Seattle has a gorgeous natural phenomenon: At dusk, if the sky over Seattle is cloudy but clear over the Olympics, a vast rainbow may appear to the east.

It keeps getting better

Good evening, Seattle.

The Moby Dick bot hit the mark this morning:

I don't know what's going on here. The Team Disney - Michael D. Eisner Building at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. Photographed by user Coolcaesar on November 8, 2014.

The mountain is still here, at least.

Right, you wouldn't want to consort with criminals.

Sorry, this one shows the time and source at the bottom.

Widespread problems on Internet this morning. Not sure if this is related.

They "fixed" the elevator buttons.

Iran Strikes Ship Carrying Fantagraphics Books

I did not expect to wake up to this.

Seattle Healthcare Rally, Saturday Jan 31

Seattle Healthcare Rally @ Harborview Medical Center, Saturday Jan 31

Seattle Healthcare + Teachers Rally + March, Saturday Jan 31

A good book on this:

After the Flood.

Maybe don't travel today.

Let The Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP NY, 1987-1993, by Sarah Schulman. A thorough and thoroughly thought-provoking study of the AIDS activist movement, with many lessons for any activist.

A great book of portraits of AIDS activists by photographer Bill Bytsura. On the cover: Robert Garcia, died 1993. Rest in Power.

The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World, essays by David Graeber. The first essay, "There Never Was a West" is fascinating dive into ideas of "western civilization" and "democracy". Now digging into the essays and interviews about economics.

Antifa.