Regulating the gig economy should probably come at the state or Federal level. But as long as they aren’t stepping up, it’s fantastic that the city of Seattle is stepping up. First with sick and safe leave rights and now potentially rights around termination. Too much of tech is just new and exciting ways to treat workers poorly.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible
The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gets together tonight for an evening of politics, drinks, and socializing. If you can, stop by.
The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. You’ll find us on the back patio.
Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, stop by another chapter near you.
Vaccines are the best invention ever. Ever. I know I keep harping on you to get vaccinated or boosted for COVID-19.
But also, am I glad I got my MMR as a kid. Because whoo boy. I was in one of the places the person with measles went this weekend. Instead of an oh shit situation, it’s fine.
Mark Fiore: SCOTUS gift cards
Chris Hayes: Elon Musk says “So be it” if tweeting conspiracies, extremism loses him money
Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week
Vice News: A year after Buffalo—Turning grief into action
The Party of Liars and Seditionists:
Robert Reich: Why child labor in America is skyrocketing
NowThis: Women open up about sterilization in a post-Roe world
The Daily Show: A.I. Joe Biden campaign ad
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
I didn’t get any engagement on Twitter, and I don’t know if it’s because Twitter sucks now or because it’s just not interesting? Or both.
Anyway, the other day, I got on the light rail at Pioneer Square going North. Now what you have to understand is that the sometimes the doors open on the right and sometimes they open in the left, and between there and Capitol Hill, where the doors open on the opposite side, it’s all underground.
The person who got on ahead of me went to the opposite doors and looked out the window. Butt to the other passengers. Whenever I get that spot, it’s because I am getting off at Capitol Hill, but I always turn around so I’m facing inside the train. I can understand if it’s above ground but looking out at the gray walls of the tunnel seems… wrong? Off? I don’t know.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
– The new drug possession law is harsher than I would have preferred. I am also not sure what “encourages prosecutors to divert drug possession cases to treatment” will mean in practice.
– It’s filing week, so file for office. Seriously, go for it. If there’s a local position and you don’t like what the incumbent is doing or you don’t like anyone in the race for an open sea,well, make it happen.
– The Queen Anne Taco Bell is far too expensive.
– Multnomah County, get your shit together and spend the money allocated for homeless people. For God’s sake.
– Get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
It is a lovely evening to get together with like-minded individuals and solve the problems of the world on the back of a napkin. Sound good? Then join us this evening as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gets together for drinks, good cheer, and conversation.
The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. You’ll find us on the back patio.
Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, stop by another chapter near you.
It’s too hot. Please for goodness sake, someone do something about it. Like another week of this in May. In May? May? Seriously, May. I don’t like it. We just skipped from low 60’s to mid 80’s? Fuck. In goddam May. This is supposed to be some of the nicest time of the year. Instead it’s just too hot.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
Robert Reich: The first step to abolishing the Electoral College
Lawrence O’Donnell: “Mr. President, if you’re listening…”—Laurence Tribe on how to end GOP debt default crisis
Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week
Rapists, Liars, and Other Members of the MAGA GOP Cult:
Vox: Why Texas judges have so much power
Vice News: Food pantries are swamped after covid benefits end
Bad Lip Reading: State of the Union, 2023:
NowThis: What happens when Title 42 ends?
LegalEagle: Astonishing corruption at the Supreme Court?
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
– Cinerama is coming back after a few years of uncertainty. I am looking forward to the very tasty popcorn that makes me kind of sick, as well as the great movie experience.
– Stay cool in this hot times. The forecast just says toooooo hoooooot so do your best here.
– Get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
– Donald Trump sexually assaulted E. Jean Carroll and will almost certainly be the Republican nominee. It won’t be less obvious that he’s a serial sexual assailant than the last two times he ran, but this time there’s a jury verdict, too.
– Trailhead Direct is back starting this weekend. So ignore your mothers and go hiking.
– I was following the legislature pretty closely, but I missed the law to protect trans kids from their estranged parents. Good work from the legislature.
Get fucking vaccinated or boosted if you’re goddam eligible.
Please join us this evening as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gets together for drinks, good cheer, and conversation. We’d be pleased to see you.
The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. You’ll find us on the back patio.
Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, stop by another chapter near you.
– Oh look, the transit tunnel is back to almost normal hours today and then full hours tomorrow.
– Here’s something cool Portland is doing with safe rest villages.
– And cool that here in Seattle, the first new affordable housing high-rise tower in decades is opening.
– Get vaccinated or boosted. It’s well past time. Just, fucking get it done.
LegalEagle: First Amendment auditors—Knights or nuisance
Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship
NowThis: Late-night hosts express solidarity with TV and film writers
Carla Ulbrich and Lauren Mayer: ♫ It must be hard (to have a penis) ♬
Lawrence O’Donnell: Supreme Court “is in crisis” over lack of ethics rules
Alex Wagner: “This is really a five alarm fire”—Supreme Court in crisis after spate of scandals
The Cult of Cheeto Jesus and His Copy Cats:
Alex Wagner: What the writer strike is all about
Now This: Why “thoughts and prayers” aren’t enough to end gun violence
Robert Reich: How can we stop bank failures? Make banking boring
Jonathan Mann: ♫ Pay the goddamn writers! ♬
NY Times: How to fix America’s other drug problem
The Watched and the Watch Dogs Feast and Joke Together:
Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week
Vice News: Will detainees at Guantanamo Bay ever go to trial?
Rachel Maddow: Blue states passing laws to protect against red state overreach
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
– I don’t believe that all cops are bastards, but my goodness do we need to do more about the bastard cops.
– This is a tough story about homelessness in Spokane.
– Senator Marko Liias gets a lot of shit for being great.
– Get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
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