WDEF needs to address their local political coverage, at least in this instance. It’s disingenuous to show one candidate (Coty Wamp) fiddle with their microphone (1:10-18 in the clip) as b-roll to a voice over of the candidate’s platform and then tout the other candidate’s (Neal Pinkston) years in office and experience (1:57 in the clip) with the candidate holding their microphone.

WDEF also failed to mention Pinkston’s nepotism charges as well as Wamp’s misidentification of a criminal subject. I’ll consider that a wash.

Full disclosure: I do not contribute or in any way support either candidate even though I am a registered Republican. When I see shoddy or poor journalism (or media pretending to be journalism) I will call it out.

Watching: Five Great Things to Watch:

 

A scene from “Gravity Falls.”Disney

‘Gravity Falls’

Crossing the leisure-time sibling dynamic of “Phineas and Ferb” with a much smarter version of the comic mysteries of “Scooby Doo,” this lively and sweet animated series is about Dipper and Mabel Pines, 12-year-old twins who are shipped away to the middle of Oregon to live with their crazy “Grunkle” Stan. Stan runs a beaten-down tourist trap called the “Mystery Shack,” which becomes the nexus of supernatural happenings. Voiced by Jason Ritter and Kristen Schaal, the twins have a winning banter that’s underscored by real affection.

I cannot recommend Gravity Falls enough. If you have access to this show, watch it.

From Nicholas Bates:

1. Doing the laundry;

2. Reading poetry;

3. Cleaning your shoes;

4. Taking a walk free of phone;

5. Writing a letter of advice to your younger self;

6. Staring deep, deep and deeper still into the night sky;

7. Knowing today is a fresh start. History is well, history. Today is all potential.

Make sure you register more than one finger if you use them to authenticate (and don’t live in an authoritarian regime). I get dry skin in the winter that changes my index finger, but rarely do the rest also change

If this isn’t available with English translation in the US I will collapse a soufflé:

Unless you for some reason hate wholesome television (or more likely cooking contest shows), you’ve probably been drawn in by the charms of the U.K.-based televised baking contest The Great British Bake Off. With lovable contestants, comedic hosts, exciting challenges, beautiful and tasty-looking pastries and cakes, and only the slightest bit of drama, it’s become an international sensation, more than just any old reality show.

Luckily for fans of the original Britain-based show who have already binged all of the episodes available online, there are lots of international spinoffs, including the most recent one that appeared on Amazon Prime Japan: Bake Off Japan.

(Via SoraNews24)