A look at Birmingham in videos …

Activist and speaker Lilly Ledbetter on local TV show “Our Issues Birmingham.” From Our Issues Birmingham.

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My picks for #sundayread for July 28, 2019:

• I listened to “Practicing the Power of Now” by @EckhartTolle, a short helpful refresher in mindfulness.
  [aff. link] https://amzn.to/2K1EtUD
• Generation Screwed: Why Millennials face the scariest financial future since the Great Depression
  By Michael Hobbes @RottenInDenmark
  (via @kaybigs)
• The Case of @AlFranken
  By @JaneMayerNYer
• Flashback: RIP Jefferson County, 1819-2009
  #Bham #alpolitics
• Why You Procrastinate (It Has Nothing to Do With Self-Control)
  By Charlotte Lieberman @clieberwoman
• Ta-Nehisi Coates Is an Optimist Now
  By @EricLevitz
  (via @KarinDianeRyan)
• Flashback: Y’all Connect — Bloggers share lessons from 2014 conference
• How a memo from @GirlScouts on hugging opened a debate on consent for families
  By @ZosiaBielski
• The Lazy River
  By Zadie Smith
  (via @CDWP_UCalgary)
• Flashback: Slides for “Market the Right Way with Facebook and Twitter”
• Q&A with @EmilyNussbaum, TV critic and author of the new book, “I Like to Watch: Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution”
  By @MattZollerSeitz
• .@TilmanJFertitta, the Two-Billion-Dollar Buyer in the Most Expensive Deal in US Sports History
  By Michael Hardy @mkerrhardy
• On coming out as trans in Donald Trump’s America
  By Emily VanDerWerff @tvoti
• These Are Your Memories: A letter to author @KieseLaymon from his mama

More posts from Wade this week:

• The Birmingham channel: Out and about

More #sundayread:

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

A look at Birmingham in videos …

Talking civil rights history in Kelly Ingram Park downtown. From Corey Drumz.

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My picks for #sundayread for July 21, 2019:

• I listened to “Cry the Beloved Country” by Alan Paton, a lovely clear-eyed look at 20th-century South Africa just before apartheid.
  [aff. link] https://amzn.to/2XQDvo9
• Your Professional Decline Is Coming (Much) Sooner Than You Think
  By @ArthurBrooks
• Will Hunter Biden Jeopardize His Father’s Presidential Campaign?
  By @AdamEntous
• Flashback: Brands and Twitter: Follow for life
• Blank Place: Punk Rock’s Richard Hell after Lexington
  By @AmandaPetrusich
• The South’s Greatest Jewish Poet Strikes Zen Gold: A visit with @HankLazer in Tuscaloosa
  By @JakeMarmer
• Flashback: 10 things you didn’t know about surgeon general Dr. Regina Benjamin
• .@JJWatt intended to raise $200K for Hurricane Harvey relief in Houston. He got over $37 million.
  By @RobertKlemko
• .@JoseAltuve27, a small baseball player with a big record and big heart
  By Tom Verducci
• Flashback: Y’all Connect — Slides from Y’all Connect 2013
• 25 episodes that changed television
  By Emily VanDerWerff @tvoti
• Social Engineering: @OxfordAmerican visits Birmingham’s Atomic Bar and Lounge
  By @JohnTEdge
  #Bham
• The legend of @TerryMcAuliffe
  By @RubyCramer
• “The world may … take the Seattle music phenomenon seriously, but Seattle musicians are still struggling to do the same.”
  By @AlanSiegelDC

More posts from Wade this week:

• The Birmingham channel: It’s still soccer season

More #sundayread:

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

A look at Birmingham in videos …

The plan for Launch Global, a Vestavia Hills nonprofit ministry. From James Minor.

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My picks for #sundayread for July 14, 2019:

• I listened to “The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present” by @DavidTreuer, an excellent account of modern American Indian history and why it matters.
  [aff. link] https://amzn.to/30nYRWG
• Her book recommendations drive sales and word of mouth. It’s @TodayShow’s @JennaBushHager.
  By @DavidCanfield97
• God’s Plan for @Mike_Pence
  By @McKayCoppins
• Flashback: 10 years ago, Birmingham dome deal a done deal
  #Bham #alpolitics
• I’m Wade, and I’m addicted to dissections of the implosion of the AAF.
  By @SethWickersham and @MikeRothstein
• When Fandom Is the Problem
  By Katharine Trendacosta @k_trendacosta
• Flashback: Y’all Connect — As diverse a lineup as you deserve
• An Architect’s Guide to Stairs
  By @Architizer
  (via @spacestation_hq)
• The Rise and Fall of the English Sentence
  By Julie Sedivy @soldonlanguage
  (via @smartergerman)
• Flashback: Five ways to jump-start your job search with social networking
• Screen time is rising, reading is falling, thanks to seniors 65+ watching more TV.
  By Christopher Ingraham @_cingraham
• A Different World: Why We Owe the Cosby Accusers an Apology
  By @MaxGordon19
• Violence in Blue: Police Homicides in the United States
  By Patrick Ball @vm_wylbur
• How the Index Card Cataloged the World
  By Daniela Blei @tothelastpage

More posts from Wade this week:

• The Birmingham channel: Two wheels, no problem

More #sundayread:

• All tweets for July 14 #sundayread
• The latest #sundayread tweets
• More #sundayread recommendations from me

A look at Birmingham in videos …

How to plant bulbs. From AlphaGraphics Hoover.

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My picks for #sundayread for July 7, 2019:

• Listened to “Heavy,” Kiese Laymon’s memoir: Raw and compelling, all about growing up black and poor in the South.
  [aff. link] https://amzn.to/2XO5Dr2
• The Great Unravelling: The Disintegration of the Nigerian State
  By @ChrisNgwodo
  (via @AfricaResearch)
• She’s worth $400 million. She reaches almost 10 million viewers daily. All rise for @JudgeJudy Sheindlin.
  By Jazmine Hughes @jazzedloon
  //Plus, a brief counterpoint by Sarah Jaffe @Sarahwinifred
• Flashback: From 2018, Wade’s 101: #Haiku retrospective 46
  #poetry
• Maria Sebregondi, Moleskine founder, takes note of the digital age
  By Hannah Roberts @hanrobs
  (RT @kikiochieng)
• From 2011: Stephon Marbury’s Career Makeover in China
  By Wells Tower
  (via @natashakhanhk @suilee)
• Flashback: 10 years ago, John Katopodis guilty of mail, wire fraud
  #Bham #alpolitics
• Eight Women Accuse Max Landis of Emotional and Sexual Abuse
  By Amy Zimmerman @ahzimm
  #MeToo
• On Truth and Lying in the Extra German Sense
  By Rebecca Schuman @pankisseskafka
• Flashback: Developing a retail content strategy
• Oral history of “In Living Color” on its 25th anniversary
  Compiled by @MaraReinstein
• Black Mothers Keep Dying After Giving Birth
  By @ByNinaMartin and Renee Montagne @nprmontagne
  (via @nprnicole)
• A Campaign to Crack Down on Massage Businesses May Harm the Women It Wants to Help
  By @MelissaGira Grant and @Emma_A_Whitford
• The Man Who’s Putting More Sex Toys on Walmart’s Shelves
  By @KatieVanSyckle
  (via @petershankman)

More posts from Wade this week:

• Happy Independence Day!
• The Birmingham channel: Door busters

More #sundayread:

• All tweets for July 7 #sundayread
• The latest #sundayread tweets
• More #sundayread recommendations from me

Video: Drone footage of fireworks on Red Mountain

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Happy birthday, America!

A look at Birmingham in videos …

A 200m freestyle race at the CrossPlex in Five Points West (our vertical video of the week). From Lo Hammond.

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