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Feb 21, 2023Liked by James daSilva

The little metal scooters aren't Segways, they're kick scooters that were briefly very popular back then. Segways were released only in 2001 (I only know this because of Wikipedia, I feel like they didn't catch on until much later)

The monkey baby headline is either very unfortunate or the columnist overheard racists and misunderstood - Angelina's second child is black, and there were some questionable jokes back then.

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Feb 21, 2023Liked by James daSilva

Sorry for commenting on such an old post! Just found this newsletter by chance and it seems great.

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