Philip Greenspun’s Weblog

4 min read 2023-03-20 23:13:00

A public library in Portugal

As a companion to my pieces on what public libraries offer in Palm Beach County (in Florida, where books are purportedly banned) and in

6 min read 2023-03-19 23:16:00

A March 12, 2023 trip to the Cambridge, Maskachusetts public library… Let’s stop first in the bathroom, a gender-neutral experience: The

1 min read 2023-03-18 23:54:00

I received a mailing from a music organization in Cambridge, Maskachusetts, “A unique program of music written by women and people of

2 min read 2023-03-18 09:15:25

Today is the three-year anniversary of the Boston public schools closing. From boston.gov: Mayor Martin J. Walsh and Boston Public Schools

3 min read 2023-03-18 07:16:05

Readers: Please help me keep these bank failures straight. “First Republic Stock Plunges After Bank Rescue Plan, Dividend Suspension” (WSJ,

4 min read 2023-03-17 23:10:00

I have begun to read The Courage to Be Free: Florida’s Blueprint for America’s Revival, despite my general aversion to this genre of literature.

3 min read 2023-03-16 23:37:00

Dedicated to diversity and regulated/supervised by a San Francisco Fed that was dedicated to diversity (see also “San Francisco Fed elevates a gay

1 min read 2023-03-16 03:42:35

Here’s some unusual weather at SFO: KSFO 142256Z 23024G38KT 3SM -RA BR FEW008 BKN029 OVC047 13/12 A2970 RMK AO2 PK WND 20044/2201 SLP058 P0000

2 min read 2023-03-15 23:34:00

It’s college acceptance letter time. If your child doesn’t get in, consider whether he/she/ze/they should have used ChatGPT to do the authoring.

6 min read 2023-03-14 23:29:00

Here are some photos from my recent trip to Cambridge, Newton, and Wayland. The high school where the Tsarnaev brothers took Tolerance and Diversity

1 min read 2023-03-13 23:33:00

I’ve been listening to Goldeneye: Where Bond Was Born: Ian Fleming’s Jamaica, in which the 1950s version of the island is described as a paradise

3 min read 2023-03-13 03:29:57

Update: Ordinary schmoes are going to bail out the billionaire customers of Silicon Valley Bank, but the bailout is being disguised as a “special

2 min read 2023-03-12 23:01:00

Various state governors are arguing for a $15 per hour minimum wage. Examples: $7.25 is not a livable wage in 2023. Our minimum wage hasn’t been

3 min read 2023-03-12 00:27:00

Loyal readers may remember a review here of a book by a Los Angeles Times reporter on America’s taxpayer-fueled heroin habit (see Who funded

3 min read 2023-03-12 00:27:00

Loyal readers may remember a review here of a book by a Los Angeles Times reporter on America’s taxpayer-fueled heroin habit (see Who funded