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Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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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.

Friday Open Thread

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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.

Wednesday Open Thread

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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.

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottleThe 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.

Open Monday Thread

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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.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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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.

Friday Morning Open Thread!

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Fingers crossed, but so far it has been smoke free in and around Seattle. But for the rest of the state, it’s already there. So I think the City of Seattle’s Wildfire Smoke Guide is pretty good. Alot of it is pretty basic, but it’s a good start.

And speaking of things that can make it tough to breathe, get your COVID-19 vaccine today if you haven’t yet.

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottle

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets on Tuesday evening. You are welcomed to stop by.

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. You will most likely find us on the patio off the back of the pub. 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.

If it’s Monday, it’s Open Thread.

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In 40 years, we’re going to tell young people that it wasn’t always this hot. That 80+ degree days West of the Cascades were a rarity. That we never thought about smoke. Let’s at least not leave them the worst possible outcome.

And, hey let’s also leave them with a COVID-19 free word, so get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Stephen: Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton reveals a 51-star American flag that includes D.C. as a state

Robert Reich: Don’t buy into the inflation scare

The Daily Show: Alabama—Religion, prejudice, and pigskin

WaPo: Why Congress decided to bring back earmarks

Keith Olbermann: Stephen A. Smith’s Ohtani comments and how they threaten the Asian-American community

Roy Wood, Jr.: The reason you can’t use the handgun emoji anymore

KKKooks & Criers, Crooks & Liars, and Other Breeds of Republicans:

Trevor: How White people can be allies

Keith Olbermann: That there was no plan to shoot up the all-star game isn’t good news

Amber Ruffin: The draft for women

Robert Reich: Why expanding the Supreme Court is not radical

Vice News: The fossil fuel industry wants you to think it’s solving climate change

LegalEagle: Gunmaker stalls Sandy Hook lawsuit with emojis and memes

This Week in ТрампPlague:

The Daily Show: Eye on Nebraska—Death penalty, serial killer tourism, & tri-faith religious spaces

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

The Late Show: President Obama’s summer playlist has a very specific order:

WaPo: Why Texas House Democrats left the state

Vice News: It’s time to make Washington D.C. a state already, damnit

The Late Show: ♫ Drake helps Biden talk to China ♬

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

Wednesday Morning Open Thread

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It is rather depressing how difficult it is to discipline Seattle police officers. The Office of Police Accountability really needs to do a better job of holding officers accountable. It’s not the office it’s fine to throw blast balls at people causing cardiac arrest, or drive into a crowded sidewalk. Jeez.

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

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottlePlease join us tonight for drinks, conversation, and, perhaps, ping pong at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. You will most likely find us on the patio off the back of the pub. 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.

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