives on in the archive where nearly 15,000 episodes of the #PBS#NewsHour and its predecessor programs, including The Robert MacNeil Report, The MacNeil/Lehrer Report, and The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, are preserved: https://americanarchive.org/special_collections/newshour