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historian at GMU, musical hack, Philly guy. Author of multiple books, most recently The Beat Cop: Chicago's Chief O'Neill and the Creation of Irish Music, (U Chicago 2022). https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo143122232.html

Also I'm an expert on Standard time and daylight saving--I wrote the book on it, way back in 1990. https://www.amazon.com/Keeping-Watch-History-American-Time/dp/1560986727

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A crushing backlash to Apple’s new iPad ad

Hydraulic press destroying "symbols of creativity" has folks hopping mad.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/a-crushing-backlash-to-apples-new-ipad-ad/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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The ad is a metaphor for the flattening of experience in screen world

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