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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:

• J-L Cauvin: Трамп’s Georgia speech to “save” America
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell the lawyer and Asian Ted Cruz are hilarious
• Seth Meyers: Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R—Deplorableville) says House colleagues hold orgies and do cocaine
• Shawn Farash: Трамп’s APRIL FOOLS endorsement!
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Ted Cruz, Jackassery Personified ♬
• MeidasTouch: Ted Cruz BLASTED for his most hypocritical comment yet!
• Stephen: Why is Трамп hiding his Jan 6th phone records?
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Hidin’ who he telephoned ♬:

• The Daily Show: Next on CSPAN3—The GOP Farm Subsidies and Orgy Committee
• Alex Wagner and Ari Melber: Congress play Трамп aide’s on-air confession at his contempt vote
• Samantha Bee: Mick Mulvaney joins CBS News as paid political commentator
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Ginni Thomas’s texts are “shocking” says Clarence Thomas biographer
• The Late Show: This is who Трамп called during the Capitol insurrection
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Rush Limbaugh is still dead ♬
• LegalEagle: Can Kyle Rittenhouse sue everyone who called him a murderer?
• Trevor: Meet Madison Cawthorn—Faker, creeper, lawmaker
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп’s January 6th missing phone calls EXPOSED
• Ari Melber: Secret plot busted—Clarence Thomas’ wife faces pressure to testify
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ When I’m invited to Washington sex parties ♬
• MeidasTouch: Трамп cover-up EXPOSED!
• Seth Meyers: Judge says Трамп coup likely a crime, and Ginni Thomas and Ted Cruz implicated
• Liberal Redneck: Трамп’s January 6th burner phones
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to Will Smith attacking Chris Rock
• Samantha Bee: New evidence from the January 6th investigation continues not to disappoint
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ A Song for Ginni Thomas ♬:

• The Daily Show: The FAUX News spicy pizza scandal
• Lawrence O’Donnell: “Illegality of the plan was obvious,” says Judge
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Seven Hours and Thirty Seven Minutes (Mystery of the Missing Call Log) ♬
• Ali Velshi: Judge dings The Dotard in ruling for January 6 Committee
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard CRUSHES April Fool’s Day
• Stephen: Ginni Thomas’s texts to meadows are full of B-movie quotes and conspiracy theories
• MeidasTouch: Republicans vote to kill Americans
• Seth Meyers: https://youtu.be/MtqgrG7oWJwOrgies, cocaine and burner phones consume the GOP thanks to Cawthorn and The Dotard
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Dotard Трамп got a hole in one ♬

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.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets this evening for some politics, conversation, and tall tales over a drink. Stop by 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 Burien, who are building supportive housing to move people out of homelessness. It is a regional problem, and requires a push from the entire region. I am heartened to see it go forward despite vocal opposition.

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

Robert Reich: Why abortion bans aren’t pro-life

Mark Fiore: Supplying (sort-of) or demand

Supreme Decision:

• Ari Melber: Jackson sails through Ted Cruz’s “Baby talk” and Graham’s walk-out
• Chris Hayes: The “facially racist” G.O.P. questioning of Ketanji Brown Jackson
• J-L Cauvin: All GOP questions for Ketanji Brown Jackson in less than 1 min
• Lawrence O’Donnell: GOP treated Judge Jackson’s hearing like a campaign fundraiser
• Jimmy Kimmel: Republican Senators show how far we haven’t come
• C-L Cauvin: Mitch McConnell REJECTS Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
• Ari Melber with Elie Mystal: Jackson faces down GOP’s shouting, crying & appeals to QAnon crazies
• Liberal Redneck: Ketanji Brown Jackson’s SCOTUS confirmation unhinges the G.O.P.
• Deli Lydic FAUXPlains who is Ketanji Brown Jackson really is:

• Lawrence O’Donnell: Why Ketanji Brown Jackson’s public defender experience is “critically important”
• Dulcé Sloan reacts to SCOTUS hearings
• WaPo: How Republicans discussed race during Jackson’s confirmation hearings
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп reacts to the hospitalization of Clarence Thomas
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Katanji Brown Jackson song ♬
• Joy Reid: Ketanji Brown Jackson bested G.O.P. Senators intellectually

Vice News: This is the world’s smallest machine gun, and it’s suddenly everywhere

Trevor: America’s failing water infrastructure

Jon Stewart and Friends: America isn’t over its racist history

The Dotard Трамп:

• Chris Hayes: Трамп asked Mo Brooks to “rescind” the 2020 election results
• Jimmy Kimmel: Ted Cruz’s heated airport exchange & Giuliani’s totally true Putin story
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Putin and Lavrov LOVE FAUX ♬
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп teacts to Barron Трамп’s sweet 16 birthday
• act.tv: Marjorie Taylor Greene parrots Russian talking points again!
• The Daily Show: PROPAGAND-OFF—Russian state media vs. US right-ring media:

• Ari Melber: MAGA Rep. breaks with Трамп over “big lie”
• Jimmy Kimmel: Kid Rock talks Трамп with giddy Tucker Carlson & Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson faces crazy GOP attacks
• J-L Cauvin: All of The Dotard’s questions for Kid Rock
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Star Trek (Stacey Abrams edition) ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Ted Cruz out-slimes himself and Трамп sues Hillary
• Ali Velshi: Prosecutor’s resignation letter insists Трамп is guilty of multiple felonies
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard Трамп DESTROYS the 2022 Oscars
• The Daily Show: Cruz Missile PR—Turn your book about CRT into a best seller
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell rants about forks and anonymous targets Marjorie Taylor Greene

Al Franken with Frank Foer: How Biden’s approach to the crisis built the coalition vs. Russia

Roy Wood, Jr. : Black cable news commentators can’t say shit

Jon Stewart and friends: Representation matters, but it doesn’t solve racism

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

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

Every year, I am a bit surprised how late after the legislative session ends, that the governor is still signing bills. The initiative financial statements seems good, but I don’t know how much people voting for tax cuts actually aren’t informed.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated, get boosted, get your shit together.

The days of me working from home and forgetting to put one of these up are almost back but not quite!

So, please wash your hands right now. And if you aren’t vaccinated, please get vaccinated. If you aren’t boosted, please get boosted.

Please join us this evening for a meeting of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally. Stop by for some political chat over a drink.

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. I know many people are done with masking. But, I am still wearing one. On public transportation, where it’s required, but also inside in public. I have said many times that since I don’t wear glasses, or have stink breath, that there’s no reason not to wear one. Anyway I found a third!

Over the weekend, I went to the conservatory in Volunteer Park. It was nice, masks were required, and there was only one route through it. I wore an N95, but I could have used a lower quality one. Anyway, several of the plants were flowering. I had the urge to give them a sniff, but of course, couldn’t in a mask.

I am glad that I wore the mask, because who wants to infect people with, or get COVID-19? But, it did diminish the experience. Of course if you care about smelling flowers, getting COVID-19 is probably a bad idea.

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

Jon Stewart and friends: The human cost of climate change

Stephen: Zelensky calls on Biden to send more weapons

John Oliver: Tickets

Remix Bros: ♫ Plano City Texas Council meeting REMIX ♬

Vox: Are we done with face masks?

Robert Reich: Our government is broken, but not how you think

WaPo: 36 years of Roe v. Wade at Supreme Court confirmation hearings

Jon Stewart: Where does mainstream media go wrong?

The Loonies, Loosers, and Liars from The Dotard Трамп Wing of the G.O.P.:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Lindsey Graham, Hired Assassin ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп dials back Putin praise, Russia sanctions prominent Americans & Zelensky addresses Congress
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard Трамп, Jr reacts to his dad loving Putin
• Zerlina: Zelenskyy’s role in Трамп impeachment
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Ted Cruz in a Big Rig ♬:

• The Late Show: Tucker Carlson is Russian state media’s newest correspondent
• Legal Eagle: Tucker Carlson makes crazy demand of SCOTUS nominee
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard Трамп and Dotard, Jr. REACT to Russia sanctions on Joe and Hunter Biden
• Jimmy Kimmel: QAnon’s crazy Трамп Ukraine theory
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп thought Putin’s plan was “genius” ♬
• The Late Show: Tucker Carlson is you-must-see-TV in Russia
• Seth Meyers: Трамп says he’d threaten to use nuclear weapons against Russia
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Putin’s propaganda puppet, Tucker Carlson ♬
• Randy Rainbow: Gurl, you’r a Karen:

• Trevpr: Right-wing media pushes Russian propaganda
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell sues all machines and Трамп’s ‘”Truth” Social’ fails
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп answers hard questions ♬
• Zerlina: Additional targets of January 6th revealed
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп answers tough questions, Putin pushes propaganda
• The USA Singers: ♫ Nestor’s Lullaby ♬
• Seth Meyers: Трамп supporters ludicrously claim he would’ve been tougher on Putin
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Company You Keep ♬
• J-L Cauvin: Mike Lindell reacts to Democrats STEALING daylight savings time

Seth Meyers: Zelenskyy delivers moving address to Congress as Putin’s invasion sputters

Jon Stewart and Friends: How TV news is actively bating you

SNL: White House TikTok meeting

WaPo: Biden calls Putin a “murderous dictator” and “pure thug”

Lauren Mayer: ♫ Time Change ♬

The Late Show: ♫ Clothing Time ♬

Amber Ruffin: American healthcare is RACIST

Jon Stewart: Can fossil fuel companies change?

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

Good morning one and all. How was the legislative session? The headline on this article makes it seem bad, but the article itself points to more of a mixed bag. We should elect Democrats and push them to do as much as possible.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And for goodness sake get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.