No time for a full
cut, so how about just a
little off the top?

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Today, celebrate
the best writers. Tomorrow,
back to the keyboard.

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The exit ramp floats
by, as waves of headlights burn
in all directions.

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My picks for #sundayread for April 15, 2018:

• After decades sitting on my shelf, I finally read “Mere Christianity” by @CSLewis and hope to someday meet the Christians he lovingly describes.
  [aff. link] https://amzn.to/2GZx35E
• Searching DNA: Identifying the disappeared in Colombia
  By @Chantal_F lores
• Homeward Bound was supposed to foster science’s next generation of female leaders. Instead, accusations of sexual harassment and bullying.
  By Eve Andrews @eefandrews
  (h/t @Longreads)
• Flashback: Determining the right social networks for marketing
• Review of “Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker and the Anatomy of Intrigue” by @RyanHoliday
  By @WilliamCohan
  (via @j1berger)
• The Scientific Paper Is Obsolete
  By James Somers @jsomers
• Flashback: Y’all Connect: The formulas for storytelling in marketing, with beautiful examples
• Kenya: The Election and the Coverup
  By Helen Epstein
  (RT @kikiochieng)
• Many Chinas, Many Tables: Stories of Bay Area Chinese cuisines
  (via @CAAM)
• Flashback: 10 years ago today, live blog of “The Biggest Loser” finale with Enterprise’s Roger Shultz
• Oral History of “The Dinner Party,” on the 10th anniversary of the Best “Office” Episode Ever
  Compiled by @GreeneAndy
• The Climate Movement’s New Battle Cry: Keep It 100
  By @BillMcKibben
  (via @redfordcenter)
• The playboy who got away with $242 million — using black magic
  By Brigitte Scheffer @schefferbri
  (RT @LiekeMuller)
• Why a horde of middle-age professionals started second careers as teachers
  By @LucyKellaway
  (via @karissathacker) #sundayread

More posts from Wade this week:

• The Birmingham channel: Now is the spring of our discontent

More #sundayread:

• All tweets for April 15 #sundayread
• The latest #sundayread tweets
• More #sundayread recommendations from me

We reward elders
with neglect, abuse, contempt,
and substandard care.

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The errant package
visited several states
before being trashed.

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The luckiest folks
never notice when their luck
runs completely out.

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Protein comes from shakes,
snack bars, powders, supplements
and sometimes meat, fish.

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A look at Birmingham in videos …

Bike ride on Highland Avenue (our vertical video of the week). From Jeff Feet.

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Live music at the Oasis in Lakeview. From Actress Gabrielle.

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Feature on makeup artist Joy Krystal of Dangshawtybeat downtown. From Sleepover Media.

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Helmetcam footage of U.S. 31 (through Homewood) and Five Points South. From Hammereye 85.

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Dancing Dolls of Birmingham featured on a March episode of Lifetime’s “Bring It!” From Lifetime.

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Talking with artist and teacher Rollina. From Matthew Wilson.

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Phoenix Colombian band La Tropa Kumbiambera performs at El Sol on Valley Avenue (our other vertical video of the week). From Michelle Ramirez.

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March for Our Lives protest for stricter gun control laws in March in Railroad Park downtown. From Savcookster.

More from the protest. From Terry McCombs.

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Dancing in the living room (our other other vertical video of the week). From Erin Coleman.

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Trains downtown and in Irondale. From alcheng1000.

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Testimonial by salesperson Deana Seuferling of Hoover for Rodan and Fields (our other other other vertical video of the week). From Emily Pennington.

And a testimonial by salesperson Kelli White of Hoover for Rodan and Fields (our final vertical video of the week). From Emily Pennington.

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Feature on Krystal Turner of WPYA 97.3 Play. From Sleepover Media.

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Representatives of Kulvax, a company for transporting vaccines founded by University of Alabama students, present their business proposal for the Rise of the Rest, a competition awarding $100,000 to a Birmingham startup. From Kulvax.

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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks in March at the Sheraton Birmingham downtown to the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives. From Live Satellite News.

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The BHM BIZ magazine panel “Healthcare in Birmingham” in March at the Birmingham School of Law downtown. The speakers: Scott McGlaun, senior vice president and chief information officer at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama; Sameer Ather, president and chief executive officer of XpertDox; Whitt Israel, CEO of ICONN Orthopedics; William W. Horton, attorney with Jones Walker; and Sae Evans, accountant at Warren Averett. From Alabama NewsCenter.

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Memphis rapper Blac Youngsta performs in 2016 at the Merienda Lounge on Southside. From DJ Greg TRBB.

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Elvis Presley performs “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” in 1976 at the BJCC Coliseum downtown. From Roberto Lopes.

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Birmingham tax professional Dee Edwards on building a brand. From the Startup Business Factory.

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Taking the bus from Atlanta to Birmingham. From Chris Atkinson.

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Eighth grade girls basketball: Atlanta Celtics vs. Birmingham Heat in March in Atlanta. From Louie B.

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Wayne Heard, trainer at D1 Sports Medicine, speaks at an Innovate Birmingham event at the Birmingham Museum of Art downtown. From Wayne Heard.

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The newly extended Vulcan Trail. From Freshwater Land Trust.

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Checking out the vendors at March’s Alabama Comic Con at the BJCC South Exhibition Hall downtown. From Greg Peak.

A quick update before working at Comic Con. From Ace News World.

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Exercise class at the Sheraton Birmingham downtown. From Douglas Cooper.

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Promo for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. From CHK Marketing.

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Cars and trucks at the 34th annual St. Patrick’s Parade in Five Points South. From the RPM Standard.

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Some days, the biggest
challenge is hitting Start
on the damn microwave.

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Men and women roam
without the tether of small
screens and loud alerts.

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The phones are getting
smarter while the phonies are
getting dumberer.

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Photo: Barbara Brannon (CC)

My picks for #sundayread for April 8, 2018:

• Learned a lot from Neil Postman’s “Amusing Ourselves to Death” (1985). I see the commodification of news, plus the drawbacks of the Information Age, in a whole new light.
  [aff. link] https://amzn.to/2uTSa3T
• The End of Typing: The Next Billion Mobile Users Will Rely on Video and Voice
  By @EricBellmanWSJ
  (RT @kikiochieng)
• Why We Forget Most of the Books We Read
  By @JulieEBeck
• Flashback: One year ago, newspaper front pages on Alabama governor Robert Bentley’s ouster.
  #alpolitics
• How Productive Failure Leads to Better Learning
  By @CourtneySeiter
  (RT @Vanessa_Atim_)
• Mr. Smith’s Funhouse: How Pittsburgh shaped one of skateboarding’s biggest stars
  By Liz @BloomPG
• Flashback: Spring cleaning for sites and blogs
• Across Canada, educators are changing the way they teach history to better include Indigenous perspectives
  By @Wendy_Stueck and Caroline Alphonso @calphonso
• 10 Great Books on Autism
  By Med Kharbach @medkh9
  (@via Butterflies_Hav)
• Flashback: Y’all Connect: Spring cleaning for social media
• On female rage
  By Leslie Jamison @lsjamison
• Guantánamo, Forever
  By @AmosBarshad
  (via @reportermike)
• Silicon Valley has been humbled. But its schemes are as dangerous as ever.
  By @EvgenyMorozov
  (via @OlafSteenfadt)
• My Life in a 36DD Bra, or, the All-American Obsession
  By @EveBabitz

More posts from Wade this week:

• The Birmingham channel: Building bridges

More #sundayread:

• All tweets for April 8 #sundayread
• The latest #sundayread tweets
• More #sundayread recommendations from me

TVs playing all
prestige shows throughout the day
and night till we croak.

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Friendships come, but most
often go, withering from
both time and distance.

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