And more happy news for today. Disney Proposal – Jordan Williams proposed to his fiancée in the place she loves best – Disneyland. Sure, Jordan planned an epic proposal at one of his annual passholder-fiancée’s favorite places, but Sonni wasn’t about to give up the spotlight that quick. Having an ... more >
BBC report on sexual harassment – Well, this is depressing. It’s not just the US and not just women. Horrible Bosses are everywhere. I’ve heard Canada is nice … – So if the above makes you want to move to Canada, these might be good cities for working women to ... more >
Why Can’t Romance Novels Get Any Love? – A good introductory piece in Smithsonian on the slow infiltration of genre Romance into the academy. Featuring a number of the Teach Me Tonight folks, the article surveys some of the work currently being done to promote the genre as both study-able ... more >
Facebook facing class-action lawsuit over unauthorized message scanning – Sent or received a private message in Facebook over the past two years? Then you may very well be part of the class that is now allowed to proceed with a claim against the social network for scanning private messages, supposedly ... more >
JK Rowling ‘to collaborate’ with BBC on Cormoran Strike TV adaptation – The stories of Robert Galbraith, aka JK Rowling, will be adapted by the BBC to television in collaboration with the author. Television will definitely provide the opportunity to keep the stories going for a significant length of time. ... more >
Bugging out: How rampant online piracy squashed one insect photographer – An interesting article about how widespread corporate copyright infringement has imperiled the professional life of a nature photographer. In other words, the opposite of how many people perceive piracy, despite the rampant violations of copyright and trademark by corporate ... more >