Archives for May 2021

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally is back! Please join us Tuesday evening at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern. We have a lot of catching up to do after our 15 month hiatus.

We will, once again, meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. The kitchen isn’t currently open but will be soon. Carry-in food is a-okay when the kitchen is closed. Occupancy limits are still in place, so admission will be first come-first serve. That said, we’ve had some folks checking the place out and they report that there is still plenty of room on recent Tuesday nights.

Stop by, if you can!

Cheers,
Darryl Holman

The Late Show: ♫ Here are some examples of Asian Americans! ♬

VICE News: A therapist breaks down how our bodies carry racial trauma

Liars, Grifters, Seditionists, and Other Categories of Republicans:

• Legal Eagle: Трамп DOJ spied on reporters
• Jimmy Kimmel: GOP throws out MyPillow Mike and Trump’s crazy Memorial Day message
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Who’s That Yelling Through the Mail Slot? MTG ♬
• Keith Olbermann: “Too soon” for a 1/6 commission? Fine. Kill it. Go straight to a special prosecutor.
• Seth Meyers: Prosecutor in Трамп case convenes grand jury to consider indictments
• The Late Show: ♫ It’s Not Richard Marx’s Fault That People Hate Rand Paul ♬:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Gaetz/Greene campaign song ♬
• Amber Ruffin: Marjorie Taylor Greene harasses AOC & invades Amber’s studio
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп could face prison and QAnon’s UFO conspiracy
• act.tv: Rick Santorum actually claims he got “savaged” for his comments about Native Americans!
• Bill Maher and friends: The GOP’s slow-moving coup
• SNL Weekend Update: ♫ Jeanine Pirro on the Mexico–United States border ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ We’re winning the battle of wits ♬
• Stephen: Will Jeff Bezos release “The Apprentice” tapes to shame The Dotard?
• WaPo: Investigation of Трамп Organization now explores possible criminal conduct
• Seth Meyers: Marjorie Taylor Greene condemned for comments on mask mandates
• Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian: Live from ANTIFA’s corporate headquarters
• Jimmy Kimmel: Human boil Ted Cruz starts trouble with Jimmy Kimmel again
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Cancun Cruz, The Princeton Pansy ♬
• act.tv: Witness to Marjorie Taylor Greene’s aggression… shocked and troubled!
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ These Nuts (Down in Arizona) ♬:

• The Late Show: These great guys are fully against forming a commission
• VICE News: The Arizona recount is even dumber than it sounds
• Mark Fiore: Take a normal tourist visit
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Ted Cruz Puts the “ted” in Maladjusted ♬
• Stephen: No. 45 sweats as cable news speculates about criminal charges and a flipping CFO
• John Di Domenico: Orange Acres episode 8—Трамп & Melanie charged with not doing their job!
• Legal Eagle: Трамп’s DOJ tried to unmask Devin Nunes parody account
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Profound Wisdom of Marjorie Taylor Greene ♬
• WaPo: How calls to ‘pack’ the Supreme Court evolved over the years
• SNL Weekend Update: Seditious Republicans to block January 6 investigation
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп REACTS to the NY Grand Jury announcement
• Seth Meyers: Arizona Republicans push forward with insane 2020 election “audit”
• Trevor: The fight to overturn the 2020 election—Somehow still going
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Ain’t it Grand! Трамп’s Grand Jury Being Called ♬:

• VICE News: Oklahoma just made it easier to run over protesters
• Robert Reich: The danger of collective Amnesia
• The Late Show: Muscle delivery for AR-15 loving Ted Cruz
• Lars von Retriever: ♫ Трамп AMERICAN IDIOT ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Ted Cruz trolls the Army, Трамп scams taxpayers & Marjorie Taylor Greene’s horrid Holocaust comment
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Wondering What Republicans Might be Trying to Hide ♬
• act.tv: Rep. Hakeem Jeffries lays out the facts about Jan 6th

John Oliver on Sponsered content

Lewis Black rantcast: Spam calls

This Week in ТрампPlague:

• Stephen: Dr. Francis Collins discusses the complexities of herd immunity
• Michael Kosta: What free shit can a COVID vaccine get you?
• Stephen: Dr. Collins on the Wuhan Lab theory and the origin of COVID-19
• VICE News: The pandemic “bike boom” isn’t going anywhere
• Stephen: Covid-19 origin theories

Bill Maher: The fault in our stars

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Vox: How Native Hawaiians fought the US Navy, and won

Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.

It’s 2 weeks after my second shot today. Hell yeah. We’re all touching each other’s eyes. Or whatever normal human contact is. I forget. But anyway, it’s pretty fantastic. I haven’t even rolled out of bed yet, but I feel a sense of liberation.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now, and get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.

I really like that Seattle is always changing. Like, you can definitely complain about Amazon and expensive housing. But there isn’t a mythical time when Seattle was better. There are real problems to fix, but I am glad that we’re doing it in a city with a $15 minimum wage, and a growing public transportation system.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now, and get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.

Roy Wood, Jr.: CP Time—Black labor union leaders

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Republicans…and Other Horrible Near-Human Beings:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Naughty Favors from “Matt Gaetz, The Musical” ♬
• Seth Meyers: Sen. Bernie Sanders says the Republican Party has become a Трамп cult
• Trevor: The Insurrection Commission—Investigating the January Capitol attack
• act.tv: Meghan McCain spirals over Matt Gaetz
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ You Ain’t One of ‘Em ♬
• WaPo: Some Nutburger Republicans still refuse to believe the election was legitimate
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Sitting Slack-jawed as Tucker Talks ♬
• Stephen: What Barack Obama really thinks About The Dotard, who may face criminal charges
• Rocky Mountain Mike: ♫ Liz Cheney ♬:

• Legal Eagle: Nunes’s lawyer sanctioned
• Amber Ruffin: Ron DeSantis joins the wall of politicians who showed their whole ass
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Criminal and Civil Charges for Трамп ♬
• The Late Show: Huge dumbass detective takes Sen. Tom Cotton’s case
• Seth Mayers: Matt Gaetz wingman pleads guilty and says he’ll cooperate with Feds
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard REACTS to criminal investigation by NY AG
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп, Stuck in a Pothole on the Road of Life ♬
• SNL Weekend Update: Liz Cheney on the Republican Party
• Legal Eagle: QShaman lawyer “defends” client, offends everyone
• The Remix Bros:♫ Rudy Boi FBI Raid REMIX (No No No) ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп under criminal investigation & Republicans fight to forget the insurrection
• Stephen: Tim Ryan and Capitol Police rip “unconscionable” opposition to Jan. 6th Commission
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ What Kind of a Girl Could Love Matt Gaetz? ♬
• The Late Show: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s nonsense attracts Llamas
• act.tv: Capitol officer who was assaulted calls out Republican liars
• Al Franken explains former Трамп fanatic Liz Cheney’s new role in the Republican party
• Seth Meyers: Obama called Трамп a “madman,” a “racist, sexist pig” and a “Llnatic”
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп’s Extradition, The Musical ♬
• Legal Eagle: Facebook upholds Трамп ban, and, no, he can’t appeal to the SCOTUS
• The Late Show: Most incredible pro-Трамп argument Republicans have ever made
• Stephen: The big lie lives on for House GOP nut-burgers, Arizona Republicans whack-jobs and some retired military ding-a-lings
• Jimmy Kimmel: House Republicans get stupider, Трамп’s tough week & gay legos!
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп is Not a Working Man ♬:

• Seth Meyers: Republicans try to rewrite the history of the January 6th insurrection
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Joe Biden Drives a Corvette while Donald Drives a Golf Cart ♬
• Legal Eagle: Another Трамп organization criminal investigation?
• The Daily Show: The January 6th insurrection—What REALLY happened?
• act.tv: Liz Cheney and the GOP’s “Foundation of lies”
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Matt Gaetz is the Kind of Guy… ♬
• VICE News: Why Congress can’t agree on how to investigate the Capitol riot
• The Late Show: ♫ Mike and Greg Pence might not be seeing eye-to-eye after this ♬
• Legal Eagle: Update on Greenberg’s plea
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп’s Pathetic Losers ♬

The New York Times: How does America’s response to climate change look from abroad?

Robert Reich: The Secret Tax Loophole Making the Rich Even Richer

Seth Meyers: Sec. Deb Haaland on being the first Native American Secretary in the U.S. Cabinet

Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Hip Hip Hooray for Jared (He brought peace to the middle east) ♬

WaPo: Will Congress miss their moment to pass police reform?

ТрампPlague:

• Now This: Doctor reads COVID-19 tweets, debunks myths
• Trevor: CDC says vaccinated people can stop wearing masks & why the honor system won’t work
• SNL: No more masks
• Amber Ruffin: ♫ New York City Is Opening Up!…How Do We Socialize Again? ♬
• The Late Show: The mask confusion rises
• Now This: Psaki vs Doocy on COVID-19 conspiracy theory
• Trevor: The real reason workers aren’t running back to restaurant jobs
• Lewis Black rantcast: Covidiots!
• Stephen: Get help for your re-entry anxiety
• Now This: Biden & Harris on COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act
• Amber Ruffin: Don’t feel bad if you didn’t achieve much during the pandemic
• SNL Weekend Update: CDC lifts mask mandate

Samantha Bee: Full Frontal wants to take your guns—Full Special

Roy Wood, Jr. Exposing Chevron—The world’s biggest crime syndicate

John Oliver: Stand your ground

Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.

I am excited for Bellevue’s Grand Connection. It seems like a fun ride when it’s all complete.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.

Good morning. Do you live in King County? Are you behind on rent or utilities? Well, the county is going to help people with rent. So you might as well apply if you’re eligible.

And for goodness sake, wash your hands right now, and take the vaccine as soon as you can.

I generally don’t like the line item veto. But as long as it’s being used, it can go to better housing laws (first item). More accessory dwelling units are great for density. I will be glad if there are more. I know people who lived in them right out of college who wouldn’t have been able to afford their neighborhood otherwise.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now, and get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.

Now This: Kirsten Gillibrand on sexual assault in the military

Stephen interviews Michelle Obama Part I

Stephen interviews Michelle Obama Part II

Stephen interviews Michelle Obama Part III

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Grif-ters, Трампs, and Thieves (and Other Types of Republicans):

• Seth Meyers: Republicans refuse to move on from The Dotard
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ MTG Harassed AOC ♬
• Now This: Marjorie Taylor Greene harasses AOC in 2019 video
• Legal Eagle: Secret DOJ memo—No obstruction prosecution
• WaPo: Ocasio-Cortez on Greene, “I’m concerned about her perceptions of reality”
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп REACTS to the death of Barack Obama’s dog
• The Founders Sing: ♫ I CAN’T LIVE (If Living is Without You) ♬:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Liz Cheney canceled by same people who hate cancel culture
• The Late Show: Congressman Clyde’s Capitol Tours!
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Ron Johnson’s Too Stupid for Wisconsin ♬
• Mark Fiore: Liz Cheney: Now she’s done it!
• Amber Ruffin: How culture wars and White supremacy go together like “Green Eggs and Ham”
• Stephen: The GOP’s purity test—Loyalty to Трамп, OR ELSE
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Congressman Clyde ♬
• act.tv: Watch Ted Cruz lie, whine, and then walk out of a gun violence hearing!
• Roy Wood, Jr.: Unsolved mysteries—Why can’t Republicans say “Joe Biden won the election?”
• Robert Reich: The GOP is canceling their own
• Legal Eagle: Follow Tucker Carlson, go to jail?
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The New Republican Marching Song ♬
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ “Take Good Care of Liz Cheney” ♬:

• Stephen: Sen. Warren says that, “The Republican party is eating itself.”
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Truth about Republican Lying ♬
• Seth Meyers: Republicans are purging anyone who won’t embrace Tрамп’s election lies
• Trevor: GOP ousts Liz Cheney and promotes Elise Stefanik
• WaPo: Nutburger House Republicans downplay Jan. 6 Capitol attack
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Matt Gaetz and MTG, America’s Worst ♬
• Legal Eagle: The FAUXitis and FAUXmania defense, because of course
• The Daily Show: Insurrectigone—Instant relief for Republican guilt
• Stephen: McCarthy admits election wasn’t stolen, but GOP’s tent isn’t big enough for Liz Cheney
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Republicans Cancel Liz Cheney” ♬
• Jimmy Dore: Mitt Romney heckled at GOP convention
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп won’t Allow Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit into the suburbs!!!
• Randy Rainbow: ♫ Clang, Clang, Clang Went Josh Hawley! ♬:

• Now This: Nutcase GOP Rep lies about Capitol attack
• Seth Meyers: Republicans oust Liz Cheney for rejecting Трамп’s big lie
• Mother Jones: Leaked video of dark money group writing GOP voter suppression laws
• Jordan Klepper: Arizona’s vote recount
• Stephen: Jake Tapper on The GOP’s continued support of No. 45
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ A Bridge Too Far, Republicans Can’t Abide The Truth ♬
• Legal Eagle: Newsmax settles and retracts

John Oliver: Black hair

Trevor: Caitlyn Jenner takes on Gavin Newsom in the California recall election

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Andre Antunes: ♫ Bitconnect goes METAL! ♬

The Week in ТрампPlague:

• act.tv: Rand Paul vs. Dr. Fauci—Rand Paul speaks but doesn’t listen!
• Now This: Nurses union honors nurses lost to COVID-19 in D.C.
• Jimmy Kimmel: Crazy vaccine misinformation keeping Americans unvaccinated
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ COVID and E.D. ♬:

• Seth Meyers: COVID vaccine cards and the CDC
• WaPo: CDC says fully vaccinated Americans no longer need masks indoors or outdoors in most cases
• Amber Ruffin: amber’s wishes for a pandemic-free world
• Stephen: Vaccinated people free to go maskless, as “COVID penis” concerns rise
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ You Could Be the Start of the NEXT Epidemic! ♬

Lewis Black’s rantcast: Mother Earth

Roll Calls: How redistricting will shape the fight for House seats

Robert Reich: Democrats are running out of time

Samantha Bee: Gun violence is a public health crisis (extended edition)

Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.

Got my second shot on Wednesday. Since a lot of people are talking about side effects, I should mention that mine were pretty mild. I felt like I needed a nap all day. Then I took one, and felt fine. My arm wasn’t even sore. I think mild or no side effects is probably more common than you might think based (understandably) on how people report on them, especially on social media.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.

It’s pretty exciting when there’s progressive legislation that you weren’t aware of until it already passed. What a great thing that agricultural workers will have the same overtime rights as the rest of the state.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now, and get vaccinated if you haven’t already.

Seventeen years ago today I clicked “Publish” on the very first post here at HA, with obviously no fucking idea how blogging would soon take over my life. Had I to do the past 17 years over again, I wouldn’t, even if I wanted to, because how could anyone even hope to retrace the bizarre path I followed from accidental activist to foul-mouthed blogger to talk radio host to foul-mouthed Stranger writer to mysterious behind-the-scenes benevolent-plutocrat-funded progressive propaganda king?

That said, how’d the past 17 years turn out? Well, on May 10, 2004, I wrote this:

I have serious political goals, and I intend to pursue them. I intend to help educate the public and the media about an astonishingly regressive tax system that gives billions of dollars of tax breaks to wealthy special interests while placing an almost unbearable burden on the backs of middle- and low-income families. I intend to work for real, progressive, tax reforms that provide meaningful relief to those who need it most, assure adequate funding for essential public services, and create the kind of positive, rational business environment that all citizens want. And I intend to continue my efforts to expose Tim Eyman as the lying, thieving, blowhard even many of his most ardent supporters admit he really is. (Did I mention Tim Eyman is a lying, thieving, blowhard?)

But I also intend to have a little fun.

Well, progress report: this year the state legislature passed and the governor signed into law a modest capital gains tax—Washington state’s first bit of progressive tax reform in forever. Meanwhile, after losing a long drawn out civil suit brought by the state Attorney General, Tim Eyman is in the process of paying something like $5 million in fines and legal fees for at least some of the many crimes he’s committed over the course of his lying, thieving career. I can’t say exactly what I had to do with the outcomes, but it was something. Also, I did indeed have a little fun along the way. So progress!

Anyway, a big thanks to all the loyal readers and vicious trolls who helped make HA more than just a narcissistic exercise, and an especially big thanks to Darryl and Carl for keeping it going these past few years. Don’t know if I’ll ever come back to regular blogging, but if you miss me, I do spit out the occasional foul-mouthed tweet.

 

Parody Project: ♫ Environmentally Resigned (a parody of “Gentle on My Mind”) ♬

Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ First 100 Days ♬

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Race in America:

• Trevor: The war over teaching America’s racist history in schools
• VICE News: The Black church that could bankrupt the Proud Boys
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Marjorie Taylor Greene “America First” Campaign Song ♬
• Bill Maher: The BIG LIE
• Chris Hayes: Tennessee GOP wants to Whitewash history by banning lessons on systemic racism
• VICE News: What mothers of police brutality victims want you to know
• Rachel Maddow: Republicans fear new voting restrictions could backfire on their own voters
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ I Can Tweet Any Time That I Want, Dotard Can’t ♬
• Desi Lydic FAUXplains: Is America a racist country?

Winlar: ♫ You got the right to love ♬

WaPo: How Kamala Harris is approaching her historic vice presidency

Lauren Mayer: ♫ I’m Fine (With an Asterisk) ♬

Liars, Grifters, Incompetents, and Other Types of Republicans:

• Rachel Maddow: Biden’s DOJ charges Трамп with ‘obstruction’ after shocking ‘proof’ request to Bill Barr
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Republicans Have a Gigantic Ass (in Florida) ♬
• The Late Show: Woodland creatures rally to Leader McCarthy
• Legal Eagle: Lockdown fighters?
• Keith Olbermann: Spying on the WaPo underscores it. Biden must decapitate GOP threat
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard delights in Mitt Romney getting booed & Michael Flynn can’t recite the Pledge of Allegiance
• Trevor: The GOP pushes out Liz Cheney & conspiracy theorists take over Arizona’s recount
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Poor Li’l Tuck’ms (for Tucker Carlson, with thanks to Joy Reid) ♬:

• Seth Meyers: Sen. Amy Klobuchar reacts to Трамп’s Facebook ban
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard announces he has a blog
• Amber Ruffin: How the Jan. 6th Capitol riot was organized in broad daylight
• Samantha Bee: Matt Gaetz and the Republican double standard
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Ted Cruz Lullaby ♬
• Legal Eagle: Don’t write down all your crimes
• Ari Melber: Giuliani criminal raid has Трамп worried
• The Late Show: Problematic Prince praises FAUX News
• Seth Meyers: DeSantis signs voter suppression law on FAUX
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Republicans and Liz Cheney ♬
• Al Franken: Mitch McConnell and Tim Scott’s disingenuous responses to Biden’s speech
• Bill Maher: Sex, drugs & GOP
• Rachel Maddow: “Deliverables were delivered”—Despite denials, much of the Giuliani case is on the record
• The Late Show: Drone supports Kilmeade’s kid clapback
• Seth Meyers: Rudy Giuliani claims Трамп’s DOJ searched his iCloud account in 2019
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Dotard Трамп is Giving Speeches Now at Weddings ♬
• Samantha Bee: Republican attacks on trans athletes are escalating
• Mark Fiore: The first one hundred days of never-mindism
• Amber Ruffin: Rudy Giuliani & Sen. John Kennedy played stupid games, won stupid prizes
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Cruz Dines with Трамп, Трамп Devours Cruz ♬:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Sweaty Teddy has dinner with The Dotard & Facebook upholds Трамп ban
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп REACTS to being banned from Facebook AGAIN!
• Now This: GOP lawmakers introduce 90+ anti-protest bills
• Ari Melber: Giuliani criminal probe bombshell—SDNY vet says “more going on” after raid
• The Late Show: Mitt Romney narrowly escapes GOP booing
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The ‘Steel’ Dossier? ♬
• Robert Reich: The Republican re-brand exposed
• Seth Meyers: Republicans lash out at Liz Cheney for not supporting Трамп’s Big Lie
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ “Bamboo”, A Song of the Maricopa County Vote Recount Debacle ♬
• Legal Eagle: Giuliani’s iCloud seized
• Joy Reid: On Tucker Carlson’s many failures
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Republican Castrati ♬
• The Daily Show: Ted Cruz—The booger on the lip of democracy

Legal Eagle: Do students have First Amendment rights?

The Remix Bros: ♫ JOE.I.AM’s Americans Always Get Up ♬

AJ+: How to end homelessness in the U.S

This Week in ТрампPlague:

• Trevor: The U.S. may never reach herd immunity & U.K. runs a massive COVID experiment
• WaPo: Pres. Biden outlines “new phase” of coronavirus vaccination campaign
• Now This: ♫ Roll up your sleave ♬
• Jaboukie Young-White: Eating in public after quarantine—Dos and don’ts
• Jimmy Kimmel: A message for people who don’t want the COVID vaccine:

• Now This: Health care workers share thoughts about anti-vaxxers
• Seth Meyers: Things to keep after the pandemic
• Greeman: Anti-vaxers, climate denial and the threat to democracy
• Rachel Maddow: Bizarre excuse behind cuckoo GOP-led vote audit
• Now This: Mazie Hirono on COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act
• VICE News: How addicts survived COVID
• Jimmy Kimmel: Dr. Fauci on people not getting vaccinated, conspiracies & misinformation and last talk with The Dotard
• John Oliver: COVID-19 vaccines

Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Doing nothing is not an option ♬

VICE News: The surprising contenders in California’s recall race

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.

Good morning to everyone but Pierce County Executive Bruce Dammeier. Seriously, it’s a couple months. Just let the grocery workers have hazard pay for a while. It’ll be over and you won’t have been the asshole. If you wanted a broader plan, you could have negotiated it. Gah.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now, and get vaccinated if you’re eligible.

Well, if my email and Twitter feed are correct, the deadline for Give Big is midnight tonight. If you have a local charity that you like, your donation will go further today. I gave to a local food bank, but there are a lot of good causes.

And also, wash your hands and get vaccinated if you are eligible.