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My picks for #sundayread for January 20, 2019:

• Glad I finally read Joyce’s “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man,” a wonderfully enriching novel
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• Inside @Facebook’s Secret Rulebook for Global Political Speech
  By @Max_Fisher
• A Pill to Make Exercise Obsolete
  By @NicolaTwilley
• Flashback: Y’all Connect – The exciting tech ecosystem of Birmingham
  #Bham
• Equitable Schools for a Sustainable World
  By Benjamin Doxtdator @doxtdatorb
  (RT @NZPPTA)
• A Very Old Man for a Wolf
  By @Emma_Marris
• Flashback: 10 years ago, Sheffield’s Fred Thompson ends his run for the presidency
  #alpolitics
• The @DerSpiegel Journalism Scandal and the Seduction of Storytelling
  By @JeffJarvis
  (via @mkonnikova)
• “You’re a Quadriplegic”: Las Vegas Shooting Victim Kim Gervais Faces a Hard Reality
  By @JulieTurkewitz
• Flashback: Google+, the little social network that couldn’t
• Interview with director Greta Gerwig
  By @NoreenMalone
• The @GOP’s Sexualized Assault of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC
  By @SadyDoyle
• If @CyntoiaBrown Can Be Released from Prison, Why Not Trafficking Survivor Alexis Martin?
  By @MelissaGira Grant
  (via @leahcarroll)
• Fighting Racism Is Not Just a War of Words — a call to action
  By @TiyaMilesTAM

More posts from Wade this week:

• The Birmingham channel: Holiday magic and madness

More #sundayread:

• All tweets for January 20 #sundayread
• The latest #sundayread tweets
• More #sundayread recommendations from me

Catchy tune with a
memorable chorus, plus
lots of tambourine.

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Love what you love, but
not to the detriment of
others’ enjoyment.

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We all end up like
so much junk on the curb, sent
to oblivion.

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Ambling down the street,
chatting with distant friends through
hidden earpieces.

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It can be somewhat
satisfying to cross off
items from ’16.

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Grab all you can get.
The ends justify the means.
And also meanness.

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A look at Birmingham in videos …

Dancing at a Kwanzaa gathering in December at Shebet’s Boutique downtown. From OTTV25 DA8TV.

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Birmingham electronic musician Dès Vu performs in November at Seasick Records in Crestwood. From Colors of Nights.

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Music video for “Fie on Me” by Birmingham rapper Hardbody Shard. From Hardbody Shard.

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Drone footage of Oak Mountain State Park in winter. From Wayne Degan.

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Football: 10U Georgia vs. Alabama all-stars. From Sportz Clipz TV.

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Feature on new American brasserie Blueprint on 3rd in Pepper Place in Lakeview. From Alabama NewsCenter.

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Driving through Shadrack’s Christmas Wonderland at the Birmingham Race Course. From Tŏng Yé.

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Line dancing to “Swerve.” From Joseph King.

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Backseat view of downtown. From Beachchain Kids on Blockchain.

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Dashcam footage of I-59 north to Trussville. From Tango Ycash.

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Don Lupo, director of the Mayor’s Office of Citizens Assistance, on local TV show “Our Issues Birmingham.” From Our Issues Birmingham.

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Mobile’s WKRG-5 report on a Christmas Eve shooting at a Piggly Wiggly in North Birmingham. From WKRG.

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Birmingham rapper MC Boonkie performs in December at Vikings Motorcycle Club in the Central Park neighborhood. From Bankroll Boonkie.

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Riding the elevator at the Hampton Inn in Irondale. From TJ Elevator Fan.

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A trip to ZooLight Safari in December at the Birmingham Zoo. From Tŏng Yé.

More on Safari (our vertical video of the week). From Connor and Millie.

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The Greater Birmingham Humane Society brings pets to their new homes on Christmas. From Ivan Vantsevich.

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If they can’t make a
good cashew chicken, then they
won’t see me again.

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My picks for #sundayread for January 13, 2019:

• Nice to read the original short story for “Arrival” in “Stories of Your Life and Others” by Ted Chiang, along with a few other interesting pieces.
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• The unbelievable life and times of Birmingham pol Larry Langford
  By Kyle Whitmire @WaronDumb
  #Bham #alpolitics
• Spirit of Fear: 4-part investigative series on sex abuse in independent fundamental Baptist churches
  By @SarahESmith23
• Flashback: The worst headlines in history will destroy your faith in humanity
• All hail salt! Excerpt from “On Spice: Advice, Wisdom and History With a Grain of Saltiness” by Caitlin @PenzeyMoog
• Boko Haram strapped suicide bombs to them. Somehow, these Nigerian girls survived.
  By @DionneSearcey
  (via @spazhousellc)
• Flashback: Y’all Connect – Cleaning up the Inbox
• Cape of Storms to Come: Series on battles over land and water in Cape Town
  By @DianaNeille, Marelise Van Der Merwe @marelisevdm, @LeilaDougan, @Heidi_Swart
  (via @WWFSouthAfrica)
• Every Apple You Eat Took Years and Years to Make: Breeding new kinds at my alma mater, Cornell
  By Sarah Laskow @slaskow
  (via @mckra1g)
• Flashback: From 10 years ago, a pair of Alabamians compete on “Survivor” season 18 (and one will win it all)
• CBS Diversity Showcase Was a Racist, Homophobic Mess for Years, Participants Say
  By Maria Elena Fernandez @writerchica
• Is the Women’s March Melting Down?
  By @LeahMcSweeney and @Jacob__Siegel
• Pregnancy and childbirth are killing African-American women at inexplicable rates
  By Ann M. Simmons @AMSimmons1
  (via @demblackmamas)
• The Year We Left New York
  By @JohnPDarcy_

More posts from Wade this week:

• The Birmingham channel: Jockeys on strike

More #sundayread:

• All tweets for January 13 #sundayread
• The latest #sundayread tweets
• More #sundayread recommendations from me

Don’t cry because it’s
over. Smile because you got
away with something.

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We are good drivers,
with above-average brains
and perfect manners.

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Not one to absorb
but to put into practice
over and over.

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A hidden part of
the lizard brain that defies
logic and reason.

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Cupcakes are fancy
muffins. Hotels are taller
motels. All is lost.

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