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My favorite tweet about Elon Musk’s upcoming appearance on “Saturday Night Live”

Tweet by @ParikPatelCFA. Tap to see the source.

Pictured clockwise from bottom: Pocket Doge, Flax the Style Destroyer, Gamora Montana, and Edge-Lord.

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John Oliver’s fantastic piece on COVID-19 vaccines

If you watch only one YouTube video today, make it Last Week Tonight’s piece on COVID-19 vaccines, or at the very least, follow the advice that John Oliver gives at the end:

In researching this pieces, experts repeatedly told us that the vaccine-hesitant generally don’t respond well to hearing from politicians, celebrities, or athletes telling them to get the vaccine.

I’m not going to be able to convince the people in your life who are hesitant. The person with the best chance of doing that is…you.

So if you know someone who is worried for whatever reason and you want to convince them otherwise, don’t show them this video. But maybe do show them some of the information inside it to tell them yourself.

And when you are trying to do that, don’t dismiss or judge them for having doubts.

I think we should also popularize Oliver’s very apt description of Tucker Carlson:

Here’s the video:

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The Current Situation

Happy “Hitler Dead” Day!

Front page of the U.S. Armed Forces newspaper, Stars and Stripes, on May 2, 1945. Photo by Jeff Nyveen. Click here to see the source.

On this day in 1945, Hitler did the best thing he ever did. He killed Hitler. In his basement.

It’s a pity I have to point this out to some people, but here goes: “Hitler Dead” is a good thing.

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funny The Current Situation

How the “Trolley Problem” actually works in the real world

Thanks to Ramon Grajo for the find!

The moral of the story remains the same: BE RICH.

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It Happened to Me The Current Situation

I’m getting my second vaccine this afternoon

Scene from the film version of “West Side Story” featuring the Jets leaning against a chain link fence, snapping their fingers. Headline reads “When the Pfizer gang see the Moderna boys in the streets” and the caption reads “Finger snapping intensifies”
Thanks to Derek Wong for the find!

It doesn’t matter what gang you belong to — just join one, and work on your finger-snapping, dancing, and singing.

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Where to get the COVID-19 vaccine in Tampa this week

Pop-up sites all over Tampa

Here’s a list of this week’s COVID-19 pop-up vaccine sites in Tampa:

Poster showing COVID-19 vaccine pop-up sites for Tuesday, April 6, 2021 through Sunday, April 11, 2021
Tap to see this list at full size.

You don’t need to pre-register or schedule an appointment; just bring your ID and wear a mask.


Raymond James Stadium

The football field at Raymond James Stadium, Tampa
Creative Commons photo by Bernard Gagnon. Tap to see the source.

You can also get the COVID-19 vaccine at Raymond James Stadium, located at 4201 N Himes Ave.

You don’t need to pre-register or schedule an appointment; just bring your ID and wear a mask.


The old greyhound track

There’s also the FEMA-run site at Tampa Greyhound Track (which now goes by the name TGT Poker), located at 755 East Waters Ave.

You don’t need to pre-register or schedule an appointment; just bring your ID and wear a mask.

There’s a bonus for going to this site — there’s a chance you’ll be greeted by Maggie:


The Children’s Board of Hillsborough County

You can also go to the Children’s Board of Hillsborough County, located at 1002 E Palm.

You don’t need to pre-register or schedule an appointment; just bring your ID and wear a mask.

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America The Current Situation

Deliver us from Karen, Amen.

Here’s an unsurprising response to the image above, which shows a more-accurate depiction of Jesus on the left, and the barista who works the evening shift at the Starbucks in Swede Hollow, Minnesota on the right:

When you see God as white, and people as being made in God’s image, it’s no surprise that non-whites are seen as a little less human, and it’s how you get ministers like Mike Huckabee.