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When ‘The Day After’ Terrorized 100 Million Viewers With a Vision of Nuclear War

This anti-Nuclear TV Movie aired when I was 4 and profoundly shaped the way Americans felt about Nuclear weapons. It's also got John Lithgow.

I should watch it.

Bed Habits: One insomniac’s descent into the world of sleep research to understand what screens before bed are doing to our brains.

I, too, struggle with both forms of insomnia: falling asleep, and staying asleep. It's hard! I'm permanently exhausted. And what causes this sort of thing? Everyone says it's screens now but this has been going on for my entire life, not just the past 15 or so years I've had a smart phone. This is a well written bit of pop-sci journalism: breezy, funny, and informative.

It wasn’t an ordinary Red Cup Day at Starbucks this year

Only about 1% of Starbucks stores are fighting to Unionize/striking but that's a LOT considering... and a lot of lost revenue. November 17th was "Red Cup Day," which kicks off holiday drinks season with free reusable red cups for customers. A whole lot of people weren't crossing picket lines this year.

Of special note: One store closed by Unioninzing employees was scheduled to have 7 employees staff it. 10 workers came from other stores - 5 baristas and 5 managers. Those 5 managers apparently couldn't do the work of 2 baristas (5+2=7) and the store closed early.

Comments

[dewline]

I hope the union drives at Starbucks succeed.

[naomikritzer]

I was ten when THE DAY AFTER aired, and my parents straight up did not let me watch it (for good reason -- I had a full-blown anxiety disorder over nuclear war already.)

[bzedan]

Oh gosh I think we watched The Day After after (not immediately, like the next day) watching Threads, the British one last year or the year before. Whew. It didn’t leave as much a mark as the BBC one, but felt I think in the same vein as the old version of The Stand.

[lassarina]

I haven't read through the sleep article yet, but I read one sometime mid-2021 that was some doctor griping about "people don't understand that sleep is simple, drink less caffeine and exercise and spend less time on your screens and you'll sleep! they just want to pop a pill" and I was like wow, way to fucking wave a banner that says you've never had trouble sleeping! I've had a hard time falling asleep since I was three, when I was banned from caffeine, ran around all day, and didn't have screens. So actually, there's rather more to it than that, as you said.