"We are storytellers. So if we can’t stomach words like branding and platform, we should realize the baggage is at least partly ours, and tell ourselves the story that allows us to accept the reality of it. I always say: Careers are narratives. Be careful who you cede the right to tell yours to. And beware telling yourself the wrong story about your own career, positively or negatively… Whether you think you have a brand or not, you do. And it’s one of the few things you can directly influence, if not entirely control." Gwenda Bond on brand for writers and the recent journalism kerfuffle regarding it. For Maggie Haberman to say "brand isn't important" is like lots of the dudebros saying "anyone can make millions" when their family bankrolled them and made sure they went to the "right" schools. While I didn't see the tweets, my initial response is 1) Haberman is not that naive, and 2) this feels like a slap down on someone she fears could overtake her's (that's not how brands work, but some people fear it) because 3) Haberman knows her brand isn't all that great anymore.
"The Sessho-seki, a famous rock in Nasu, Japan that was said to have imprisoned the evil nine-tailed fox demoness Tamamo-no-Mae, was found broken in half." It's fine. Everything is fine. We're all fine here. (Grokked from Seanan McGuire)
"Archaeologists find a 9,000-year-old shrine in the desert in Jordan."
"'Maple syrup is part of the Geauga County heritage,' said Chief Naturalist John Kolar, Geauga Park District, at the district’s annual Sap's-a-Risin'! event. 'This program is all about helping people see the history and the tradition of making maple syrup. It’s a family event, so we encourage everybody to come out and it’s free.'" It's that time of year.
"A long line of huge semi-articulated trucks, recreational vehicles and cars was circling Washington DC, on Sunday, in preparation for what their protesting drivers have pledged will be a week of traffic disruption around the US capital aligned around a loose collection of demands, including the end to all coronavirus pandemic-related restrictions."
"Let's discuss what's happening in Russia. To put it simply, it's going full fascist. Authorities launched a propaganda campaign to gain popular support for their invasion of Ukraine and they're getting lots of it. You can see 'Z' on these guys' clothes. What does it mean?" I expect this to cross borders as Russia has been an epicenter of ultra-right wing nationalism.
Like this… "Since 2013, The Z Man has published an independent but well-trafficked site called The Z Blog, which he updates with new posts about five times a week. From July 2017, he expanded his activities into a weekly, hour-long podcast called 'The Z Blog Power Hour.' The Z Man depicts white men as the victims of a genocidal conspiracy, and advocates a separatist white-only country, or ethnostate, in North America."
"Footage captured and shared by Ukrainian civilians is helping the world see through the fog of war. But not every video in your news feed is the real deal. On this week’s On the Media, how to sift fact from fiction with our new Breaking News Consumer's Handbook: Ukraine Edition. Plus, how journalists and analysts are using OSINT to track the war. Then, how an international white Christian nationalist movement is fueling Putin’s views and violence."
"The United Nations refugee agency says Russia's invasion of Ukraine has already prompted more than 1.5 million people to flee the war. This is the fastest-growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II."
"The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expressed 'grave concern' at the situation at the six-reactor plant, the largest in Europe. The agency was told by the Ukrainian nuclear regulator that 'any action of plant management – including measures related to the technical operation of the six reactor units – requires prior approval by the Russian commander'."
"Now it is being turned back against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, part of a vast airlift that American and European officials describe as a desperate race against time, to get tons of arms into the hands of Ukrainian forces while their supply routes are still open. Scenes like this, reminiscent of the Berlin airlift — the famed race by the Western allies to keep West Berlin supplied with essentials in 1948 and 1949 as the Soviet Union sought to choke it off — are playing out across Europe." On the new proxy war and how it's being fought.
"The U.S. remains in discussions with Poland to potentially backfill their fleet of fighter planes if Warsaw decides to transfer its used MiG-29s to Ukraine, four U.S. officials tell POLITICO… The ongoing talks, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pleads with Congress for help, underscore the frantic push to find weapons to equip Ukrainian forces as they continue to fight off the massive Russian invasion."
"More than 4,300 people were detained at anti-war protests across Russia on Sunday, rights groups and Russian authorities say… Some 1,700 people were detained in Moscow alone, Ria news agency reports, citing the interior ministry."
"The day after Russia started dropping missiles on Ukraine, pastor Greg Laurie took to Facebook with a message for his flock. To much of the world, current events may look like the unhinged machinations of a megalomaniacal authoritarian intent on worldwide disruption, but to Christians of a certain ilk, Laurie argued that the war could be viewed as something else entirely: a sign of the second coming of Christ. 'Is there any prophetic significance to what is happening in Ukraine right now?' the heading of the post posed. 'The answer is…Yes!'" Is it time for Armageddon again, so soon?
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