Interesting Links for 24-02-2025

[andrewducker]

1. The lure of Lehrer - With Tom Lehrer's back catalogue in the public domain, Francis Beckett jumped at the chance to write a play about the great man

(tags:music history play theatre )

2. The UK government is holding a consultation on Consultation on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence. You have until Tuesday to respond.

(tags:ai copyright UK consultation )

3. Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders' First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy

(tags:politics usa hope )

4. What does having kids do to women's careers?

(tags:women career jobs patriarchy )

5. The trigger that put President Truman on the course to civil rights

(tags:rights racism USA )

Comments

[juan_gandhi]

#3 impresses.

[greenwoodside]

Ah, Tom Lehrer.

He's on my (currently just theoretical, not brick and cement) Wall of Good Things. I remind myself of it when I see the news headlines. Yes, fate afflicted the world with Elon Musk, but it also saw fit to give us a satirical musical Professor of Mathematics.

[mountainkiss]

Sadly the play turns out to have been put on in 2024.

[andrewducker]

Oh bugger! A friend passed it to me and I assumed it was current!