Oh, my goodness! It’s the first Friday in October.
So, I thought I was over the cold, then it appeared I had a relapse or had caught a different cold. But this time the symptoms just got worse and worse such that I was up all night Monday coughing horribly and unable to sleep. I went to the doctor and was diagnosed with bronchitis and a sinus infection. Prescription cough syrup and antibiotics were given, and now I know that I’m not yet well, but I’ve managed to sleep and all the symptoms are slowing declining.
Anyway, welcome to the Friday Five. This week I bring you: the top five stories of the week, five stores about science fiction-y things, five stories about deplorable people, five stories about the Impeachable One and related deplorables, and five videos (plus things I wrote and notable obituaries).
Stories of the Week:
Eat Less Red Meat, Scientists Said. Now Some Believe That Was Bad Advice.
How White Liberals Became Woke, Changing Their Outlook On Race .
Bay Area woman dies at 102, DirecTV charges early termination fee.
‘At What Point Does Malfeasance Become Fraud?’: NYU Biz-School Professor Scott Galloway on WeWork.
This Week in Science Fiction and Related:
The NYPD Will Be Stationed At All NY City Theaters Screening ‘Joker’ This Weekend
Real-Life ‘Terminator’: Major Studios Face Sweeping Loss of Iconic ’80s Film Franchise Rights.
Yes, We’re in the Wrong Timeline – How time-travel stories explain our uncanny era.
LGBTQ Superheroes, Pro Wrestlers, Immigrants and Teens Hit Screens This Week on TV.
This Week in Deplorable People:
Calgary Preacher: A Rainbow With Six Colors is “a Lie from the Pit of Hell” .
Sixth-Grade Boys Allegedly Attack, Cut Girl’s ‘Ugly’ Dreadlocks at Private Christian Schoo.
“It’s Management Bedlam”: Madness at Fox News as Trump Faces Impeachment. My favorite bit: “Among the powerful voices advising Lachlan that Fox should decisively break with the president is former House speaker Paul Ryan, who joined the Fox board in March. “Paul is embarrassed about Trump and now he has the power to do something about it,” an executive who’s spoken with Ryan told me.” That’s right, when Paul Ryan was the f-ing Speaker of the House of Representatives he didn’t think he had the power to do anything about Trump…
NRA Was ‘Foreign Asset’ To Russia Ahead of 2016, New Senate Report Reveals.
This Week in Impeach the Mo-Fo Already:
The President Is a Corrupt, Bloodthirsty Tyrant, Reports Suggest. “So, Congress pretends that it needs an inquiry to determine whether Trump is upholding his oath of office, the political press pretends that the Republican Party isn’t a greater threat to American democracy than Vladimir Putin, and we all collectively pretend that the people of Hong Kong don’t put us to shame, as we watch the president’s bribery-intake facilities operate in peace.”
Pence: I Participated in the Ukraine Plot But Only As a Patsy.
Trump and Week Two of the Impeachment Crisis. “This isn’t a presidential administration so much as it is a band of snot-nosed kindergarten criminals who like to eat paste and urinate in their pull-ups.”
‘Felony Violation of Law’: Experts Respond to Trump Openly Calling on China to Dig Up Dirt on Biden.
In Memoriam:
The harmless-looking girl who executed Nazis after seducing them in bars: WWII heroine dies aged 92.
Things I wrote:
Wanting a better world, or, confessions of a queer nerdy survivor.
After summer comes the… cold and flu season already?.
Videos!
Octopus Dreaming:
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Trump Is Having an Impeachment Meltdown: A Closer Look:
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As The Walls Close In, Donald Trump Is Clearly Losing It:
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Rami Malek, After Kissing Daniel Craig: “Does This Make Me A Bond Girl?”:
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Sam Smith and Renee Zellweger Cover Judy Garland’s ‘Get Happy’ :
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