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How a 19th-Century portrait of Abraham Lincoln was later revealed to be a fake
9 months, 4 weeks ago

How a 19th-Century portrait of Abraham Lincoln was later revealed to be a fake

BBC  

How a 19th-Century portrait of Abraham Lincoln was later revealed to be a fake The Library of Congress Lincoln's face from the five-dollar bill photo was flipped and placed onto a slavery proponent's body from an 1852 engraving While the manipulation of images is increasingly causing concern in an era of deepfakes, it's been happening for centuries – even one …

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Slay in silver and brace yourself for Beyoncé’s Renaissance world tour at SoFi Stadium
1 year, 4 months ago

Slay in silver and brace yourself for Beyoncé’s Renaissance world tour at SoFi Stadium

LA Times  

Real talk — COVID -19 cases are on the rise so don’t hesitate to pull out those masks for the foreseeable future. Goes Out host, and here are the top events for the upcoming weekend recommended by the crew : Weekly Countdown Samantha Miller, left, Coral Peña, Lilian Rebelo and Ashley Brooke in “Our Dear Dead Drug Lord,” playing at …

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Patt Morrison: Will L.A. ever produce more gimmicky, lovable pitchmen like Cal Worthington?
1 year, 4 months ago

Patt Morrison: Will L.A. ever produce more gimmicky, lovable pitchmen like Cal Worthington?

LA Times  

There is no patron saint of Los Angeles pitchmen, and really, there should be. A longevity trophy may have to go to an Orange County dealership’s jingle that “You won’t get a lemon from Toyota of Orange,” even though it mangles the two citric syllables of “orange” into a single ugly one — “ornj.” It’s been on the airwaves for …

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The Best And Worst Cottage Cheese You Can Buy, According To Experts
1 year, 8 months ago

The Best And Worst Cottage Cheese You Can Buy, According To Experts

Huff Post  

Arx0nt via Getty Images Back in the 1970s, the average American consumed a whopping 5 pounds of cottage cheese per year. Bad news for Whole Foods fans: The chain’s 365-brand cottage cheese, which contains 90 calories, 2 grams of fat and 13 grams of protein per half-cup, just isn’t that good. “It has a creamy texture and flavor without including …

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Explained: Augmented reality, and how artists and institutions used it to make culture an at-home experience during the pandemic
3 years, 6 months ago

Explained: Augmented reality, and how artists and institutions used it to make culture an at-home experience during the pandemic

Firstpost  

If visitors could no longer go the artworks, maybe AR could help bring the artworks to them. Apple’s [AR>T initiative, curated by the New Museum, saw it conduct public art walks in Central Park, New York City, where viewers were led to various locations around the park where specific artworks had been installed, and used their phones to experience the …

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BMW Art Cars part 3
3 years, 6 months ago

BMW Art Cars part 3

India Today  

We've already covered the first 13 creations in part 1 and part 2 of our BMW Art Cars story. V12 LMR by JENNY HOLZER BMW Art Car #15 - To allow the characteristic BMW colours - blue and white - to remain visible, Holzer used reflecting chrome letters and phosphorescent colours. M3 GT2 by JEFF KOONS BMW Art Car #17 …

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Republicans still try to claim Abe Lincoln's heritage — that's offensive and absurd
3 years, 8 months ago

Republicans still try to claim Abe Lincoln's heritage — that's offensive and absurd

Salon  

The challenge these days isn't proving that the Republican Party has become a hotbed of racism and fascism. Of course it's true that Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican president, but the modern Republican Party has no right to cite the 16th president's name. As the eminent Columbia University historian Eric Foner, author of "Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men: …

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San Francisco school board suspends plan to rename schools
3 years, 9 months ago

San Francisco school board suspends plan to rename schools

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — America’s founding fathers got a reprieve Tuesday in San Francisco, when the city’s scandal-plagued school board formally suspended a plan to rename 44 schools as part of a racial reckoning that critics said went too far. The renaming debacle was one of several self-inflicted controversies the San Francisco school board faced during the pandemic, along with numerous …

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San Francisco to strip George Washington, Abraham Lincoln from school names
3 years, 11 months ago

San Francisco to strip George Washington, Abraham Lincoln from school names

Hindustan Times  

The names of Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and other prominent figures including California Sen. Dianne Feinstein will be removed from 44 San Francisco public schools, a move that stirred debate Wednesday on whether the famously liberal city has taken the national reckoning on America’s racist past too far. In addition to Washington and Thomas Jefferson — former presidents who owned …

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Documentary tries to prove existence of dead Lincoln photo
4 years, 3 months ago

Documentary tries to prove existence of dead Lincoln photo

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Some experts believe the man is Abraham Lincoln captured …

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How much worse off is America from COVID-19 than other rich nations? Much, much worse
4 years, 3 months ago

How much worse off is America from COVID-19 than other rich nations? Much, much worse

LA Times  

Mapping America’s response to the coronavirus pandemic compared with other countries hasn’t been a simple task, not least because of the densely obscuring smoke issuing from the Trump White House. — Harry J. Holzer, Georgetown public policy expert Here’s Holzer’s bottom line: “Both employment and health outcomes for the U.S. during the pandemic have been worse than in almost any …

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Bar fight: In Puerto Rico, elite bartenders rum-ble in a cocktail mix-off
4 years, 10 months ago

Bar fight: In Puerto Rico, elite bartenders rum-ble in a cocktail mix-off

Salon  

On a walkway overlooking the palm-studded indoor courtyard at the heart of San Juan's Puerto Rico Museum of Contemporary Art, Gabriela Holzer is getting ready to mix a drink. Winning the Bacardí Legacy Global Cocktail Competition is a pretty nice boost for a bartender's career — they spend the next year traveling the world, educating their industry peers, recruiting the …

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Why the Gay Men’s Chorus of L.A. is singing for survival
5 years, 9 months ago

Why the Gay Men’s Chorus of L.A. is singing for survival

LA Times  

The Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles is facing a financial crisis, and a recent sexual misconduct controversy has only made problems worse. Alone, adrift and shunned by his former friends, Hayashi found his way to the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles, the oldest LGBTQ arts organization in the city. — Gary Hayashi Tenor Gary Hayashi rehearses with the …

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Sex, violence and global conflict: Jenny Holzer sheds light on humanity’s dark side
5 years, 9 months ago

Sex, violence and global conflict: Jenny Holzer sheds light on humanity’s dark side

CNN  

CNN — Jenny Holzer is one of America’s most incisive and respected conceptual artists. Courtesy Jenny Holzer/ARS/VEGAP/Erik Sumption Now, Holzer is posing these questions at “Jenny Holzer: Thing Indescribable,” a new exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. ANDER GILLENEA/AFP/AFP/Getty Images These pieces are both a continuation of Holzer’s long-standing efforts to give a voice to victims of conflict and …

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