EXEC #1: How will kids feel when they watch this show?
THE ANIMATOR: Disconcerted. Unmoored. Hyper-stimulated. Amused to the point of terror.
...
Animaniacs will not make sense to them now. It will make the world make sense to them later.
https://the-toast.net/2016/05/24/the-pitch-meeting-for-animaniacs/…
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As we begin, to help folks, Cassidy Hutchinson in "West Wing" terms was essentially Margaret Hooper, Leo's exec. assistant.
Anyone who has watched West Wing knows that Margaret knew basically everything.
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“The Ed Sheeran problem, or, how the record industry got what it asked for” by Cory Doctorow
https://link.medium.com/IQN0FEjk4ob
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"The scientists observed one orca force its way into the blue whale’s mouth and feast on its tongue ...
Nonetheless, these hunts signal a positive step for both species’ populations.”
NEW: Mayor Eric Adams has tapped his younger brother to serve as a deputy NYPD commissioner, The Post has learned.
Bernard Adams, also a retired NYPD cop, will oversee governmental affairs. The full scope of his responsibilities was not immediately clear.
https://nypost.com/2022/01/07/adams-taps-younger-brother-bernard-as-a-deputy-nypd-commissioner/…
Yesterday was my swearing in at City Hall. It was so meaningful and surreal. I am grateful to each and every person who has been a part of this journey. Thank you #JacksonHeights and #Elmhurst. Excited and ready for our work ahead—for our communities, our children, our city.
"Individualism couldn’t beat Delta, it won’t beat Omicron, and it won’t beat the rest of the Greek alphabet to come. Self-interest is self-defeating, and as long as its hosts ignore that lesson, the virus will keep teaching it."
We’re thrilled to announce that @EllenBarryNYT is joining the health and science desk as its mental health reporter. https://nytco.com/press/ellen-barry-moving-to-science-desk/…