YouTube the teacher,
the babysitter, the stealth
corruptor, the void.

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Sinking ever so
slowly into malaise and
comforting sadness.

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My picks for #sundayread for April 28, 2019:

• Fyodor Dostoevsky’s “Crime and Punishment”: So glad I finally listened to this classic. Brilliant and mad, a harrowing look at a criminal mind.
  https://buff.ly/2IYLRRT
• This is why we aren’t curing the world’s most curable diseases
  By @KatherineJWu
  (RT @LiberMedia)
• Walking While Black: How Jacksonville fights pedestrian fatalities … and black pedestrians
  By Topher Sanders @ReporterTopher, Kate Rabinowitz @dataKateR and Benjamin @Conarck
• Flashback: 10 years ago, a look at Shift Workspace, one of the first coworking spaces in Birmingham
  #Bham
• .@JamilaWoods and the Poetry of Black Love
  By @JennyGathright
  (via @ForBeginners)
• .@ElonMusk: The Architect of Tomorrow
  By @NeilStrauss
• Flashback: When a blog isn’t right for you
• Author/TV producer David Simon @AoDespair unleashes fury on the concept of “packaging” in Hollywood.
• Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ Cash Flow
  By @AmyChozick
• Flashback: Ten years ago, Huntsville fights possible swine flu
• Amy Poehler, Comedy’s Subversive Star, Is Defining Her Own Feminism
  By @MarisaGuthrie
• How Rupert Murdoch’s Empire of Influence Remade the World
  Three-part series by @JonathanMahler and @JimRutenberg
• Against Amazon: Seven Arguments, One Manifesto
  By @JorgeCarrion21
  (via @thebookstall)
• What 50-year-old dirty diapers on the moon can teach us about the potential origins of life on Earth
  By Brian Resnick @B_resnick

More posts from Wade this week:

• The Birmingham channel: A detour through town

More #sundayread:

• All tweets for April 28 #sundayread
• The latest #sundayread tweets
• More #sundayread recommendations from me

Stumbling around in
darkness hitting stairs and rails
sitting in a lap.

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Enthralled by big screen
spectacle made from comic
book pages sprung to life.

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Spotted tongue, spotted
skin, spotty info, hot spots
for bedded bodies.

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To our socials and
our media, to our votes
and our candidates.

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A look at Birmingham in videos …

Montreal death metal band Cryptopsy performs earlier this month at Zydeco on Southside (our vertical video of the week). From Alcides Palacios.

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A weekend trip includes stops at LightRails and the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. From the Erni’s Journeys.

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Northport’s Academy of Ballet and Jazz performs at the Nuvo Dance Convention in March at the Sheraton Birmingham downtown. From BMJ Videos.

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Cheetah tattoo in progress (our other vertical video of the week). From Tattoos by Marshall Dale.

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A look at the 2019 Alabama Auto Show earlier this month at the BJCC Exhibition Halls downtown. From Smileyswagtv.

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In town for the Momentum conference in January at Legacy Arena downtown. From Bobby Simmons.

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A Woodford Reserve Manhattan whiskey tasting earlier this month at Paper Doll bar downtown. From Taylor LeMaitre

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At a media conference earlier this month, Birmingham’s Roy Wood Jr. announces new sitcom, “Jefferson County: Probation,” to be filmed in May in Birmingham. From City of Birmingham.

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Birmingham comedian Rod Newman performs in March at the Purpose Center at Dannon downtown. From the Adventures of Mr. NewmanTM.

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A 200m race at the Crossplex in Five Points West. From Taylah Upshaw 400m Diva.

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Birmingham real estate agent knocks on doors (our other other vertical video of the week). From Christopher Kendrick.

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Music video for “Glow” by Birmingham artist Aso Gang. From TransParent Music Co.

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San Diego heavy metal band As I Lay Dying performs earlier this month at Zydeco on Southside. From Richard Metal Fan.

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Students from Knoxville’s Revolution Dance perform “It’s Quiet Uptown” at March’s VIP Dance competition at the Alabama Theatre downtown, winning Hollywood Duo/Trio Senior. From VIP Dance.

Julianne Abenoja of Birmingham Dance Theatre in Hoover performs “Breaking Free,” winning Hollywood Solo Teen. From VIP Dance.

Students from Madison, Miss., Xpress Dance Company perform “Superman,” winning Hollywood VIP List. From VIP Dance.

Students from Knoxville’s Revolution Dance perform “Heart Attack.” From VIP Dance.

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Highlights from April’s Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park in Leeds. From NTT IndyCar Series.

And practice highlights. From NTT IndyCar Series.

Talking with drivers during qualifying round No. 3. From Pasion por la Velocidad.

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Chicago rapper Calboy performs earlier this month at Boutwell Auditorium downtown. From Sony Music U.

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Lafayette, Ind., artist Crazy Doberman performs in February at Art Town in East Lake Station. From Strange and New Sounds.

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A visit to the Birmingham Police Department’s North Precinct in North Birmingham. From Civil Transparency in America.

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Mexican rapper C-Kan talks to the audience in February at El Sol in Glen Iris (our other other other vertical video of the week). From Emanuel Gaspar.

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Orlando Apollos at Birmingham Iron in “All-Pro Football 2K8.” From NYEPH1 BackBreaker and 2K8 Channel Old School Sports.

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Vestavia Hills’ Bennett Smith paddles over DeSoto Falls. From Real Crazy Stuntmen.

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Trucking through Birmingham on I-20 westbound (with a detour) to I-22 northbound. From Isaac of Olympia.

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Wedding (our other other other other vertical video of the week). From Kacey Gemini 23 #idomarathon.

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An imaginary elevator ride in Birmingham. From Leo do Rego.

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Christian rapper TobyMac performs “I Just Need U” earlier this month at Legacy Arena downtown. From DTenacity.

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Promo for Advanced Endodontics dental clinic in Five Points South. From Advanced Endodontics.

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Webinar on investing in real estate in Birmingham by San Francisco advisor SeeWing Yee. From SeeWing Yee.

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Train in Oak Ridge Park. From Free Brick Productions.

And more trains across Birmingham. From Free Brick Productions.

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Trucking orientation. From Trucking with T.B.E.

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Football: Atlanta Legends at Birmingham Iron in March at Legion Field. From Homer Simpson.

And game highlights. From Alliance of American Football.

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Promo for the 2019 Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly June 17-21 at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex downtown. From Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.

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Connecticut metal band Currents performs earlier this month at Zydeco on Southside. From Richard Metal Fan.

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Heading out (our final vertical video of the week). From Jose Romero.

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Promo for the Birmingham Heart Clinic. From Birmingham Heart Clinic.

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A rumor about the XFL coming (back) to Birmingham. From Legend of the Iron Fleet Express.

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A tour of Miles College. From Jordan Briscoe.

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Alleged ladder theft in Roebuck. From Alex Ethridge.

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Drone footage of Highland Park and Sloss Furnaces. From Craine Imaging.

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Drone footage of wooded property near Oak Mountain State Park. From Next Door Photos Birmingham.

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Vulcan helps promote August’s Student and Youth Travel Association conference at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex downtown. From SYTA: Student and Youth Travel Association.

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Tokyo rock band Pinky Doodle Poodle performs earlier this month at the Nick on Southside. From J.J. Hoover.

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Puff puff pass. Send ’em
all to prison to enrich
the rich, slam the poor.

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Aisles empty, lights on,
ghosts of shoppers chit-chat with
ghost of bored worker.

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Trees shiver in their
nakedness. How long before
their new coat is done?

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My picks for #sundayread for April 21, 2019:

• Mueller’s report on the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election
  (I created this downloadable PDF with searchable text, allowing for copy/paste and narration by text-to-speech apps.)
  https://buff.ly/2KSgtqO
• Listening to Victor Hugo’s “Les Miserables” (60 hours!) was a lush, memorable, epic experience. Highly recommended.
  https://buff.ly/2L04DL4
• .@JasonTorchinsky Took Amtrak Instead of Flying, and It Made Him Want to Die a Little Bit.
• A look at @NathaliaHolt’s “Rise of the Rocket Girls”
  By Maria Popova @brainpicker
  (via @EllesLohuis)
• Flashback: The Ultimate Goal of Not Having a Goal
• He’s done 120 movies over nearly 40 years. We might think we know @SamuelLJackson. But do we?
  By @CarvellWallace
• Flashback: Is blogging part of your marketing tapestry?
• YouTube Executives Ignored Warnings, Letting Toxic Videos Run Rampant
  By Mark Bergen @mhbergen
• Dee Dee Wanted Her Daughter to Be Sick, Gypsy Wanted Her Mom Murdered
  By Michelle Dean
• Change the Story in Your Head Stopping You from Succeeding
  By @RyanHoliday
  (via @pulidoramses)

More posts from Wade this week:

• The Birmingham channel: Super deluxe mid-April extravaganza

More #sundayread:

• All tweets for April 21 #sundayread
• The latest #sundayread tweets
• More #sundayread recommendations from me

The Peeps are back! Check out the winning dioramas online or in person by visiting @solidstatedc this weekend.https://t.co/xS6fb4sqot pic.twitter.com/71XyOUFh6j

— Washington City Paper (@wcp) April 19, 2019

A selection of winners in Washington City Paper’s
2019 Peeps Diorama Contest

Happy Easter, y’all!

Wait till you see the eye-popping (eye-peeping?) creations from Washington City Paper’s Peeps Diorama Contest! Imaginations run wild, and marshmallows invade art, current events and more.

Can we be reborn?
Can we atone for sins and
grow into new selves?

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The golden sound of
nothing yields a delight to
ears and minds and hearts.

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