Maria Bustillos
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Oakland, CA, United States
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Who Knows Anthony Bourdain?
“Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography” by Bourdain’s longtime assistant Laurie Woolever collects memories and recollections from 91 people who knew him. Together, they show how unreachable the man behind the icon was. → Read More
Anthony Bourdain’s Literary Legacy in 13 Books
Before ‘Parts Unknown,’ the chef-turned-TV host was known for putting pen to paper. From Kitchen Confidential to Get Jiro!, a look at all of Anthony Bourdain’s books → Read More
The Smallness of Mark Zuckerberg – Member Feature Stories –
Mark Zuckerberg is a small man — five foot seven, according to Google — but that is not very widely known, because the only images of him available to the public are carefully crafted to make him… → Read More
The Internet Isn’t Forever
When an online news outlet goes out of business, its archives can disappear as well. The new battle over journalism’s digital legacy. → Read More
You Don’t Understand Bitcoin Because You Think Money Is Real
Bitcoin is an illusion, a mass hallucination, so one hears. It’s just numbers in cyberspace, a mirage, insubstantial as a soap bubble. Bitcoin is not backed by anything other than the faith of the… → Read More
Why does journalism need blockchain technology? – Maria Bustillos –
Blockchain technology by itself can’t answer this question, but it is the paper on which we can write the answer. → Read More
Blade Runner 2049 is revealed through the novel Pale Fire
the message of Blade Runner 2049 is the wisdom of embracing and living in mystery, as the novel demonstrates → Read More
In the retrial, how will Cosby’s defense be able to improve its threadbare case?
Many observers were convinced that it was, indeed, just one holdout juror who tipped the scales. → Read More
District attorney to bring Cosby back in court by September
And Andrea Constand is coming with him. → Read More
A visibly annoyed judge defends the Cosby jury
Judge O’Neill owns defense attorney in testy exchange. → Read More
Jury continues to exhaust itself and everyone with more Cosby questions
Five o'clock on a Friday night. Twelve people yelling at one another in a closed room. → Read More
Trying not to blame the old white man on the Cosby jury
And mainly failing. → Read More
The mounting frustrations surrounding the Cosby jury deadlock
The longer the deliberations go, the more tension builds outside the courthouse. → Read More
Why I believe the jury will send Bill Cosby to prison
If the verdict comes in against him, he will go straight into custody to await sentencing. → Read More
The detective who originally worked the Cosby assault case seems to believe Constand
And the jury keeps asking for his testimony. → Read More
The sort of telling detail that inclines many to believe Cosby is guilty
If you were to ask me right now what I think will happen, I feel like there is a 50-50 chance of acquittal. → Read More
Tom Scocca brought Bill Cosby here
For eight years the comedian succeeded in buying the amnesia of the American public. → Read More
The palpable disdain of Cosby attorney Angela C. Agrusa
Expensive criminal defense lawyers appear to be prey to a weird and terrible form of self-loathing. → Read More
Team Cosby denied mistrial
A Cosbtastrophe. → Read More
No matter what happens, Cosby will still be rich
Cosby’s wealth is possibly the clearest lens through which to see and understand this trial. → Read More