Staying Warm - Saturday Night OT

 

I was going to say "on Kenari" until I read a little more about what happened to Cassian Andor's home planet

:-/

Downtown Minneapolis last night 

Alex Beightol - again - best articulates all the sides of the discussion of Teyana Taylor's role and its prominence in the ongoing discussion of American culture - which, as we know, drives everything else in front of us

The … issues … exist on the ground front (obviously), the legal & policy front (less obvious and more sneaky -  where they try to tear down the rights & protections put in place for citizens), and a heuristic and narrative front (where the tactics are sometimes the most challenging to see)

Dr. Stacey gives us a triple-barreled targeting lesson in how to better spot the latter on the fly

While Trump’s Administration Distorts a Black Woman’s Image, They Polish Barron Trump, the Heir of White Supremacy

 

J.D. Vance Says St. Paul Protesters “Scared” Kids in Church. But What About All the Kids Who Were Gunned Down in the Pews Across America?

 

Canada’s Prime Minister Confessed the Old World Order Was a Scam and the Global Game Is About to Get Meaner for the Rest of Us

A note from a shop owner who knows how art lifts the spirit to a parent concerned a child might not be able to afford to participate in creating it 

We've seen reports that power is already out in Texas as Ted Cruz flies to Laguna Beach (where it'd be kinda nice if he were refused entry and/but I can't help but wonder if his fear of that is why he didn't try this time to go to Cancun)

As the climate-change-induced storm sweeps the better part of the country -- please check in 

and we  have a couple of questions

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