It is starting to warm up in fits and starts here so getting some grilling tips isn’t a completely bad idea.
10 Things We Can All Do to Protect Democracy
From back in January (I am slowly coming out of my medicated haze post-surgery and cleaning up links so I may have already posted this).
It seems Pollyanna-ish now to think we can save the United States from itself, but here goes. I have more of these. It will at minimum prove that not everyone was ready to cozy up to fascists, for all the good it did.
Boxed Up: A Portrait of an Immigrant Community Living Under Threat of Deportation
In Wisconsin, and across the nation, immigrants are getting rid of their possessions and hunkering down, waiting for the day militias pretending to be federal agents raid their homes and pull them away from their families for deportation.
This is what American Christianity has gleefully put into power.
From Duct Tape to Penicillin, GPS to Superglue: Thank the DOD
No shit
These stupid motherfuckers.
By the Numbers: Allianz Field Giant Loon
We usually roll up on this big ol’ loon at night and in traffic so haven’t been able to get too many good shots of it. And only recently did it have lighting. That said, it is pretty cool and hopefully no one misses the McDonalds it replaced that much. I don’t.
I take it back. At least a bit.
Ken Jennings bothers me. Still does. But seeing this reaction of his to MAGAts that are whining about our current economic reality is nice and surprising to see.
Trans Athletes: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
I could honestly just post John Oliver clips and fill this blog with higher quality content than I usually deliver. This one, however, is both timely and necessary.
Maintaining the safety of our food
Buckle up. This is about to get bad. Like Upton Sinclair-era bad.
José Andrés on feeding the needy, and feeding the soul
Good guy José Andrés on the very wild past few years.
As for not being political, I get that he’s got lives to protect but I do remember when he threatened to pull out of the old Post Office in DC after Trump initially went politically racist (instead of his regular racism) about Mexicans in 2017.