Behold: Punkin Marie (right) and Punkin Marie 2.
💡: Letterheads: social media and the end of discourse by Sarah Jeong
Day 8: contrast.
“I shit in a bag,” he reveals, with a hint of pride. “Because I had to go! And there was nowhere to go. And I’m convinced the gods of rock said, ‘That kid’s a true believer. We’ve got to put the thumb on the scale for the old Weeze.' “
Brian Hiatt at Rolling Stone: “The Strange Birth and Near Death of Weezer”
The things we do for Rock 'n Roll...
“I shit in a bag,” he reveals, with a hint of pride. “Because I had to go! And there was nowhere to go. And I’m convinced the gods of rock said, ‘That kid’s a true believer. We’ve got to put the thumb on the scale for the old Weeze.' “
Brian Hiatt at Rolling Stone: “The Strange Birth and Near Death of Weezer”
This is absolutely wild 🦀🦀🦀
Rachel Hartigan Shea at National Geographic: “Colossal crabs may hold clue to Amelia Earhart fate”
Really loved this article.
Molly Priddy for Vice: “How Getting Sober Finally Made Me Cool”
For the @macgenie photo challenge (I’m starting late).
Day 1: patience is hard when it comes to blueberries.
Yahoo News, Jana Winter: Exclusive: FBI document warns conspiracy theories are a new domestic terrorism threat
Futurism, Dan Robitzski: The Pentagon Is Launching Mass Surveillance Balloons Over America 😳
📚: The MVP Machine by Ben Lindbergh & Travis Sawchik
“Blaming Workers Again” by John Russo and Sherry Linkon — Working Class Perspectives
Super interesting read that articulated a few points that have been on my mind recently.
The notion that smaller rust belt communities like the Youngstown-Warren area haven’t tried to diversify their economies reflects basic ignorance. Mayors, economic developers, and business leaders in these communities have done almost nothing but try to attract new industries, but — not surprisingly — they have a much harder time doing that than their larger neigbors, which began the battle for economic recovery with major universities, hospitals, and corporate headquarters already in place.
Nothing frustrates me more than seeing many factions on the left advocate leaving this group of people behind, almost vindictively, out of an assumption that most of them were Trump voters and are thus “getting what they deserve.” These are long-term problems that go back much further than that, and these are people who should be an important part of the liberal agenda. The fact that many among this demographic (although, notably, not Mahoning County) were able to be swindled by Trump just highlights the fact that they felt ignored by the mainstream Democratic Party.
Blaming the working class has long been a default move for elite and middle-class people. Some have faith in the cultural myth of meritocracy. They see their success as a matter of effort and talent and assume that working-class people just don’t have enough of either. For others, judging workers is a way to displace their own anxieties about the uncertain economy. Both project their biases onto the working class and reassure themselves that they deserve their economic privileges.
No wonder working-class people are rejecting mainstream politics, embracing populism, and, increasingly, taking to the streets.
Blaming Workers Again" by John Russo and Sherry Linkon (Working Class Perspectives
Super interesting read that articulated a few points that have been on my mind recently.
The notion that smaller rust belt communities like the Youngstown-Warren area haven’t tried to diversify their economies reflects basic ignorance. Mayors, economic developers, and business leaders in these communities have done almost nothing but try to attract new industries, but — not surprisingly — they have a much harder time doing that than their larger neigbors, which began the battle for economic recovery with major universities, hospitals, and corporate headquarters already in place.
Nothing frustrates me more than seeing many factions on the left advocate leaving this group of people behind, almost vindictively, out of an assumption that most of them were Trump voters and are thus “getting what they deserve.” These are long-term problems that go back much further than that, and these are people who should be an important part of the liberal agenda. The fact that many among this demographic (although, notably, not Mahoning County) were able to be swindled by Trump just highlights the fact that they felt ignored by the mainstream Democratic Party.
Blaming the working class has long been a default move for elite and middle-class people. Some have faith in the cultural myth of meritocracy. They see their success as a matter of effort and talent and assume that working-class people just don’t have enough of either. For others, judging workers is a way to displace their own anxieties about the uncertain economy. Both project their biases onto the working class and reassure themselves that they deserve their economic privileges.
No wonder working-class people are rejecting mainstream politics, embracing populism, and, increasingly, taking to the streets.
💿: Mettavolution by Rodrigo y Gabriela
🎧: “Just Like Overnight” by Todd Snider
Appalachia Can’t Breathe - Progressive.org
Sick.
. . . radiologists in Kentucky are no longer allowed to diagnose black lung for the purposes of a benefit claim, meaning that physicians . . . must defer to certified pulmonologists. As of last year, there were only six physicians in the state that can diagnose black lung and at least four of those have a history of helping the coal industry with claim appeals.
Appalachia Can't Breathe" -- Progressive.or
Sick.
. . . radiologists in Kentucky are no longer allowed to diagnose black lung for the purposes of a benefit claim, meaning that physicians . . . must defer to certified pulmonologists. As of last year, there were only six physicians in the state that can diagnose black lung and at least four of those have a history of helping the coal industry with claim appeals.
🏀 : I haven’t watched the tournament (or really any basketball) in years, but I am absolutely loving it so far this year. Didn’t know what I was missing!
Yeeeeeeep.
