Happy Wednesday and welcome to the end of the month. We’re nearly halfway through the year, can you believe it? For today’s header, I’m continuing my dive into this day in Avocado history. history. One of the awful things I’m discovering in in these dives through old PTs is just how frequently there are mass shootings in the US. It puts it in sharp focus when you’re going back through the years and keep finding stories about yet another incident. So as always, approach with care and caution.
2022: Content warning for continuing discussion of the Uvalde shooting. Tucker Carlson complained about K-Pop band BTS. More unionization efforts at Starbucks stores. Elon Musk got into a whiny tweeting fit over satirical website The Hard Drive.
Elsewhere on The Avocado: Discount Spinner Rack on the 1990 Flash TV movie. Late to the Party: Gremlins. And a thread for the Stanley Cup playoff conference finals.
2021: It came out that Elie Kemper was in pageants associated with the KKK. Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open after choosing not to speak with the press after a match. Discourse on the movie Cruella. Hippos are super dangerous.
Elsewhere on The Avocado: Scene Dissection became Scene Vivisection to look at In Praise of Love. Mayim Bialik debuted as guest host on Jeopardy. Ad Space on Purple brand mattresses.
2020: Black Lives Matter protests in the wake of the death of George Floyd.
Elsewhere on The Avocado: Sunday food thread. Comic Strip Club. Day Thread and Night Thread.
2019: Illinois approved the recreational use of marijuana. Trump tried to implement tariffs on goods from Mexico. Yet another mass shooting. A report on Russian trolls spreading anti-vaccine propaganda in what is yet another instance of pre-pandemic foreshadowing.
Elsewhere on The Avocado: Deadwood: The Movie. A review of the Elton John biopic Rocketman. Franchise festival on Katamari (naaaaaaaa na na na na na na na na…)
2018: Parents of students in Parkland formed a super PAC to try to take on the NRA.. Trump pardoned Dinesh D’Souza. Samantha Bee made controversial remarks about Ivanka Trump.
Elsewhere on The Avocado: Let’s Talk about bad habits. Sports Corner. Shoeless Trivia: Africa.
Be kind and thoughtful today. Cheers.