The Weekly Town Crier (03/26/21)
All the week’s news that’s fit to cry about (03/26/21).
We’ll Miss You:
Read “George Segal: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? actor dies aged 87” at BBC.
Read “Jessica Walter Dies: Emmy-Winning ‘Arrested Development’, ‘Archer’ Actress Was 80” at Deadline.
Religion and Stuff:
Read “Church removes Atlanta shooting suspect from membership, urges ‘no blame’ on victims” at Religion News Service.
Read “What an Expert on Evangelicals and Sex Says About the Atlanta Shooter's Claim He Had a Sex Addiction” at Time.
Read “With Beth Moore’s exit, more evangelical women are challenging strict gender norms” at Religion News Service.
Read “Who Owns John MacArthur’s Sermons?” at Roys Report.
Legal/Justice and Social Justice and Race or Gender or Sexism-Related Stuff:
Read “Biden White House Sandbags Staffers, Sidelines Dozens for Pot Use” at Daily Beast.
Read “Maggots, Rape and Yet Five Stars: How U.S. Ratings of Nursing Homes Mislead the Public” at New York Times.
Read “Immigration Is Not a “Crisis” at Slate.
Read “Stop telling women to just keep yourselves safe, without addressing misogyny': How women bear the burden of safety when men can't control themselves” at MSNBC.
Read “College students are falling in love with white supremacy. Rep. Paul Gosar is helping” at MSNBC.
Read “Supreme Court to consider reinstating death sentence for Boston bomber” at The Hill.
Read “Lawyers Who Were Ineligible to Handle Serious Criminal Charges Were Given Thousands of These Cases Anyway” at Pro Publica.
Read “Tennessee Senate passes permitless gun carry bill” at Local Memphis.
Read “Virginia becomes 1st Southern state to abolish death penalty as governor signs law” at NBC News.
This week in traitorous, white-supremacist Confederate monuments (and/or Columbus monuments // and/or other “American monuments” // and/or weird Confederacy stuff):
Read “This Is War”: Inside the Secret Chat Where Far-Right Extremists Devised Their Post-Capitol Plans” at Pro Publica. “Chats from a private Telegram group obtained by ProPublica show how a suspect tied to the Jan. 6 insurrection tried to organize a self-styled militia. The hidden proliferation of such groups worries experts.”
This Week With The Police:
Read “George Takei: Law enforcement throughout American history has manipulated Asian Americans” at MSNBC.
Read “North Carolina police seize gun in drug bust altered to look like Nerf toy” at The Hill.
Read “In City After City, Police Mishandled Black Lives Matter Protests” at New York Times. “Inquiries into law enforcement’s handling of the George Floyd protests last summer found insufficient training and militarized responses — a widespread failure in policing nationwide.”
Read “The Solution to Violence Against Women Will Never Be 'More Police'“ at Vice.
Education and The Learnings // School Re-Openings
Read “US Secretary of Education cancels $1B of student loan debt” at The Hill. “The Department of Education implemented a new strategy focused on helping students defrauded by colleges and universities.”
Your Weekly Coronavirus Roundup:
Read “Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club Partially Closed After Coronavirus Outbreak” at Slate.
Read “Maskless Trump Supporter Who Coughed on Protesters Donates $3k to NAACP Scholarship Fund as Punishment” at Second Nexus.
Read “Michigan pizzeria owner arrested for 'willfully' violating 'public health orders'“ at The Hill.
Read “Miami Beach official recommending curfew through end of spring break” at The Hill.
Read “Working from home is causing breakdowns. Ignoring the problem and blaming the pandemic is no longer an option” at Globe and Mail.
Miscellany Cultural Items (and some Technology):
Read “Donald Trump is creating his own social media network that will be live in a few months” at AZ Family.
Read “'Sad day for Boulder': Gunman kills 10 at Colorado supermarket, including police officer, in second US mass shooting in a week” at USA Today.
Read “Someone Livestreamed the Boulder Shooting. YouTube Isn't Taking It Down.” at Vice.
Read “The People Issue 2021: Author David Dark” at Nashville Scene.
Read ‘The Flawed Premise of Statements Like 'Love Our People Like You Love Our Food'“ at Vice.
Read “Trump Shrugs Off Twitter Ban Because His Press Releases Are 'Much More Elegant' Anyway” at Comic Sands.
Read “Documents Show Amazon Is Aware Drivers Pee In Bottles and Even Defecate en Route, Despite Company Denial” at The Intercept.
Browse “Fabulous Snapshots From A Florida Hair Salon in the 1980s” at Flashbak.
Read “Social Media CEOs Can’t Defend Their Business Model” at Wired
Read “Missing Florida woman rescued after found naked in storm drain” at We Are TV. “The Florida woman says she accidentally got lost in a sewer system while swimming in a canal. She then wandered around in the sewer system for the past 3 weeks before being rescued Tuesday from a storm drain.”
Internationalities:
Read “A Volcano Erupted in Iceland. Björk Was ‘Sooo Excited.’” at New York Times.
Read “Magnitude 6.9 quake rocks northeastern Japan” at The Japan Times.
Read “Afghanistan: The women killed for working at a TV station” at BBC.
Read “Fire At Rohingya Refugee Camp Destroys Hundreds Of Shelters” at HuffPost.
Read “Shipping container crisis could spark another toilet paper shortage” at The Hill.
This Week In Political Corruption:
Read “Russian company 'suspending its investments' in Kentucky project pushed by McConnell” at Raw Story.
Read “Rep. Tom Reed Says He Won’t Run for Re-Election in 2022” at Wall Street Journal.
Read “QAnon Rep. Spouts Conspiracy About Dems Trying To 'Silence' Her After Brief Twitter Suspension” at Comic Sands.
Read “Sidney Powell argues in new court filing that no reasonable people would believe her election fraud claims” at CNN.
Read “Georgia Governor Signs Election Overhaul, Including Changes To Absentee Voting” at NPR.
Music-Related News and Such:
Read “Newport Folk Festival Confirms July 2021 Event” at Jambase.
Browse Treble’s picks for “A History of Alt-Country In 40 Essential Tracks.”
Read “Ringo Starr Says New Beatles Film Brings Back ‘Fun’ “ at Ultimate Classic Rock.
Hear “Radiohead’s "Creep" Played on the Gayageum, a Korean Instrument Dating Back to the 6th Century” at Open Culture.
Read “Slowdive and Flaming Lips Members Form Beachy Head, Announce Debut Album” at Consequence of Sound.
Read “A Point of Congregation :: Daniel Lanois on the Sacred Space of Heavy Sun” at Aquarium Drunkard.
Read “Lemmy’s Ashes Were Placed in Bullets and Given to His Closest Friends” at Consequence of Sound.
Read “A Beginner’s Guide To Can’s Avant-Garde Rock” at Treble.
Read “Loren Connors: A Sound That’s “Almost Not There” at Premier Guitar.
Read/Watch/Listen to “John Fahey :: Live in 1967” at Aquarium Drunkard.
Read “Secretly Group Employees Form Union” at Pitchfork.
Browse “10 Essential Albums Featuring Bass Great Pino Palladino” at Discogs.
Read “Prince’s Ashes to Be Displayed at Paisley Park on 5th Anniversary of His Death” at Consequence of Sound.
Read “Listen to The Very Last Beat J Dilla Ever Made” at Okay Player.
Read “Paul McCartney and Beck Share New Version of “Find My Way” at Pitchfork.
Read “Morgan Wallen Tops Chart for a 10th Week” at New York Times.
Read “Janet Jackson’s Classic ‘Rhythm Nation 1814’ Added To National Recording Registry” at Huff Post.
Movies/TV/Video Games/Etc.:
Read “Inside COVID-Safe Movie Theaters: Sanitization Foggers, Plexiglass and New Popcorn Rules” at Variety.
Books/Reading/Authors
Browse “Spring books guide: 20 books we can’t wait to read by Brandi Carlile, Seth Rogen and more” at USA Today.
Design/Artsy Things:
Read “Creator who sold NFT house for $500,000: We’ll be ‘living in an augmented reality lifestyle’ soon” at CNBC.
Read “Salvador Dalí & Walt Disney’s Short Animated Film, Destino, Set to the Music of Pink Floyd” at Open Culture.
Food Cultures:
Read “When Life Gave Pennsylvania Spotted Lanternflies, Its Bees Made Spotted Lanternfly Honey” at Atlas Obscura.
Read “Popeyes Plots to Become Global Power” at Bloomberg. “An afterthought until its fried chicken sandwich went viral in 2019, Popeyes is challenging KFC’s supremacy, including its U.K. debut this year.”
Local:
Read “Ducey talks disdain for new education tax, vows fast fix” at Associated Press.
Read “2 Arizona House Measures Allowing Loaded Guns In More Places Head To Full Senate” at KjZZ.
Read “The Museum Club Flagstaff, Arizona” at Atlas Obscura. “This 1930s log cabin began as a taxidermy museum but is now a popular country music venue.”
Read “Texas burger chain wants to open 20 locations in Phoenix” at ABC 15 News.
Read “Five dads open a driveway pizza joint and deliver money for charity” at AZ Central.
Read “Phoenix women turn to Airbnb, making up for income lost during pandemic” at AZ Central.