Solving the Riddle of My Mother’s Secret Room If you enjoy reading Electric Literature, join our mailing list! We’ll send you the best of EL each week, and you’ll be the first to know about upcoming submissions periods and virtual events. The Clown Room The clown room was off-limits. It lay behind a narrow door
Month: February 2021
HSBC building in the Canary Wharf district of London, U.K. Leon Neal | AFP | Getty Images HSBC is due to report financial results for 2020 on Tuesday, during which the bank is expected to update investors on its business restructuring plans and whether it would resume dividend payments. Like many of its peers globally,
Shipping containers: scientists in Italy and the US have used cosmic muons to peer inside the steel boxes. (Courtesy: Patrick Denker/CC BY 2.0) A full-scale prototype muon tomograph that can peer inside cargo containers has been created by researchers in Italy and the US. The team, led by Francesco Riggi at the University of Catania,
On a visit to an Oklahoma City bookstore, Alex Crayon finds more than books. When I pulled into the snow-covered parking lot of Nappy Roots Books in northeast Oklahoma City, the first thing I noticed were the posters. Handwritten signs encouraging people to “Come in and Get Warm” and declaring “Masks Are Required Inside” hung
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday said movie theaters in New York City will be brought into line with the rest of New York state as of March 5, when they will be allowed to reopen at 25% capacity with no more than 50 people per screen, masks, social distancing and other protocols. The
Austin has “communicated to Air Force leaders that he supports their decision-making process about the preferred location of Space Command headquarters.” WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has issued a statement in support of the U.S. Air Force’s handling of the basing decision for U.S. Space Command, his spokesman said. Austin’s statement follows an announcement
Clubhouse, the invite-only, iOS-exclusive, audio-based social app has been blowing up of late, with new members such as Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg showing up to talk. Now, it has passed the 10 million downloads mark on the App Store globally, according to estimates shared with Gadgets 360 from app intelligence firm Sensor Tower. Because
Seniors and first responders wait in line to receive a COVID-19 vaccine at the Lakes Regional Library on December 30, 2020 in Fort Myers, Florida. Octavio Jones | Getty Images The House on Monday moved forward with its $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, setting the stage for passage later this week. The chamber’s Budget Committee
It was made between tours for Causers [of This] over the course of about [two] months. I’d never really consciously recorded a record. Causers was a bunch of demos that I sort of just whipped together. But, Underneath the Pine was a bit more conceptual in that I wanted to keep it all natural and
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speak after a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Tasos Katopodis | Getty Images President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package advanced out of the House Budget Committee on Monday and is now set for a full House vote
Jennifer Lopez is now officially the mother of two teenagers—and she let her fans in on the intimate breakfast in bed she gave her now 13-year-old twins Max and Emme (whose nickname is Lulu) to celebrate their birthday. Lopez shared a video of them eating pancakes and waffles in bed and reading her birthday cards
It may not be happening soon but Marvel Studios is finally setting its Fantastic Four reboot in motion. The project was officially announced during Disney’s investor day presentation last year, among many other things. Jon Watts, known for his work on the current iteration of the Spider-Man franchise, is set to direct. Now, it has
Out of all the new shows from 2020 to fall in love with, it seemed very likely Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist would fall into the sophomore slump. So far, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist Season 2 is confirming those fears. Mitch and Joan’s departures begin the trail of reasons for the slump, as this sophomore series can’t make
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Erick Vazquez receives the Pfizer vaccine during an event to inoculate about 500 health care workers and adults over the age of 65 against COVID-19 put on by the Labor Community Services, the Los Angeles Federation of Labor and St. Johns Well Child and Family Center coined Labor of Love, in Pico Union, Feb. 13,
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks at a news conference after restoring diplomatic ties with Kiribati on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, U.S. September 27, 2019. Mark Kauzlarich | Reuters BEIJING — China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday called on the new U.S. administration to stop the “suppression”
Chinese New Year movies continued to drive the global and international box office this weekend, after their astonishing Covid-era debuts last frame. Leaders last session, Detective Chinatown 3 and Hi Mom, both crossed the RMB 4B mark locally, with each at an estimated RMB 4.02B ($621M) cume through Sunday. This is after just 10 days
WASHINGTON — As NASA’s management of its human spaceflight programs evolves to incorporate greater roles for companies, the agency needs to take a strategic look at its workforce and infrastructure requirements, a safety panel advised. At the Feb. 18 meeting of NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP), members reiterated concerns cited in its annual report
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