Afghanistan
Susannah George, “Pace of Taliban advance quickens as militants overrun three major cities in a single day,” Washington Post, August 8, 2021, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/08/taliban-kunduz/
Akhtar Mohammad Makoii and Luke Harding, “Taliban capture sixth provincial capital in northern Afghanistan,” Guardian, August 9, 2021, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/09/taliban-capture-aibak-sixth-provincial-capital-northern-afghanistan
Pandemic
Edward Helmore, “Rightwing radio host and anti-vaxxer dies of Covid,” Guardian, August 8, 2021, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/08/rightwing-radio-host-dick-farrel-anti-vaxxer-dies-covid
Barbara Starr, Kaitlan Collins, and Zachary Cohen, “Pentagon moves to mandate Covid-19 vaccine for active duty military members,” CNN, August 9, 2021, https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/09/politics/defense-department-vaccine-mandate/index.html
Wes Venteicher, “California correctional officers union to fight new COVID-19 vaccine mandate, memo says,” Sacramento Bee, August 9, 2021, https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/the-state-worker/article253378123.html
Evictions
Josh Gerstein and Katy O’Donnell, “Judge mulls blocking Biden’s new eviction ban,” Politico, August 9, 2021, https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/09/judge-district-court-eviction-moratorium-biden-502828
Pittsburgh
I can’t say my suspicions are allayed:
Thanks for reaching out. CitiParks has been the informal brand identity of the Department of Parks & Recreation for over 40 years. The exact origin is unclear.
— CitiParks – Pittsburgh Parks & Recreation (@Citiparks) August 10, 2021
- If indeed Pittsburgh’s Department of Parks and Recreation has been using this “informal brand identity” for 40 years, there should be artifacts verifying its use.
- Forty years is not prehistory. There really should be an actual explanation for who would think this coincident-with-a-major-financial-services-player misspelling would be in any way desirable or why and why folks in this department would continue to consider this desirable.
- Short of making a project of this, I’m not sure how to rapidly confirm the first use of the “Citi” mark by Citibank and/or Citicorp. My guess is that it dates back about 40 years.
To me, it stinks to high hell.