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Tidbits from the wonderful world of Amazon

From Harper’s Weekly Review: In Robbinsville, New Jersey, a robot at an Amazon factory accidentally punctured a can of bear repellent, which sent two dozen workers to the emergency room; a nearly identical incident had occurred at a Haslet, Texas, … Continue reading

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Scalia Speaks! From the grave. I respond. From New York

Don’t know if you, like me, are all salivating in anticipation of a new book by Antonin Scalia called Scalia Speaks. But wait, I hear you murmuring. Isn’t Scalia, uh, like, um deceased? Late? Demised? (I’m trying to remember all … Continue reading

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Why I won’t buy anything from Amazon

From today’s Publisher’s Marketplace comes an item that could be entitled “Which treasured neighborhood bookstores has the mighty war machine known as Amazon targeted for destruction?” Real estate magazine the Real Deal reports that, according to anonymous sources, Amazon will … Continue reading

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