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    What is news?
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • January 29, 2024 1:30 am

    In the era of alternative facts, what many of us had known as “news” — reliable, authoritative and uncontested — evaporated before many of us even noticed.

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    Digital natives and analog aliens
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • January 26, 2024 1:30 am

    The day to day, lived reality of the kids today is alien to the previous several generations, if not all of humanity.

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    "Going Infinite" by Michael Lewis
    ‘Going Infinite’ provides a snapshot of where we...
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • January 25, 2024 1:30 am

    If there were ever a cautionary tale for our time, it would be Michael Lewis’ new book on convicted crypto fraudster Samuel Bankman-Fried.

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    Who’s living in those big houses?
    By Marion Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • January 24, 2024 1:30 am

    For now, at least, it’s not always big families

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    In algorithms we live and move and have...
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • January 23, 2024 1:30 am

    Almost everywhere we go, the sameness, in many cases the “authentic” sameness of everything from food to public spaces, to what people almost everywhere eat, wear and listen to is, by some nearly irresistible, pervasive force, largely the same.

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    In Hucksters We Trust
    By Marion Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • January 22, 2024 1:30 am

    America has always loved its hucksters and con-men (and women). In fact, one article described this ever-thriving industry the “American fantasy-industrial complex.”

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    A funny thing happened on the way to...
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • January 19, 2024 1:30 am

    In short, welcome to what is almost certainly the craziest, most unpredictable election year, with the highest stakes, of our lives.

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    This is the cover art for the 1969 Frank Zappa double album packed with verbal and acoustic appendages and obtuse allusions. And of course featuring such non-commercial musical overtures as “Dog Breath Variations”, “Sleeping in a jar” and “The air”. (Photo by Morf Morford)
    Welcome to the Untitled Steaks of Autofill
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • November 30, 2023 1:30 am

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    Everyone, around the world, uses and is familiar with Google. Some of us even have long distant memories of life before the Web. (Photo by Morf Morford)
    Older than Google
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • November 29, 2023 1:30 am

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    The older I get, the closer these two signs seem to be. From seasons to time with friends, by the time I’m prepared, it is coming to an end. (Photo by Morf Morford)
    Are you listening?
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • November 28, 2023 12:25 pm

    Listening is how we learn what we don’t already know

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    From the convenience of streaming to COVID to the coming of winter, we all seem to be watching screens more than we used to. (Photo by Morf Morford)
    Do those new movies seem familiar?
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • November 27, 2023 1:30 am

    When it comes to movies, sometimes it seems like we’ve seen it all

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    Sometimes the setting or how something is presented is more important than the words used. But everything seems to have a story behind it. (Photo by Morf Morford)
    What could you talk about for 30 minutes?
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • November 22, 2023 1:30 am

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    For decades, superheroes and stranded travellers sought refuge here. Standing vigil over the entrance to another era, this phone booth, like other secret passages, leads to distant places, mysteries and long lost secrets. It never pretended to be “smart”. (Photo by Morf Morford)
    An ode to land lines
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • November 21, 2023 1:30 am

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