Inspirational
quotes couldn’t match the murmur
of cruel depression.

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My picks for #sundayread for December 3, 2017:

• Y’all Connect: The days of set-and-forget ad buys are over
• Why We Lie: Science on Our Deceptive Ways, by @Yudhijit Bhattacharjee (via @f37nutcracker)
• Talking with Google CEO @SundarPichai, by @JemimaKiss (via @LiberMedia)
• Are we making enough time for writing?
• After 54 Years, We Fell in Love. After 5 Months, I Got Leukemia. By @DeliaEphron (via @LillyTrials)
• Hypnosis: Inside the science that could change your mind, by @AdrianaBarton
• Flashback: Y’all Connect – What do we need to build an online buyer persona?
• Phil Braun @playazball Covered Braves … for an Imaginary Newspaper (via @Longreads)
• On the road with Frank Lloyd Wright, by @PatrickCSisson (via @Getaround)
• Flashback: Mindful listening: Weird things to try
• Casting failures and damage to the Latinx community, by Desiree Rodriguez @BoricuaDesiree
• The Migration Machine, by Selam Gebrekidan @selamgkidan (via @Garigalicious)
• The Family That Built an Empire of Pain, by Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe
• Big Wolf and Little Wolf: A Tender Tale of Loneliness and Belonging, by @brainpicker (via @inplaneterms)

More posts from Wade this week:

• The Birmingham channel: A November to remember

The latest #sundayread tweets:

#sundayread Tweets

• More #sundayread recommendations from me

They say you never
get a second chance to make
a first impression.

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Every time she peeked
online, she re-lived horrors
from past and present.

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Christmas isn’t a
season or a warm feeling.
It’s raw consumption.

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Everyone in the
office knew he was a cad
but kept it private.

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Nazis, gaslighters,
colluders, sex predators,
tax dodgers, bullies.

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Constance, George, Wilma,
Matthew, Irwin, Fran, Justine,
Luther, Kate, Danny.

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A look at Birmingham in videos …

Who wins the grand prize at the Sidewalk $10K Party earlier this month at WorkPlay in Lakeview? From Cardboard Titanics.

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“The Cornerstone Way,” a promotional video for Woodlawn’s Cornerstone Schools of Alabama. From Cornerstone Schools of Alabama.

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Recap of the 11th weekend of high school football earlier this month at Hoover High’s Buccaneer Stadium. From Starnes Publishing.

Preview of the first weekend of high school football playoffs earlier this month. From Starnes Publishing.

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A delivery to U.S. Steel in Fairfield. From Lawrence Nicholson Jr.

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A 100m freestyle race at the CrossPlex in Five Points West. From Elvin Sabanadzovic.

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The 76th annual Magic City Classic in October at Legion Field, with the Alabama A&M Bulldogs vs. Alabama State Hornets. From Alex Hines.

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Trains in Irondale. From Carson Bean.

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Jana May and Taunea Green of Keller Williams Realty explain the Real Estate Consumers Agency and Disclosure Act. From Jana May, Birmingham Real Estate Agent.

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Birmingham rap group MoMoney Gang performs “Circle K.” From Niles Bryant.

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Hip-hop soul artist Mary J. Blige performs “Be Happy” in September at Legacy Arena downtown (our vertical video of the week). From C. Marie.

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Hoops. From Anthony Strickland.

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Riding two-wheel, three-wheel and four-wheel motorcycles in Woodlawn. From Film Headz.

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CNN coverage of Senate candidate Roy Moore speaking to the Mid-Alabama Republican Club on Veterans Day at the Vestavia Hills Library in the Forest. Protestors and members of local and national media were on hand. From Lone Wolf Sager.

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Highlight reel for Homewood junior pitcher/fielder Justin Perreault at October’s Fall Top Prospect National Showcase in Emerson, Ga. From Skill Show Videos.

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A tour of the Negro Southern League Museum downtown (our vertical video of the week). From Wake up the Black Nation.

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A model of a piano key at Alabama Piano Gallery in Vestavia Hills. From Dr. Mary Crowell.

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Bhuvan Unhelkar, associate professor at the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee, presents on “Big Data Technologies Meet Semantic Web: Illustration of Applications in Managing Urban Crises” earlier this month at the Society for Design and Process Science conference at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel on Southside. From Bhuvan Unhelkar.

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Flamingos at the Birmingham Zoo. From Jeremy Bowling.

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At the downtown bus station (our vertical video of the week). From Trucker Murray.

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Gloria Gallardo takes a penalty kick for the Chivas F.C. of Ft. Walton Beach. From Lidia Gallardo.

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The French family poses downtown. From Angela Blake Photography LLC.

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In the audience at the Syndicate Lounge on Southside. From Catastruphie.

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Campaign video for Ashley Peinhardt for the Birmingham Bar Association’s executive committee place No. 1. From Hare Wynn.

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A bowling tournament at Oak Mountain Lanes in Pelham. From Hung and Ha Nguyen.

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A look at Birmingham Dance Theatre in Vestavia Hills. From Beyond Technology.

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Jacksonville blues-rock Tedeschi Trucks Band performs in September at the Alabama Theatre downtown. From Outside in Alabama.

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New York rock band Living Colour performs “Open Letter (to a Landlord)” earlier this month at Iron City on Southside. From Mike Perry.

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Commercial for Hawthorne at Lake Heather apartments in Hoover. From Hawthorne Residential Partners.

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A look at Starnes graphic and Web designer Matt Crawford. From Starnes Digital.

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Buffalo death metal band Cannibal Corpse performs “Code of the Slashers” earlier this month at Saturn in Avondale. From Blood and Brutality Records.

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Demo reel for Mountain Brook production company Vulcan Media. From Vulcan Media.

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Atop the Redmont Hotel downtown with Dan Solomon, co-executive producer of “Bigger” which is filming in Birmingham. From Grace Solomon.

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Sometimes the angry
mob with pitchforks and torches
is exactly right.

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My picks for #sundayread for November 26, 2017:

• Y’all Connect: When searching for answers goes awry
• A Place of Absorption and the Loss of Equilibrium, by Katherine Laidlaw @klaidlaw (via @Longreads)
• Excerpt from #Bham author @RobertMcCammon’s “The Listener” (via @groovymarmalade)
• Smart ways to use (up to) 280 characters on Twitter
• West Point Band at 200: From Fife and Drums to Live Streaming, by @CoreyKilgannon (RT @vsisson13)
• @JohnGrisham’s Do’s and Don’ts for Writing Popular Fiction (RT @shawnz)
• Flashback: Y’all Connect – The unnecessary perpetual motion of social media
• Ai Weiwei @aiww Explores “Human Flow” of Refugees, Finds an America That Lost Conscience by @ezruby
• Joni Mitchell: Fear of a Female Genius, by @LindsayZoladz
• Flashback: Clark Kent, mild-mannered blogger
• Sites We Like: The Lisa Simpson Book Club, by Scott Beauchamp @stb5g5
• FBI Quietly Investigates White Supremacist Infiltration of Law Enforcement by @AliceSperi
• The angry sea will kill us all: The fight to save Kiribati, by Charlie Mitchell @comingupcharlie
• A Catfishing With a Happy Ending, by @JeffMaysh

More posts from Wade this week:

• Happy Thanksgiving!
• The Birmingham channel: To 200 more years

The latest #sundayread tweets:

#sundayread Tweets

• More #sundayread recommendations from me

Vermin creep through the
rows of tender seedlings in
search of freebie food.

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The old shopkeeper
braced for the impending wave
of no customers.

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The middle class spent
their last dollars on super
bargains made abroad.

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Video: A feast fit for a hamster

Happy Thanksgiving, y’all!

Watch more tiny animals enjoying Thanksgiving …