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However, my feeling and Judith's, is that it's a good reason to kick ass with the bookstore & build it up to the point where we won't be panicking when COBRA coverage ends. (For followers in civilized countries: COBRA is a third-party extension of company-sponsored health benefits post-employment.)

I've been depressed since then. I know a lot of you are survivors of many layoffs, used to getting suddenly thrown overboard. if so, my apologies for describing things you've already gone through. But this is new for me. I've jumped jobs or walked out, but never laid off. At 57! Yikes!

A press release went out later that day, saying 8 workers were laid off. But it was the start of an extended holiday weekend and it was a small number of cuts, so it wasn't covered like some media shrinkages. All 8 laid off workers were unionized. It was a punch in the gut, for sure.

So: on the morning of Jan 15, my top boss called. Because I write a lot of obituaries, I answered "Who's dead?" Turns out it was my magazine career! "Today we're going to be making an announcement that people across the the company are being laid off," he said. "Unfortunately, you're one of them."

THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

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[March 7th, 1986] The 1985 epic historical action drama film "Ran", directed, co-written, and edited by Akira Kurosawa, premieres in the UK

So according to the WSJ a US Senator conspired with another country to manipulate the US into starting a war, am I getting this right

I used to love to stand over the machine with a feeling that I was getting the absolute latest news from the world. Come the internet, I then set up a means for our users to read the AP wire directly themselves. The AP hated that.

That's a beauty. An AP AP wire machine. It was a basically a receive only teletype machine. This is how we got all of our wire stories. Curious how much they're asking. My wife would kill me if I bought it.

Leopards, face, etc

In the 1980s, empathy was a huge engine of creative — and commercial — success in music.

“That’s What Friends Are For”

“Ebony and Ivory”

.. and “We Are the World”, which debuts today in 1985.

vintage illustrated ad panel showing three examples of home video era technology. On the left, a girl and boy look at a birthday cake on a TV screen above a VCR, with a camcorder in front. In the center, two men in bowler hats appear on a screen above a disc player, with a shiny video disc below. On the right, a simple baseball video game is shown on a monitor above a home computer with two joysticks. Large serif text at the bottom reads, All that new home video stuff.

All that new home video stuff (1980)

MIAMI: 31-0. They've done it. They run the regular-season table.

And to top it off, it's the 1,500th win in the history of the school.

And their first in Athens since 2011.

Instant classic. Unforgettable night.

The RedHawks are an NCAA TOURNAMENT LOCK.

[October 30th, 1980] Hills Department Stores opened a new location in Hermitage, Tennessee, closer to local shoppers. The store, part of a larger chain, offers shopping hours from 10 AM to 10 PM Monday through Saturday and 12 PM to 6 PM on Sundays.

CBS obtained video of the DHS killing of an unarmed man in Texas that DHS concealed for nearly a year, which clearly contradicts claims that he violently rammed anyone. He is shot with his brake lights on, car not moving or barely moving. Another DHS crime.

Those school girls and musicians from the Iranian navy were people who thought they’d be able to live.

Hegseth needs to stand trial after this as a war criminal. Between this attack and the girls' school, there's no ambiguity. He is responsible for mass murder and must be held accountable.

Nice!

Star Trek Voyager scene. Seven of Nine (tertiary adjunct of unimatrix 01) is pictured. She has a dolphin shaped metal robotic implant around her left eye because she is a borgs. Closed caption reads, "Fun will now commence."

It's the weekend, baby

On this day in 2024:

One of the best matches in #AEWDynamite history as Will Ospreay took on Kyle Fletcher in a PHENOMENAL MATCH.

The first of 4 singles matches between these two, and awarded ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in the Wrestling Observer. Look at the pace of this!

(via AEW)

For those feeling anxious or unmoored by this news — they are weekly & evenly *daily* horror watches out there. You can always find #mutantfam to hang with. You are not alone!

If you need help finding a watch, dm or respond here. We’re here to help each other 🖤
#TheLastDriveIn

Most people also won’t finish your 500-word article. So write at whatever length is appropriate for the subject.

Six years ago, oil was negative.

Fixing dinner in a lower east side apartment.

Looking like a really, really good time for Cap Metro to finally put 40 or so of its 104 electric buses into service on these new routes

This is the first monthly unemployment report where the US has lost jobs since December 2020

Meanwhile energy exports in the gulf are shutting down, sending oil easily past $100/barrel very soon

There’s no off-ramp for the war on either side

Does anyone remember the Pakistani guy that live tweeted the Osama bin Laden raid and he didn't know it? One of the weirdest nights on Twitter for real.

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