Echoes of China’s Russia’s Alternate Reality Intensify Around the World

When Twitter put a warning message on top of a Russian government post denying civilian deaths in Bucha, Ukraine, last week, Chinese state media rushed to defend it. “The statement by @mfa_russia on #Bucha has been censored on Twitter,” wrote Frontline, a Twitter account associated with China’s official English-language broadcaster CGTN. An article in the …

The Mesmeric Alternate Universes of Toyin Ojih Odutola

Interviews with the Nigerian-American artist Toyin Ojih Odutola he tends to reflect the curious mood he evokes in his drawings with ballpoint pen, pencil and charcoal. They are adventurous, textured with sudden tangents, and full of humor. You can start by gushing about Michaela Coel’s 2020 HBO miniseries, “I Can Destroy You” just to end …

Alternate Leagues Impresario Dennis Murphy dies at 94

Dennis Murphy, a representative of alternative athletic leagues, including tennis and ice hockey, rocked tennis and ice hockey as well and launched creative, sometimes quixotic initiatives in other sports, including indoor hockey. Placentia, California. He was 94 years old. His son, Dennis Jr., told the Associated Press He said the cause was heart failure. Mr. …