It’s been a weird week for us. My hubby caught another cold. Work has been a weird mix of “Rush! Rush! OMG Please hurry!” and “let’s not get ahead of ourselves.” This weekend we’re host Writers’ Night, meeting a friend for a birthday celebration, and will try to see Black Panther.
Once again I bring you the Friday Five: The top five (IMHO) stories of the week and videos (plus notable obituaries and a recap of my blog posts). This week I’m also including for links related to the 19th mass shooting of the year, because awful news sometimes needs a separate category.
Stories of the Week:
The Follower Factory – Everyone wants to be popular online. Some even pay for it. Inside social media’s black market. The interactive graphics on this story alone are with the click!
Jeff Sessions Celebrates “Anglo-American Heritage of Law Enforcement”. A lot of people keep defending this on the grounds that Anglo-American is a technical legal term used sometimes used to refer to the U.S. interpretation of common law. But it wasn’t in the prepared speech, it is something he added over the advice of others, and every racist dog whistle that ever existed is technically a term of something that exist. Doesn’t make it not racist.
Inside Apple’s HomePod Audio Lab.
Horrible News:
Leader Of White Nationalist Militia Says Shooter Was Member, Took Part In Paramilitary Drills.
New assault weapons ban will prevent mass shootings, experts say.
How Donald Trump’s Defense of White Supremacists Puts National Security at Risk.
After the Parkland shooting, let’s call GOP hypocrisy on guns what it really is: complicity.
In Memoriam:
These are the innocent victims of the Florida school shooting.
Florida school shooting victims identified by authorities, remembered by friends, family.
Things I wrote:
Offended offenders — the joke is on who, exactly?
A Writer Writes: Where do I find my subplots?
“But he wasn’t a very good illusionist” — or, all is fair in camp, love, and war.
Videos!
P!nk Belts Out the National Anthem! | Super Bowl LII NFL Pregame:
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Adam Rippon skates clean team event free skate:
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Former GOP House Rep. David Jolly: If You Want Any Action On Guns, Democrats Must Flip The House:
"Republicans will never do anything on gun control," says former GOP Rep. David Jolly. "The idea of gun policy in the Republican party is to try to get a speaking slot at the NRA and prove to that constituency that you are further right." pic.twitter.com/4ijiJ4ZwKW
— CNN (@CNN) February 15, 2018
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STAND BY YOUR MAN (Donald Trump) – A Randy Rainbow Song Parody:
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Otter Snow Day at Shedd – 2018:
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