They might get you a
menu, or they might just stay
in their knot of cool.

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My picks for #sundayread for September 9, 2018:

• “Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body” by Roxane Gay @rgay broke my heart into a thousand pieces. A challenging but rewarding read.
  [aff. link] https://amzn.to/2NYZGiN
• Crowdsourcing science and the new environmental resistance
  By @EmmalinaG linskis
  (via @participedia)
• Mississippi casinos reap huge rewards of legalized sports betting on SEC football
  By @RossDellenger
• Flashback: Exercises for keeping writing skills sharp
• Unlocking the ancient code: Advances in the study of prehistoric DNA
  By Peter Forbes
• Are CEOs Less Ethical Than in the Past?
  By Per-Ola Karlsson, @AguirreDeAnne and @KristinDRivera
  (via @TheBusinessTN)
• Flashback: Y’all Connect – Connecting with Deb Krier
• How India’s high-quality, low-cost model can save American health care
  By Vijay Govindarajan @vgovindarajan and Ravi Ramamurti
  (via @Padham_trust)
• How @BootsRiley Infiltrated Hollywood
  By @JonahWeiner
• Flashback: LinkedIn, how I have missed you (and misused you)
• Profile of “Atlanta” star Lakeith Stanfield @lakeithlakeith
  By Cara Buckley @caraNYT
• An Indian Trump: The Billionaire Yogi Behind Modi’s Rise
  By @RobertFWorth
  (via @VHSwaala)
• “Native women have long been considered invisible and disposable in society, and those vulnerabilities attract predators.”
  By Sharon Cohen
• New York Public Library @nypl publishes “Insta Novels” for Instagram readers
  By @Cara_Curtis
  (via @themediaisdying)

More posts from Wade this week:

• The Birmingham channel: All smiles on Labor Day
• Happy Labor Day!

More #sundayread:

• All tweets for September 9 #sundayread
• The latest #sundayread tweets
• More #sundayread recommendations from me

Can poetry be
a collection of random
words together? Tin.

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The artist creates.
The public boos. The artist
works. The public boos.

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The loyalists staged
a coup of sorts, less bloody
and more financial.

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Nothing more satis-
fying than checking things off
of your to-don’t list.

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The players wielded
their controllers like daggers
ready to slay forth.

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A look at Birmingham in videos …

RV shopping in Calera. From Wayward Waggs.

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August road trip to see Pentatonix at the Oak Mountain Amphitheatre, with a stop at the Riverchase Galleria. From Joanna Crauswell.

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Browsing at Academy Sports and Outdoors at Lee Branch. From Bailey Pappas.

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Arizona electro funk band Spafford performs in August at Avondale Brewing Co. From Isom Morgan.

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Sloss Furnaces. From Dominic Bouchard.

More from Sloss. From Traveling with Rick.

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Los Angeles alternative band States and Capitals visits the Nick on Southside. From States and Capitals.

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Promo for Los Angeles comedian and Samford alumnus John Crist in November at Samford University. From Premier Productions.

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Ed Yielding of Florence, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel who set the coast-to-coast air speed record, on local TV show “Our Issues Birmingham.” From Our Issues Birmingham.

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From the top of Vulcan (our vertical video of the week). From Luis Jauregui.

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British expatriate Bill Keene on barbecue, filmed at Rusty’s BBQ in Leeds. From Bama Brit.

And visits Avondale Brewing Co. (our other vertical video of the week). From Bama Brit.

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Promo for wrestling duo the Boss ‘N’ Hug Connection, a k a Sasha Banks and Bayley, at WWE Live on Friday at Legacy Arena downtown. From It’s Bayley.

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Performances by Birmingham artists Janson, De Courtenay, Saint Aether, BlankPage, Von Maur and Deecy Monroe at Sam Kilroy’s Garage in Woodlawn. From Nathan Seale.

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Train in Woodlawn. From Birmingham-Rail Productions.

Trains in Irondale. From Carson Bean.

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Trying Taco Mama at the Summit. From Bryce Brown.

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In an August news conference at Lawson State Community College, Jay Roberson resigns from the Birmingham city council after 9 years. From WVTM-13 News.

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UAB at Texas–San Antonio in a virtual Alamodome in “NCAA Football 14.” From Matt Peery.

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Promo for Jay Clyce with Weber Mortgage in Vestavia Hills. From WJTZ Media.

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Graduation for the Birmingham Police Academy in 2000 at the Birmingham Museum of Art downtown. From J. Hill.

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Decatur blues-rock group Lamont Landers Band performs in July at Saturn in Avondale. From Stevoramo.

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The Birmingham First Ensemble performs “Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel?” at Birmingham First Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Hoover. From Birmingham First Seventh-Day Adventist Church.

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Talking with Bob Dickerson of the Birmingham Business Resource Center. From What’s Happening Bham

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Oakland singer-songwriter Fantastic Negrito performs in July at Saturn in Avondale. From Stevoramo.

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A fun road trip to Birmingham, including stops downtown. From Alexandria Ng.

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Millsaps student Avinash Ananth talks about his internship at Birmingham consulting firm 45 Inc. From 45 Inc. Birmingham.

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Promo for Highlands United Methodist Church in Five Points South. From Highlands UMC.

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Drone footage of UAB, with fancy flying and a fiery finish. From Gentry Palmer.

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British rock band the Cult performs “She Sells Sanctuary” in August at Oak Mountain Amphitheatre in Pelham. From It Is What It Is.

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South Bend prog rock band Umphrey’s McGee performs “Mantis” in August at Avondale Brewing Co. From Live and Listen.

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Drone footage of a new roof. From Home Rescue.

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General SaRa Suten Seti speaks on “The Art of Leadership During the Time of Crisis” in 2017 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Birmingham on Southside. From General Seti.

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Mexican band Los Giles perform in August at El Sol on Valley Avenue. From Borjas Gonzalez.

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Touring the Barber Vintage Motorsport Museum in Leeds. From Peter J. Thoesen PLLC.

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Spider monkeys at the Birmingham Zoo (our other other vertical video of the week). From Bradley R.

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The girls in their new home, with ducks and a playground. From Tŏng Yé.

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Birmingham metal band Midmourner performs in 2014 at the Syndicate Lounge on Southside. From Dirtworshipper Music.

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Commercial for UAB. From University of Alabama at Birmingham.

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Stone Temple Pilots and Bush perform in August at Oak Mountain Amphitheatre in Pelham. From 311Vision.

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A collection of “Talented Birmingham Artists Under 25.” From Birmingham Plug.

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Music video for “Apollo” by Birmingham band St. Paul and the Broken Bones, filmed by Big Communications at Samford University. From St. Paul and the Broken Bones.

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High school basketball: 1998 tournament game with Pembroke Hill (Kansas City) vs. Minor (Adamsville) in Pine Bluff, Ark. From Titus Video.

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Checking out UAB Student Media and jamming with friends. From Dustin Harrelson.

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At August’s Liberty Cup soccer tournament. (our final vertical video of the week). From Joanna Chambers.

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Video: Celebrate the holiday by gazing in awe
at these amazing workers.

Happy Labor Day!

We toil fiercely
to line their coffers while we
can’t afford coffins.

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My picks for #sundayread for September 2, 2018:

• I read the Pennsylvania grand jury report detailing decades of sexual abuses by Catholic priests and cover-ups. You should, too, though fair warning, it’s a stomach-churning indictment of a longtime holy criminal conspiracy.
  [PDF] https://buff.ly/2PXr3es
• Say, isn’t it time to merge our three regional power grids into one national grid?
  By David Roberts @drvox
  (via @StuckeyStop)
• How the Internet transformed into the Matrix
  By Thomas Lemaigre
• Flashback: Tweet tweet! Live-tweeting with style and substance
• An Alternative to Complaining on the Job
  By @PeterBregman
  (via @platyppines)
• Successful People Tell Themselves These 7 Things on a Daily Basis
  By @NicolasCole77
  (via @ZeamoFitness)
• Flashback: Slides from Y’all Connect 2017
• Why Netflix Dramas Sag Midseason — and How They’re Fixing It
  By Alan @Sepinwall
• The “Nanette” problem: Did comedian @HannahGadsby let the audience off the hook too easily?
  By Peter Moskowitz @ptrmsk
• Flashback: From a year ago, Wade’s 101: Haiku retrospective 43
• Oral history of the iconic “Living Single” on its 25th anniversary
  Compiled by Hannah Giorgis @ethiopienne
• An important political lesson: Why Has the Critique of Hypocrisy Run Out of Steam?
  By Christopher Douglas @crddouglas
  (via @C_Stroop)
• Where some black South Africans see a history of oppression, Nigerians see opportunity.
  By @ChibunduOnuzo
  (via @yorm_a)
• Buddy, the Library Isn’t a 7-Eleven: A running tally of items people have asked for at the circulation desk
  By @Kristen_Arnett

More posts from Wade this week:

• The Birmingham channel: Take to the sea lion!

More #sundayread:

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

If I could do it
all over again, I’d
skip the lousy parts.

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Before you know it,
he’ll zip into all kinds of
unsanctioned mischief.

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Huckster hops around
with spinning sign and shouts of
chipper enticement.

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