After-Orts #10
somebody on Twitter
has unleashed a bot seeking
serendipitous
haiku in the NYT:
https://twitter.com/nythaikus
among the catch so far:
“Schools will reopen
as abruptly as they closed—
but only for some.”
”Research suggests you
don’t even need to know the
people you’re helping.”
”Subscriber support
helped make Times journalism
possible this year.”
“The role of the friend
is to be present, patient
and compassionate.”
A hidden haiku in Abraham Lincoln’s 1861 inaugural address:
“Though passion may
have strained it must not break our
bonds of affection.”
And one from Joe Biden’s inaugural address, January 20, 2021:
“We can join forces
stop the shouting and lower
the temperature.”
And one in Bill Gates’s NYT review of Yuval Noah Harari’s book:
“What will give our lives
meaning in the decades and
centuries ahead?”
And one from The Times’s coverage of the latest G.D.P. numbers:
“The late-year slump was
driven by a slowdown in
consumer spending.”
And one from The Times’s review of a new Mike Nichols biography, on the book’s many celebrity cameos:
“Everybody who
was anybody is here
steaming up the glass.”
And on from the NYT’s Super Bowl coverage:
“There was a time when
Tom Brady did not play in
and win Super Bowls.”