A musical on
changing interstellar trade
policy and droids.

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Sleep comes easily
to exhausted souls trying
to remain afloat.

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A protest is not
to reach consensus, but to
speak truth to power.

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Her feet ache, her shifts
go forever and her damn
diners forget tips.

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A look at Birmingham in videos …

Showing off some moves. From Woodlawn Finest 86.

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Reporter Ivana Hrynkiw tries out the Birmingham Police training course in November. From al.com.

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Birmingham rock band Alabama Rose performs “Good Intentions” as part of the Sugarshack Sessions, filmed in Bonita Springs, Fla. From Sugarshack Sessions.

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During a trip to Birmingham, meeting Munford comedian Darren Knight, a k a Southern Momma. From Harley Loper.

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Bus on First Avenue North downtown (our vertical video of the week). From Jaylin Manly.

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New York prog rock band Coheed and Cambria performs in November at Iron City on Southside. From Hawes Burkhardt.

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A model train cruises through a miniature Birmingham. From Craig Gardner.

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Train near downtown at night. From Birmingham-Rail Productions.

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Ninth-grade students from Birmingham and the Black Belt visit the University of Alabama during the fall for Vision Days. From UA Division of Community Affairs

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Talking with clergy members about spiritual direction. From Natalie I. Sansom.

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Driving through LightRails downtown. From Deric McGuffie.

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A witness describes train collision with SUV in November in Jones Valley. From al.com.

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Snowing in November north of Birmingham (our other vertical video of the week). From Mista Rich.

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Singing at Roosevelt Church of God in Brighton. From Drobousmc.

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Scenes from the Tiger-Rock Martial Arts 2018 World Championships in July at the BJCC Exhibition Halls downtown. From Tku2505

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Commercial for Gardendale Flea Mall and Antique Center. From Gardendale Flea Mall and Antique Center.

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Model Brittany Walker poses downtown. From Stanley Parrish.

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A driving vlog (our other other vertical video of the week). From Da Real Big Dee 4kTv.

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The UAB Marching Blazers at practice and at the game. From Sean Murray.

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Outside the Tutwiler downtown (our other other other vertical video of the week). From Anthony Brogdon.

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Driving on the interstate through downtown (our final vertical video of the week). From Jesus Gutiérrez.

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Pick a side. From 45 Inc. Birmingham.

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Birmingham mayor Randall Woodfin on the $378 million shortfall in the city’s pension fund. From City of Birmingham.

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Rock musician Lindsey Buckingham performs “Big Love” in November at the Lyric Theatre downtown. From Fliptyler.

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Visiting from Philadelphia to take in an Alabama game and dine at Jim ‘N Nick’s Bar-B-Q in Five Points South. From Seestuff.

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Send us links to your videos. | More videos on the Birmingham channel.

… three smashed cars, two wreck-
er jobs and a traffic jam
on the interstate.

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Tired, exhausted, worn
out, run down, sleepy, tuckered
out, zombified, dead.

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Those dying malls can’t
support Santa’s gigs, but an
app can summon him.

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Photo: Marco Verch (CC)

My picks for #sundayread for December 2, 2018:

• Listened to “Essays” by Ralph Waldo Emerson twice — a good way to understand his musings on self-reliance, manners and more.
  [aff. link] https://amzn.to/2SriSaV
• Can cannabis cure cancer?
  By @AdrianaBarton
  (via @The_B_Company)
• Beers and Shots: Even at its highest levels, darts is all about hoisting a pint with your mates at the pub
  By @SteveRushin
  (via @SundayLongRead)
• Flashback: A “Gatling gun of ideas”: Marking #Bham mayor Larry Langford’s 1st year in office in 2008
  #alpolitics
• .@Disney’s World War II Propaganda and Latin America’s Artistic Reactions
  By Sarah Linn @shelikestowatch
  (via @18thStreetArts)
• Rebuilding the EDSAC, one of the world’s first general purpose computers
  By @DannyJPalmer
• Flashback: 10 years ago, feds arrest Birmingham mayor Larry Langford
• The Hateful Life and Spiteful Death of the Man Who Was Vigo the Carpathian
  By @ShaunRaviv
  (via @SundayLongRead)
• Scents from a Mall: The Sticky, Untold Story of @Cinnabon
  By @AlleciaV ermillion
  (h/t @Longreads)
• Flashback: Y’all Connect – Chart: The Periodic Table of Storytelling
• Sweet as Sugar, Rude as Hell: The Lost Interview with Truman Capote’s Aunt, a k a the Fruitcake Lady
  By Wendell Brock @MrBrock
• Who wants to shoot an elephant?
  By Wells Tower
  (via @SundayLongRead)
• College Is Different for the School-Shooting Generation
  By @AshleyFetters
  (via @SundayLongRead)
• Becoming Anne Frank: Why we turned an isolated teen girl into the world’s most famous Holocaust victim
  By @DaraHorn
  (via @SundayLongRead)

More posts from Wade this week:

• The Birmingham channel: 200 down, 200 to go

More #sundayread:

• All tweets for December 2 #sundayread
• The latest #sundayread tweets
• More #sundayread recommendations from me

More see the only
way out is through suicide.
Hope has gone away.

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Snowflakes in autumn.
Has winter solstice become
too commercialized?

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