News: Rolling Stone talks about the film Walk Hard

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/revisiting-hours-how-walk-hard-almost-destroyed-the-musical-biopic

So basically this movie parodies movies that try to show an entire musician's life in an hour or two.  It pokes at tropes.  This article says the way it does this is by stating the tropes out loud.  By forcing exposition.

I would like to see this film.

News: Air filters create huge rise in test scores

https://www.vox.com/2020/1/8/21051869/indoor-air-pollution-student-achievement

wow, breathing well helps people use their minds and bodies more effectively

amaz-ing

hey, this is a tiny study of one place.  like the article says, scale it up and get more data.  but really we all need clean air, not just students. 

we need to get cars off the road, to reduce energy use, and to make energy use cleaner.

thanks for listening to my ted talk