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. When we started sheltering in place at the beginning of the pandemic, in a burst of energy and optimism I haven’t experienced
People line up to receive free food donations Nov. 19, 2020 outside the St. Charles Borromeo Church in New York. Robert Nickelsberg | Getty Images News | Getty Images It’s been almost a year since the pandemic upended the labor market and hurtled millions into unemployment. Normally, that demarcation line would spell trouble: States re-calibrate
Updated Monday AM: Warner Bros is reporting this morning that Tim Story’s Tom & Jerry didn’t do $13.7M for the weekend, rather $14.1M. That’s a very good indication that an upbeat vibe is developing among moviegoer confidence as this pandemic slowly starts to draw its curtains. Rival studio estimates as of yesterday AM had Tom & Jerry
WASHINGTON — A Falcon 9 first stage failed to land after a launch last month because one of its engines shut down during flight after hot gas breached a worn-out cover. During a NASA press conference March 1 about the upcoming Crew-2 commercial crew flight, Benji Reed, senior director for human spaceflight programs at SpaceX,
WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out a feature that will allow users to import custom animated sticker packs. The feature is said to be rolling out in Brazil, India and Indonesia for WhatsApp version 2.21.3.19 or newer on Android and 2.21.31.2 or newer on iOS. This feature will allow WhatsApp users to import custom animated stickers
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a press conference before the opening of a mass Covid-19 vaccination site in the Queens borough of New York, on February 24, 2021. Seth Wenig | AFP | Getty Images Key financial backers of Andrew Cuomo are pausing and reevaluating their support for the New York governor, who
Play video content Exclusive 2/18/21 TMZ.com Bay Area rapper Laney Keyz‘s home got riddled with bullets and it wasn’t a drive-by … it was a walk-up, and it was all captured on some wild video. TMZ has obtained surveillance footage that shows three men walk up to what we’re told was Laney’s L.A. home in
U.S. Treasury yields fell on Tuesday morning, with investors expected to be watching for comments on the economy in key speeches later in the day. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note fell to 1.426% at 3:50 a.m. ET. The yield on the 30-year Treasury bond dipped to 2.206%. Yields move inversely to prices.
It’s been fourteen years since Kate Hudson “frosted herself” for How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. Since then, the Music actress has worn countless red carpet looks that rival Andie Anderson’s iconic yellow dress, but last night’s Golden Globes outfit doubled down on the diamonds. For the virtual awards show, Hudson frosted herself—apologies,
Clifford “T.I.” Harris will not be a part of the upcoming sequel Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. The news follows recent allegations of sexual abuse leveled against T.I. and his wife, with production on the couple’s VH1 series T.I. and Tiny: Friends and Family Hustle recently getting suspended. It’s not yet clear if T.I.’s omission
The lost weekend in Vegas that’s been hinted at all season finally came to detailed life. But there were as many new questions raised as old questions answered on All American Season 3 Episode 7. I guess those holes in the narrative will get filled in over, what, the rest of the reason. Apparently, that which
The Ballad of Existing in Santa Monica 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 Ballad of Existing in Santa Monica Let me tell you about just existing in
Gary Collis of Bunker Hill, West Virginia, receives his boost dose at a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) community vaccination event, as the vaccination rate in West Virginia ranks among highest in world, in Martinsburg, February 25, 2021. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Johnson & Johnson‘s Covid-19 vaccine can be used as a substitute for a second jab
Illustration of the electron interacting with a nuclear spin wave. Credit: Daniel Jackson Researchers at Cambridge University in the UK have found a new way to detect a single quantum bit (qubit) hidden in a dense cloud of 100 000 qubits made from the nuclear spins of quantum dots. The feat, which involves laser light and
Showbiz shares sparkled Monday starting off March with a major market rally around reopening, another vaccine rollout, a stimulus bill and a combo of upbeat earnings and streaming forecasts. Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine, the nation’s third, will ship this week and the possibility of $1.9 trillion flowing into the U.S. economy looks increasingly likely after
TAMPA, Florida — Satellite operator Spire Global has unveiled the space-powered Big Data market’s second SPAC deal in just over a week, as the rush to public markets accelerates across commercial space sectors. Spire’s merger with special-purpose acquisition company NavSight values the company at $1.6 billion. The deal gives Spire about $475 million in cash
OnePlus 9 Series is expected to launch in India sometime later this month. A dedicated webpage has been set up on the company’s India website with the title “Moonshot.” The mysterious page doesn’t reveal much, except notifying that OnePlus is expected to announce “something new” on March 8. Now, this might indicate that the OnePlus
A police barricade in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Monday, Dec. 7, 2020. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Voting Rights Act was ushered through Congress in 1965 in order to protect the right to vote for Black people and other minority groups who had been systematically excluded