You should read this for 1/20/2019:
Art and Film
Books, Writing, and Language
Food and Drink
Via WGBH Boston: Julia Child’s Quiche Loraine
What America Hears When The Press Makes Fun Of The Way Trump Eats Maybe the press should focus more on the fact that Federal workers aren’t being paid. Instead we get this:
As much as Trump genuinely enjoys burgers, this born-and-bred member of the elite knows this kind of absurd “man of the people” posturing endears him to a certain US demographic. The same demographic most likely to be afflicted by the out-of-control global obesity epidemic, leading to potentially life-threatening conditions, most of which won’t be covered by their healthcare plans and which the likes of Trump would condemn as self-inflicted. Suddenly, it doesn’t seem quite so charming that Trump served junk food at the White House.
History and Archaeology
Europe’s Largest Hoard Of Copper Age Axes, Ax Hammers Discovered In Northeast Bulgaria
22 copper axe heads; they appear to be unused, which suggests that they may have had ritual or prestige value.
The tools are dated to the Late Chalcolithic (Late Copper Age), more specifically, 4,500 – 4,200 BC.
Science and Nature
The oceans are warming faster than we thought, and scientists suggest we brace for impact
H/T mrsmig Video: Fox, romping in the snow
Society
A third of US workers have left a job due to caregiving responsibilities
Women’s Work
This is what the Women’s March actually wants
The Women’s Agenda details 24 federal policy priorities for which the organization will advocate. They include universal healthcare, passage of the Equal Rights Amendment, ending war, the expansion of voting rights, ending the student debt crisis, protecting the rights of trans women, and a move toward renewable energy.
💩🔥💰 Trumpery 💩🔥💰
Via Dan Balz, Correspondent The Washington Post: ’Would you like to speak to the president?’
PARIS — “Would you like to speak to the president?
That was about the last question I expected from a stranger on a Friday night in Paris.
Via The Atlantic: Impeach Donald Trump
On january 20, 2017, Donald Trump stood on the steps of the Capitol, raised his right hand, and solemnly swore to faithfully execute the office of president of the United States and, to the best of his ability, to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. He has not kept that promise.
Instead, he has mounted a concerted challenge to the separation of powers, to the rule of law, and to the civil liberties enshrined in our founding documents. He has purposefully inflamed America’s divisions. He has set himself against the American idea, the principle that all of us—of every race, gender, and creed—are created equal.
See Also: Unthinkable: 50 Moments That Define an Improbable Presidency
Pay It Forward and Make It Better
H/T cbenoi1: Canadian Air Traffic Controllers Buy Pizza For American Colleagues Affected By U.S. Government ShutdownIf employers aren’t acknowledging the demands their workers face at home, they probably aren’t managing the fallout very effectively.
