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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