Angry tweet, then a
gif meme, racist comments and
whataboutism.

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My picks for #sundayread for October 8, 2017:

• Weird but fun places to blog
• In Southern Magazines, Easy Pleasures and Hard Questions, by @RichardFausset
• The Fantastically Strange Origin of Most Coal on Earth, by @rkrulwich (RT @kikiochieng)
• Flashback: Y’all Connect – Great ebook ideas to win new blog subscribers
• After lifetime of hiding, gay refugees seek protection in Canada, by @ZosiaBielski (RT @EvyCoul)
• Canada unveils plan to legalize pot, by @Justin_Ling (RT @mcinnescooper)
• Flashback: My communications credo
• Out of the bell jar: the Write Out Loud poetry club, by Barkha Prasad @Barkha2803
• What Best Transformational Leaders Do by @ScottDAnthony & @eischwartz (via @TheBusinessTN)
• Flashback: In 2007, an upstart beats an incumbent (and 8 others) to become Birmingham’s mayor
• Oral History of “Austin Powers” on the 20th anniversary, compiled by @TheRyanParker
• How Exxon-Mobil knew climate change was caused by humans, by @dana1981 (via @BHenergyservice)
• Can Facebook Fix Its Own Worst Bug? By Farhad Manjoo @fmanjoo (via @BuzzyRocket)
• In a Swimming Pool, Learning to Trust, by @MattGrantWriter

More posts from Wade this week:

• Y’all Connect: Video: Donna Francavilla on the magic of Facebook Live
• Vote 2017: Birmingham runoffs for the heck of it
• The Birmingham channel: More Southern than ever

The latest #sundayread tweets:

#sundayread Tweets

• More #sundayread recommendations from me

Worship football. Pray
to brunch. Honor thy binge watch
and thy extra sleep.

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We take on the day
with no agenda other
than to laugh out loud.

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After 12 years, I
still get a thrill when hitting
the Publish button.

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The nicer dollar
store has better things on sale
and fewer crime scenes.

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Video: Randall Woodfin’s victory speech

Another day, another mayor. Results from Tuesday’s runoff election in Birmingham.

Voter turnout was 35 percent.

I = incumbent

• Winner in red

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More Vote 2017 coverage.

While we bicker through
the same arguments on the
same issues, folks die.

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Let’s hit the polls one more time, Birmingham. We have some unfinished business from August.

Polling places are open till 7 tonight.

Q: Where do I vote?

A: Call the city clerk’s office at (205) 254-2290.

Or Search Your Polling Place on AlabamaVotes.gov. This PDF list has the all the polling locations.

Note: District boundaries changed in 2011; check for your correct district on this PDF map.

Remember, if you have problems at your polling place:

• Notify a poll worker immediately.
• Call the state attorney general at 1-800-831-8814 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Wednesday or fill out this online form.
• Call the secretary of state at 1-800-274-VOTE (8683) or visit her site, StopVoterFraudNow.com.
• And tell the probate court for Jefferson County (205-325-5203).
• E-mail us at Vote2017[at]wadeonbirmingham.com.

Q: What can I expect to see on the ballots?

A: Check out this sample ballot.

You’re voting for Birmingham mayor, and for a few districts, a city council representative and a board of education member.

• Mayor: William Bell (I), Randall Woodfin
• City Council
  • District 2: Kim Rafferty (I), Hunter Williams
  • District 5: Johnathan Austin (I), Darrell O’Quinn
  • District 9: Earl Hilliard, Roderick Royal
• Board of Education
  • District 1: Douglas Lee Ragland, Cedric Small
  • District 4: Daagye Hendricks (I), Edward Maddox
  • District 5: David T. McKinney, Michael “Mickey” Millsap
  • District 7: Patricia Spigner McAdory, Walter “Big Walt” Wilson
  • District 8: Patricia Bozeman-Henderson, Sonja Q. Smith

I = incumbent

Are you voting today? Tell us in the comments.

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She’s a good girl, loves
her mama. Loves Jesus and
America, too.

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A look at Birmingham in videos …

Promo for The Club. From Zuleida Aguirre.

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Time-lapse footage of I-20/59 downtown. From Mark Almond.

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Promo for the Comedy Club Stardome with Eunice Elliott. From StarDome.

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Feature on the return of the UAB football program. From Uproxx.

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A jaripeo bull riding competition at Rancho el Centenario in Mt. Olive (our vertical video of the week). From Adan Ortega.

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At the 2015 Color Run downtown. From Mark Almond.

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A simulation of a Birmingham train crossing. From NSFan98.

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David Fleming of REV Birmingham talks with Chip Watts of Watts Realty about Flats on 4th on Southside. From Darlene Rotch.

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Vlogging about Hurricane Irma. From Johnna Patterson.

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Reciting Martin Luther King’s 1963 eulogy for the four girls killed in the bombing of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. From Joseph Shelton Hall.

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Entering Barber Motorsports Park in Leeds. From Tigh Loughhead.

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Admiring the scenery (our other vertical video of the week). From Oscar Acosta.

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A nighttime skateboard adventure through Birmingham. From Payton Schmitt.

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Train downtown. From TrainPochi.

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Birmingham’s Kyle Sullivan documents his monthlong trip to Antarctica he won from polar travel company Oceanwide Expeditions. From Neoteotihuacan.

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The Alabama Heat Elite eighth grade team at the Magic City Basketball League on “Twin Sports TV.” From TwinSportsTV.

The Alabama Heat Elite vs. Mystic. From TwinSportsTV.

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A Venezuelan resident shares her story (our other other vertical video of the week). From Ana Carito Méndez.

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Driving into UAB. From Blizzard Baby.

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Drone footage of paving the Cadence Bank parking lot in Warrior. From Wright Construction Birmingham.

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Autocar to build $120 million manufacturing plant in Pinson Valley adding nearly 750 jobs.

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Dancing or walking or dance-walking. From Javier Cano.

Clockwise, then counterclockwise. From Javier Cano.

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A Birmingham police car at the Best Buy on U.S. 280. From Rachel Marie.

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Explaining TrueCoders’ mission, a downtown company offering training in coding. From TrueCoders.

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Trains in Irondale. From Carson Bean.

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DeJuana Thompson of Birmingham on Birmingham. From Barcelona en Comú.

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Trailer for “Recovering Hope,” a documentary by Birmingham freelance videographer Drew Callner that profiles six local people fighting heroin addiction. From David Koonce.

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Send us links to your videos. | More videos on the Birmingham channel.

Once confined to the
basement, the crabby gent ran
for a Senate seat.

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My picks for #sundayread for October 1, 2017:

• Raised on radio
• What’s Killing America’s Black Infants? By @ZoeSCarpenter
• NYT on Wayne Flynt’s “Mockingbird Songs: My Friendship With Harper Lee,” by @JCrossleyHoward
• Flashback: Y’all Connect – A beginner’s guide to sharing curation
• It’s Time to Found a New Republic, by @DrDaronAcemoglu and @baselinescene (via @laz)
• The Mysterious Vision of Jeff Nichols, Hollywood’s Next Blockbuster Auteur, by @MsAmyWallace
• Flashback: A detour from the serious route
• Breaking the code: How Nigerian women are changing face of tech by @Yesmina_T /RT @kikiochieng
• The 2017 James Beard Award Winners: Reading List compiled by @HudsonGiles
• Flashback: From 2007, when Hoover High football coach Rush Probst revealed all (well, some)
• Sarah Layden @calmoots banned “Handmaid’s Tale”—we need it more than ever /via @ailenkadom
• The Women of the Alt-Right, by @SeywardDarby
• Is Anybody Home at Ben Carson’s HUD? By @AlecMacGillis
• Transgender Neb. airman finds acceptance during transition by @SteveLiewer (via @nelson_aj)

More posts from Wade this week:

• Y’all Connect – Video: Taylor Robinson on the secret ingredients for storytelling
• The Birmingham channel: The great escape

The latest #sundayread tweets:

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• More #sundayread recommendations from me

She came a’babblin’
to the funeral service
with pillows for shoes.

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Out the birth canal
and into the world and then
into the cold ground.

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