August 9 Run: Ditto Last Week: Waterfront Starbucks, bring a chair just in case.

                                                    

     

We'll meet at the Waterfront Starbucks again because the locale was, although admittedly an example of our national consumerist mania, perfect.  There were ample chairs out on the lawn, lots of space, coffee aplenty.  As always, the rain held off.  We had runners and walkers, the lovely refreshing Monongahela alongside, a labyrinth to negotiate, some goats, and the adorable Alex to keep us company.  So... a repeat this Sunday.    

For a long time, RG has officially tried to keep politics more or less at bay, but that ship has sailed. We are now endlessly fretting about what we can do to help end this societal and governmental nightmare.  Resulting endorsements:

• Getting people registered to vote, to request their mail-in ballots, to actually FILL THEM OUT AND SEND THEM IN - if anyone has a good idea on the best way to promote winning this election, email me back and I'll share with the group.  And Joanne - please come and tell us!
• What can you attend or do to elect Democrats and work for justice in general? Send an email to Debra Fyock - debra.fyock@gmail.com - and tell her you want to receive the Indivisible Grassroots Pittsburgh Calendar - for up-to-the-minute listings.
• If you can't remember if you signed up for a mail-in ballot for November, check here.
• Revel in our misery with gut-punching political ads from the Lincoln Project
• How does Elizabeth Warren look so terrific?  I researched:  Skincare; long walks.
• Movie: Idiocracy - not a great film but unbelievably prescient.
• Podcasts:  Nice White Parents - remember standing in line for a Magnet School?  Radiolab piece on 1918 Pandemic, brilliant, unexpected.
• Putting vodka in your pie crust. There are hundreds of recipes, so it must be great.  How about putting vodka in anything - chocolate pudding, banana bread, tacos, salad dressing - it's getting a little desperate out here.
• Because several people asked about The Butterlab last week - there's more on Instagram.
• Check out Mindy Kaling's Never Have I Ever on Netflix. Wendy is obsessed with the main character played by Maitreyi Ramakrishnan..