COOL VIDEO.

 

https://youtu.be/Ml_oY_zTFJA?si=DEuN6cAvQJ3Hx4u0

Historian Dr. Ruth Ben-Ghiat On Understanding Trump and Autocratic Behavior (on Simon Rosenberg’s podcast which I watch/listen to regularly)

https://youtu.be/F5koz58DkBc?si=llW50QEoWuUmU5yl

A GUY younger than me (who isn’t?) in my apartment lobby pulled out a paperback copy of a Norman Mailer book to show me. I didn’t tell the guy I’d given all my books to the Salvation Army. But I thought maybe I’d kept at least one Mailer book. I had. I started re-reading The Armies of the Night last night. It’s about the anti-Vietnam War 1967 march on the Pentagon. It’s phenomenal. 

Sitting at the counter for breakfast (bowl of oatmeal, scrambled eggs and home fries, 2 cups of back coffee) at Joe Jr’s at 16th and Third Avenue. My frequent place after holding the sign.

 

A Battle with My Blood

When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family. (The New Yorker)

By Tatiana Schlossberg

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/a-battle-with-my-blood

John Green on Anxiety, Hope and his Next Book. (A video)

https://youtu.be/9zDAGzA5stQ?si=dvkF8jJPEborkQl5

Cynthia Erivo surprises her old school with a tear-jerking performance.

https://youtu.be/RcVHn1RvP40?si=Y1vEQLDlUf1P2gUj