It feels weird that advice reporting in the President coming to town is treated as a traffic story. I don’t know, his Earth Day speech will probably be pretty important, avoid Seward Park.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get the fuck vaccinated or boosted.
I think everyone who (a) drives and (b) lives in Seattle’s urban core has taken a mistaken drive through Pike Place Market. I can remember not being able to find parking, so I took a punt on the market. Will, who used to write here, was a passenger and he was making fun of me the whole time. It’s so slow going, and you don’t really know how people are going to behave. found a spot, but it was just so miserable.
And that, more than the obvious improvement for pedestrians, has always baffled me about the debate about closing the market to cars. Honestly, it’s slow and awful. You don’t get to the other side faster than going down First Ave.
Driving in Seattle can be pretty shit at times. But Seattle can save new people from that particular mistake. And make the Market better for the people who use it.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally will meet this evening for some political discussions over a drink. Stop by and join us if you can.
The Seattle chapter of DL meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm out on the back patio.
Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place. If you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, find a chapter near you.
Good morning to everyone except Mike Kreidler. Come on, guy. At a minimum, there needs to be a serious investigation. At this point, he should seriously consider resigning. I am not really OK with throwing out an election based on a couple of (very serious) articles. But it has already been more than a month and I don’t see any signs of a serious investigation. I assume there are more shoes to drop.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re enough of a dumdum not have done it yet.
Zerlina: Arrested for abortion?
Samantha Bee: The sleep wellness industry is trying to sell you the weirdest shit
Robert Reich: How to stop profiteering and get money in your pocket
Honest Ads: If chocolate commercials were honest
Zerlina: The state of Black America
The Late Show: Elon Musk’s mission—Make earth really bad
The Party of Fraud, Fear and Fascism:
The Late Show: Krispy Kreme takes advantage of global crises
Rachel Maddow: New law puts immediate end to abortion access in Kentucky
WaPo: What Breonna Taylor’s killing reveals about no-knock warrants
Amber Ruffin: Anti-trans bills are disgusting; we deserve better
Andre Antunes: ♫ KAREN METAL! [New Extended Version] ♬
Lawrence O’Donnell: Valerie Biden Owens on a life of running Joe Biden’s campaigns
Stephen: Major Biden embroiled in White House scandal
Supreme Happenings:
John Oliver: Data brokers
Vice News: Conspiracy theorists are creating their own nation
Zerlina: What is the RNC afraid of?
Samantha Bee: The manipulative midterm email scam already hit your inbox
Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
“You are bad at driving, and should stop.” I feel like Seattle drivers have got worse recently. Maybe they forget post commute. But also, it seems like a lot of the bad driving is Uber and Lyft drivers. Parking in the crosswalk, crossing multiple lanes to drop people off. Blowing through red lights.
So when I see something, especially if they come close to hitting a a pedestrian, a bike, or a car, I just say, loudly but not yelling, “you are bad at driving, and should stop.” I hope if you have come close to hitting someone, or if you actually have, that you will take this advice.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And of you’re unvaccinated or unboosted, get that done.
Good morning to everyone except the right wing jackals who are trying to repeal the capital gains tax. Seriously, pay your fair share. I can’t imagine having $100,000 to spend on an initiative, and not thinking that you have too much money. Just, like, morally.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
As spring comes, I have been walking around town more. And my goodness has the sweeps heavy approach to homeless been not effective. Now whole blocks are lined with tents.
But at least the police are still investigating important things. Oh. Well um. They should probably investigate rape more than harrass homeless people with nowhere to go.
Anyway, wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
The Daily Show: “The Talk” that every Black family has about police
Amber Ruffin: Unvaccinated mascots are back at work!
Robert Reich responds to Jim Cramer’s buffoonery
The Late Show: Obama And Biden—Presidents turned movie stars
Dulcé Sloan: Why low-income neighborhoods have fewer trees
The Worst of the Party of Трамп:
Seth Meyers: Political news of the day
Stephen: Obama returns to the White House
Robert Reich: How corporations could make your life more dangerous
SNL Weekend Update: First Amazon union formed and Jen Psaki to leave White House
Historic Supreme Court Nomination:
John Oliver: Trucks
Lauren Mayer: ♫ Man! (Stop Obsessing About) Who Gets To Be A Woman ♬:
The Late Show: Think you might be pregnant with an alien baby? Try ClearGreen
Ronny Chieng: The rise of Bitcoin and other stupid meme currencies
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
I went to Art Walk yesterday. There was some interesting art, but I want to talk about masks.
I don’t understand how in some places everyone was masked up, and in others hardly anyone did. One had a sign saying that masks were still required, but even in several galleries that didn’t, everyone, or almost everyone was masked. In another, it was maybe a quarter. Presumably it’s the same people going from one gallery to the next.
I really love the vibe of Art Walk. That kind of free fun in old, cramped Pioneer Square buildings. I have been going since I was a kid. But the last couple years learning about disease spread, and COVID-19 in particular, I think I’ll keep the mask for a while.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
Sorry I missed Monday’s thread. Anyway…
Man, if anything can unite drivers, bicycle riders, bus riders, and walkers it’s fuck those jerks blocking the box. Seriously, they think they’re being soooo goddam smart. Like congratulations on getting 3 feet closer to your destination while fucking things over for everyone else during rush hour.
So, yeah. Fuck those dipshits. Enforce the rules on them. Instead of being angry, we can smile at the fines they’ll get. Much more satisfying than honking or giving them the finger (although obvi, you can do both).
Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And if you aren’t vaccinated or boosted, get on it.
It’s Tuesday. And you know what that means. The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets for an evening of politics and pints.
The Seattle chapter of DL meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm out on the back patio.
Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place. If you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, find a chapter near you.
Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship
Amber Ruffin: Calling bullshit—White supremacy edition
Honest Ads: If insurance companies were honest
Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ I went to Texas and I got COVID♬
John Oliver: Harm reduction
Jon Stewart and friends: Racism and resource guarding
Al Franken with Marc Lamont Hill: Critical Race Theory—An ACTUAL explanation
The Degenerate and Deplorable Disciples of The Dotard Трамп:
Trevor: The housing crisis
Jon Stewart and friends: Taking responsibility for systemic racism
The Late Show: Jane Krakowski celebrates great-ish women of history
Vice News: What Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson represents for Black women
Samantha Bee: What recent HBCU bomb threats say about the state of racism in America
Jimmy Kimmel: This month in COVID history
Al Franken with Dalia Lithwick: Jackson SCOTUS hearings
Robert Reich: Here’s what it’s like having $100 billion vs. $1 billion
Jon Stewart: The problem with White people
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
Oh hey, Governor Inslee signed the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’s and People’s Alert law. I suppose that we all knew this would happen when it passed both Houses of the Legislature unanimously. Still, it’s good that it’s official. I hope that it helps.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you aren’t yet.
Green Lake should let bikes back on the main trail. I haven’t taken my bike there since the pandemic, but have walked around it a few times. It’s fine. But I never noticed a problem walking on the path pre pandemic. It made a certain amount of sense when we didn’t realize how much being outside helped curb the spread. But there’s no reason to keep bicycles off the path now.
Anyway, wash your hands right now, you filthy weirdo. And for goodness sake get vaccinated or boosted if you are eligible.
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