I am back from a lovely vacation. But I did forget to hit Publish.
Anyway, it looks like the heat wave was probably more deadly than we originally thought. I guess those heat events are here to stay. Or at least more common. Pffft
Anyway, please wash your hands right now, and get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.
John Oliver: Opioids III—The Sacklers
Cracked: If megachurches were honest (Honest Ads)
Now This: How new census data impacts the future of U.S. politics
WaPo: How climate change could shift where tornadoes strike most
Traitors, Traffickers, and Terrorists of the Трамп-era G.O.P.:
Amber Ruffin: Black parents’ tax dollars pay for White kids’ “segregation academies”
The Late Show: Captain Planet has… given up
LegalEagle: When pets are legally people
Robert Reich: The media bias nobody is talking about
Lauren Mayer: ♫ Just ‘Cause You’ve Got a Dick Doesn’t Mean You’ve Got to Act Like One ♬
The Week in ТрампPlague:
WaPo: Late-night hosts react to Cuomo’s resignation
Vox: The law that broke US immigration
Dulce Sloan: What happened to America’s public pools?
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
Happy Thursday, everyone.
Carl has access to WiFi for a few minutes edition.
Join us this evening for a night of political chat over a drink at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.
The Seattle chapter meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. We will be on the patio in the back. The kitchen is still closed, but feel free to carry in food. Note that a COVID vaccination card and ID are required to enter the Roanoke.
Chapters of Drinking Liberally are re-opening all over the place. If you can’t make the Seattle chapter, find another chapter near you.
Here’s one.
John Oliver: Emergency medical services
The Daily Show: New York rolls out protective measure to keep citizens safe
The Treasonweasels, Truthless Turkeys, and other Terrible Tools of the Трамп Tribalists:
The Daily Show: Should gay couples be equal?
Full Frontal Rewind: Climate change
This Week in ТрампPlague:
Robert Reich: How the system is failing young people
Trevor: Happy birthday, President Obama!
Ari Melber: Obama at 60—See the 44th President’s incredible journey to the White House
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
Today is Primary Election Day in Washington state. So get that ballot in the mail or into a drop box and then stop by the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally for some election chat over drinks.
We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. We will be on the patio in the back. The kitchen isn’t open yet but will be soon. Carry-in food is okay when the kitchen is closed. Note: The Roanoke Park Place Tavern will require proof of vaccination and a matching ID for admission to the bar.
Chapters of Drinking Liberally are re-opening all over the place. If you can’t make the Seattle chapter, find a chapter near you.
Enjoy.
Now This: Stacey Abrams celebrates the late John Lewis
The Remix Bros: ♫ Joe.I.Am’s Town Hall REMIX ♬
Chris Hayes: “Legend of the movement”—The story of civil rights activist Bob Moses
The Liars, Racists, Criminals, and Other Deplorables of the Modern G.O.P.:
Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship
Desi Lydic: How do people get sucked into online conspiracies…and find a way out?
Vice News: Earth’s on fire and we’re arguing about cheeseburgers, so that’s great
This Week in ТрампPlague:
Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week
Full Frontal: The best of the worst of big tech
John Oliver: Housing discrimination
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
Over the next few weeks, I will be on vacation. So the open threads will probably be a bit more sporadic. I will be flying for the first time in a couple years, and I really wish more of you had been vaccinated.
Anyway, just a heads up that these threads will be later and potentially weirder than normal.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now, and get vaccinated if you haven’t yet. Make a plan today.
Good morning to everyone who got vaccinated. And a gigantic fuck off to the rest of you (those with legitimate medical reasons — not some bullshit you saw on Facebook — excluded). We’re going backwards because you are whiny pathetic shits. So mask mandates are probably back, because you pieces of shit couldn’t act responsibility. Hospitalization is up because you wanted to impress bots on social media.
Honestly, if it’s some made up religious reason, stay in your house. Don’t ever leave. If it’s worth it to you to cosplay the end times, you also can’t buy anything, so stay the fuck away from retail workers.
If you haven’t yet had the vaccine, for God’s sake make an appointment today.
The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally is meeting tonight. Please join us for some conversation over drinks.
We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. We will be on the patio in the back. The kitchen isn’t open quite yet, but will be soon. Carry-in food is okay when the kitchen is closed.
Chapters of Drinking Liberally are re-opening all over the place. If you can’t make the Seattle chapter, find a chapter near you.
I was going to write about how your ballot should have arrived if you live in Washington, and get it postmarked or dropped off by August 3. That’s still true, but I want to talk about masks.
I still wear one inside. I am vaccinated and that’s much better protection than a mask. But the mask provides a bit more protection against breakthrough cases. So I still wear it grocery shopping, in the common areas of my apartment building, etc. I don’t wear glasses or have stink breath, so wearing one isn’t bad for me. You might have made a different calculation, and that’s fine.
So this morning, I got some food at a coffee shop near me. And the barista was very insistent about how it wasn’t necessary. We went through several rounds of “You don’t need to wear that.” “I know.”
It seems weird to push against masks, just in general. There are still a lot of non vaccinated people, even in Seattle. And maybe one employee isn’t a lot, but I don’t like it.
Anyway, yes, the vaccine is still the single most effective way to fight COVID-19. So please get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.
Stephen: Climate Changed—Is the sun god angry at us?
Keith Olbermann: THE NYC wildfire smoke and acrid smell. It’s from the NORTHWEST fires!
Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week
The Idiots, Con-artists, Liars and Thieves That Constitute the Modern G.O.P.:
Robert Reich: Imagine a world where workers have power
The Daily Show: Why is Arizona so fucking weird?
Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship
Jonathan Mann: ♫ That’s a penis not a spaceship ♬
This Week in ТрампPlague:
Legal Eagle: How to remember the prohibition amendments
Now This: Panic over critical race theory explained by Judd Legum
The Late Show: And now for your weather update… Everything’s on fire or underwater
Ali Velshi: Now is the time to protect the right to vote
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
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