Friday Five (double videos edition)
Here we are at the third Friday of September.
I’m still sick. My husband is still sick. When I told a good friend that I had more than ten videos that I was trying to choose from for this week’s Friday Five (where I traditionally only post five videos), she suggested that I do a Vidoes section and then a Second Videos and make a Hobbit Second Breakfast joke… then I realized that I had five music videos and 7 non-music videos, and once split apart like that, it was much easier to pick only five of each kind, so…
Anyway, welcome to the Friday Five. This week I bring you: the top five stories of the week, five stories about sf/f & fandom, five stories about deplorable people, five non-music videos, and five music videos (plus things I wrote and notable obituaries).
Stories of the Week:
Why Don’t Police Catch Serial Rapists?
I Went to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. This is What I Saw..
Piece of missing sculpture resurfaces in antiques store 50 years later .
This Week in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Fandom:
LET’S FRIGHTEN CHILDREN! Vincent Price & Scooby-Doo.
Letting Go of Our “Heroes”: Ongoing Humanist Training and the (Ex-)James Tiptree, Jr. Award.
How Scooby Doo Revived Gothic Storytelling for Generations of Kids.
Truck Carrying Gaming Dice Spills Onto Highway, Rolls A Perfect 756,000.
Deplorables of the Week:
Republican state senator who blocked LGBTQ rights charged with sexual abuse of a minor – As a powerful committee chair, he had blocked LGBTQ rights legislation for years. For the umpteen-millionth time: if a politician is vehemently anti-gay, journalists should dig into their background! You will always find some scandal or crime. Always!
Kavanaugh ‘should be impeached’ just like Trump. He lied to the Senate under oath. Hell, yes, he should be impeached!
In Memoriam:
Cokie Roberts, Pioneering Journalist Who Helped Shape NPR, Dies At 75.
Eddie Money, ‘Two Tickets to Paradise’ Singer, Dies at 70.
Ric Ocasek, frontman of new wave pioneers the Cars, dies at 75.
Things I wrote:
The Parable of the Speck and the Log, or, telling others how to love sf/f will never work.
Tuesday Tidbits 9/17/2017: On the taxonomy of devils….
All generalizations are dangerous* — especially about generations!
Newsy Videos!
Out Celebs Have a #BiWeek Message for Bisexual+ Youth: You Matter:
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James Corden Responds to Bill Maher’s Fat Shaming Take:
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Filibuster: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:
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Trump Threatens War with Iran on Saudi Arabia’s Behalf: A Closer Look:
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Beto O’Rourke: Current approach to guns no longer works:
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Music Videos!
Charli XCX – 2099 [Official Video]:
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PJ Brennan- Bones:
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Keiynan Lonsdale – Rainbow Dragon (Official Music Video):
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Kezar – Don’t Touch The Queen (Official Music Video):
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Cher Performs “Waterloo” LIVE On America’s Got Talent! – America’s Got Talent 2019:
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