Season 1, Episode 00: What The Fuck Just Happened
We talk about everything from masks, fashion, and glasses, to policing, skinny dipping, and kayaking.
This episode is not sponsored. We are not lawyers, and nothing we say is intended to be, nor should be constituted as legal advice.
Hosted By:
FaeBun (she/her)
Jen (she/her) - https://twitter.com/Jenathi
Justin (xe/xem) - https://www.justingrays.org/
Content Warning - Mentions Of:
Nazis
Rape Culture
Vomiting
Police
Transitioning
#notsponsored
Show Notes:
On Luxottica: https://youtu.be/CAeHuDcy_bY
Independence Day: Resurgence Space Wall: https://youtu.be/qa5CDXLpjo8
45th President of the United States Anton York: https://memory-beta.fandom.com/wiki/Anton_York
Lex Luthor would be a better president than the one we currently have: https://youtu.be/1pAWLZOMZ_s
What Justin meant by “brains are lazy”: https://youtu.be/UBVV8pch1dM
Michigan and Ohio went to war: https://www.history.com/news/the-toledo-war-when-michigan-and-ohio-nearly-came-to-blows
New York vs. New Jersey: https://youtu.be/SgZ1f4ACZBQ
On State Legislatures: https://youtu.be/aIMgfBZrrZ8
2020 MN Primary Elections: https://www.justingrays.org/my-blog/tag/2020%20Election
Note: it was the Minnesota 7th Congressional District with the conservative DFLers, not the 3rd.
There currently are 12 hate groups in MN, per the SPLC, 3 of which are White Nationalist groups: https://www.splcenter.org/hate-map?state=MN
Club Jäger and nazis: http://www.citypages.com/restaurants/club-jager-is-still-back-half-packed-and-black/512730501
People Are Boycotting Lush After The UK CEO Gifted Police Care Packages: https://www.altpress.com/news/lush-ceo-criticized-for-giving-care-packages-to-police/?fbclid=IwAR0lGroPkDwI1Lha5uei4Xh8-1gXAeL4QKEiW1zUrF8Z48LSNM3FzSSp-OY
LUSH gay bar kinda laid off all its employees by Facebook... on Pride weekend: http://www.citypages.com/restaurants/lush-gay-bar-kinda-laid-off-all-its-employees-by-facebook-on-pride-weekend/571551091
#notalawyer
#notlegaladvice
Why Some Minnesota Events Can’t Cancel Despite COVID-19—and What We Can Do about It: https://twincitiesgeek.com/2020/05/why-some-minnesota-events-cant-cancel-despite-covid-19-and-what-we-can-do-about-it/
Important Twitter thread on Naked Athena: https://mobile.twitter.com/DonovanFarley/status/1284412288774975489
Man parades down Oxford Street wearing nothing but mask: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-mask-pictu/man-parades-down-oxford-street-wearing-nothing-but-mask-idUSKCN24P288
Amid reopenings and street protests, coronavirus transmission remains high in much of the U.S.: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/amid-reopenings-and-street-protests-coronavirus-transmission-remains-high-in-much-of-the-us/2020/06/05/40c12efe-a670-11ea-bb20-ebf0921f3bbd_story.html
Nationwide Protests Haven't Caused a COVID-19 Spike (So Far.) Here's What We Can Learn From That: https://time.com/5861633/protests-coronavirus/
Justin’s story about being pulled over: https://www.justingrays.org/my-blog/2017/7/29/to-survive-persons-of-color-are-taught-differently
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