Herbie Hancock’s Joyous Soundtrack for the Original Fat Albert TV Special (1969)

Millions of kids grew up with the groovy yet educational cartoon comedy of Fat Albert, and millions of adults may find it difficult or impossible now to watch the show without thinking of the crimes of its creator. Such is life in the 21st century, but so it was too at the end of the […]

Herbie Hancock’s Joyous Soundtrack for the…

White identity politics is about more than racism

Source: https://www.vox.com/2019/4/26/18306125/white-identity-politics-trump-racism-ashley-jardina…

Why observe Earth Day on April 22?

April 22 is the date of Earth Day in part because of Arbor Day, an earlier observance. The focus of Earth Day 2019 is protection of Earth species. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/this-date-in-science-why-celebrate-earth-day-on-april-22…

Erlang Creator Joe Armstrong Has Died

Rogers Cadenhead (Slashdot reader #4,482) writes: Joe Armstrong, the computer scientist best known as one of the creators of the Erlang programming language, died Saturday. Erlang Solutions founder Francesco Cesarini shared the news on Twitter and said, “His work has laid the foundation which will be used by generations to come. RIP @joeerl, thank you for inspiring us all.” Erlang was…

Remembering Legendary Paranormal Investigator Lorraine Warren

The paranormal world is remembering legendary investigator Lorraine Warren, who passed away on April 18 at the age of 92. With her husband Ed, Lorraine Warren was involved in thousands of paranormal investigations of ghosts and hauntings, including a number of famous ones which were reported in the mainstream news and made into blockbuster movies,… Read more » Source: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/04/remembering-legendary-paranormal-investigator-lorraine-warren/…

Customer Complaints About Telecoms Are Up 44% In Canada

Customer complaints about telecom services in Canada have increased by 44 percent over the past year, according to a new report by the federal body responsible for handling complaints. According to the annual mid-year report from the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-Television Services (CCTS), a total of 9,831 complaints were accepted between August 2018 and… Continue reading Customer Complaints About Telecoms Are Up 44% In Canada