Photo courtesy of the author Watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer and spending time in her backyard—a “precious contained universe, teeming with life”—a writer ponders whether we’ll emerge from the current pandemic with a paradigm shift. The sound of the pandemic in suburban Texas is lawn mowers. The baritone clip of a rough patch. The ping
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WASHINGTON — Boeing has completed a requalification of software on its commercial crew spacecraft as it prepares to launch the vehicle on a second test flight as soon as late March. Boeing announced Jan. 18 it completed a “formal requalification” of the software on its CST-100 Starliner spacecraft. That work included reviews of the software
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A progressive group is urging corporations to stop contributing to the Federalist Society after one of the conservative legal organization’s leaders was featured at last week’s rally that preceded the deadly riot on Capitol Hill. Demand Justice told CNBC that it wants corporations to stop giving to the Federalist Society after member John Eastman, a
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It looks like Lil Wayne could be let off the hook in his federal gun case by none other than President Trump … who’s reportedly expected to pardon the rapper before his term ends. Trump’s believed to have a pretty lengthy list of names for his final round of commutations and pardons — an estimated
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David Solomon, CEO, Goldman Sachs, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 23, 2020. Adam Galacia | CNBC Goldman Sachs reported fourth-quarter earnings before the opening bell on Tuesday. Here are the numbers: Earnings: $12.08 a share, vs. $7.47 per share expected, according to Refinitiv.Revenue: $11.74 billion, vs. $9.9 billion estimate. Expectations
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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. It’s well-worn advice by now that you shouldn’t go into debt for an MFA. But how can you avoid it? Every year,
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Credit Suisse’s Jonathan Golub is painting a more bullish picture for corporate America with earnings season officially underway.  ”It’s going to get better and better as we progress throughout 2021 for their profits,” the firm’s chief U.S. equity strategist told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” recently. JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Wells Fargo kicked off the season on
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The Space and Missile Systems Center delayed the award to further evaluate a court judgment against NSTXL. WASHINGTON —  National Security Technology Accelerator (NSTXL) on Jan. 15 received a contract to manage the U.S. Space Force’s Space Enterprise Consortium for the next 10 years.  The Space and Missile Systems Center intended to award the contract
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