Seattle! Let’s eliminate late fees for overdue library books. I write about how much I use the library, and I have never had a late fee. But, it is still stressful when you’re close, and can’t renew. And I could afford the fees if I was a bit late.
Also, sending people to collections always seemed gross.
Seattle, I complain quite a bit. But I couldn’t imagine living anywhere else. So I hope that it doesn’t come across as too much when I say (once again) please learn to stand. If you are in line for something, stand a reasonable distance behind the next person in the queue. If someone has to ask if you’re in line, maybe you fucked up. Also, doorways and curb cuts; Don’t just stand in them.
It’s Tuesday! And that means Drinking Liberally night in Seattle. So please join us tonight for an evening of political discussions over the beverage of your choice at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.
We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the room at the back of the pub, starting at about 8pm.
Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 262 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, eight in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter for your community!
Oh good. Allergy season has hit the Pacific Northwest. I shall spend the next few weeks slowly turning into phlegm. Still beautiful, still I will take it over the snow.
John Oliver: Automation.
Roll Call: Temporary protected status (TPS), explained.
The Atlantic: A police shooting, a viral video, and an obsessive quest for truth.
Samantha Bee: Richard Sackler handsome big penis is not a murderer.
Vox: The first aviation disaster caught on film.
The Daily Show: Today in Obama scandal history—The tan suit
Mental Floss: 17 signs that you’d qualify as a witch in the 1600s.
Roy Wood, Jr.: The cinematic history of the “magical negro”.
Robert Reich: What’s the Real American Story?
GQ: Can an average guy stop a hockey pro’s 98MPH slap shot?
Conan is NOT running for President.
Vice News: How ignorant whack-job Washington State Senator Lynda Wilson (R-17 LD) is rationalizing the measles outbreak.
The Atlantic: Peace by chocolate.
Today I found out: How exactly did one become an executioner in medieval times?.
Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.
The Dotard Трамп and Other Racists, Liars, and Cheats…and Their Many Scandals:
Vox: A better way to tax the rich.
Jim Jefferies: Daylight saving time is absolutely the worst.
Jimmy Kimmel: This week in unnecessary censorship.
CH: Choosing things the way you choose politicians:
Wendover: How freight trains connect the world
The Atlantic: Countdown to “day zero”—The water crisis in Cape Town.
Full Frontal: A brief history of Brexit for Americans.
Jimmy Kimmel: Mitt Romney loves to get it on.
Vice News: Note to phone scammers—Don’t call the former head of the FBI.
Roll Call: Wait, there’s a Cannabis Caucus? Pot proponents on the Hill say it’s high time for policy debate
Verge Science: We tested NYC water for lead and the results were confounding
Vox: Why Republicans failed to fit taxes onto a postcard.
Daily Show: This is U.S.
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
Y’all! You can see the Puget Sound from Bell Street! The Viaduct is viadown there. I can’t wait for more sightlines as more and more removal happens. So cool.
KUOW had a very interesting story this morning about a sex education bill in the state Legislature. I wanted to do an open thread about it (pro, contact your legislators if it’s your thing). But I don’t see it on their website. This has happened a few times. I don’t know how quickly they turn around stories, but it’s kind of frustrating.
Please join us tonight for some political punditry and populist pontification over a pint at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.
We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the back room of the pub. We start at about 8pm.
Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 262 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, eight in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter for your community!
Eric Holder is not running for President. I probably wouldn’t have voted for him, but I think that he would have been a good addition. So what makes it good to get in a crowded field? Some combination of better than the median candidate and specific issues that they will bring up.
John Oliver: Psychics.
Roy Wood, Jr.: CP Time—The history of trying to turn Black people against the United States.
New Scientist: The truth about male and female brains.
Late Show: Alter egos returns!
Minute Physics: How ISPs violate the laws of mathematics
David Pakman: Republican who stole election not running, endorses Confederate instead.
The Atlantic: Bridges, not walls—The priest at the border.
Seth Meyers: Prescription drugs.
Daily Show: The worst Black History Month ever
Jim Jefferies’ weatherman.
Vox: Why a US city is searching for mass graves.
The Dotard Трамп and Allied Miserable Failures:
Robert Reich: A bold new idea to boost wages.
Vice News: CPAC—The gathering of MAGAtards.
The Atlantic: What’s the deal with free college?
Trevor: Kamala Harris on how to fix policing and criminal justice in America.
CBS This Morning: Jay Inslee is in
Vice News: How Chicago’s Mayoral race could upend the city’s politics.
Minute Earth: The problem with concrete.
Chris Hayes: CPAC—God’s president and an AOC obsession.
Now This World: Has ISIS really been defeated?
Jimmy Dore: Mitt Romney giddy over taking health care from poor people:
Verge Science: Moon exploration is coming back in a big way.
Conan: NBC’s helpful stats about members of Congress
Vox: How plastic from clothing gets into seafood.
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
Congrats to Jay Inslee on the Presidential run. I like him quite a bit; He’s probably the best governor since I moved here. I thought he was great as my Member of Congress. And I am glad to see someone running explicitly on environmental issues. Still, I will probably not vote for him. Democrats have such a great field, of candidates it will be tough to choose.
On an ideal world, the blue slip rule in the Senate might not exist (in my ideal world, the Senate wouldn’t exist). So perhaps it would be better if there were fewer choke points in nominating judges. Still, there is a value in the unwritten rules. And to get rid of them like this is not good. If you want to end these things, be explicit and change the rules.
Please join us Tuesday evening as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally colludes for an evening of politics, drinks, and sentencing hearings.
We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the back room of the pub. We start at about 8pm.
Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 264 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, eight in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter for your community!
Still on vacation. Talk among yourselves.
Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.
Trevor: Conservatives slam Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s green new deal.
Jimmy Dore: Chris Christie “names names!” in new book.
Full Frontal: Black History Month—Rosa Parks.
Roy Zimmerman: Rise Up with the Girls’ Choir of Wilmington.
Vox: Why safe playgrounds aren’t great for kids.
Kurzgesagt: Loneliness.
The New Yorker: How gender politics play out on the red carpet.
The Dotard Трамп and Other National Emergencies:
Wendover: How Hong Kong changed countries.
Trevor: The opioid crisis—Трамп blames Mexico & big pharma blames addicts
John Oliver: Brexit III.
The Atlantic: Band-aids over bullet wounds.
Real Engineering: Designer babies—The problem with China’s CRISPR experiment.
Bill Maher: Geospatial inequality
Stephen: Obama takes in a basketball game.
WaPo: The modern anti-vaxxer movement explained.
Jim Jefferies: The fight for the right to be naked in Hawaii.
Daily Show: Jaboukie Young-White makes the case for climate change “preparations”
Campaign Venti-Venti
Mental Floss: 100 year-old words.
Roy Wood, Jr. Black contributions to music.
The Atlantic: America’s dopamine-fueled shopping addiction.
Vox: American segregation, mapped at day and night.
Jimmy Dore: Congressman Peter King elated over Ilhan Omar controversy.
Late Show: It’s not easy being the green new deal.
Vox: What the #$@!% are these?
Seth Meyers: The real national emergency is climate change
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
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