Gonna watch the season finale of The Mandalorian before the spoiler embargo cracks. Based on the reactions so far, it’s the first time in many years I’ve watched anything Star Wars with high expectations, which means...
Watched it.
Thoughts:

1) Was there fan servicing? Yes. Was the fan servicing earned? Also yes!

2) Favreau/Filoni should thank J.J. Abrams for lowering the bar and making them look like heroes.

2) An episode that pleases both @texasinafrica & @SonnyBunch is impressive. Most impressive.
Oh, right:

4) Watch the credits, for two reasons: a) There’s a rather important after-credits scene; and b) The modified theme song is f**king great.

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At a @CFR_org virtual meeting, CDC director Robert Redfield acknowledges that for the next couple of months the pandemic will be “really rough.”
Redfield also seems to acknowledge the incoming Biden administration, stating that his tenure will end in mid-January.
Redfield flat-out states that for the next 60-90 days the United States will experience daily death tolls that exceed 9/11 and vaccine approval will have no effect on those numbers.
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One of my stress dreams is seeing an article like this about my own professional oeuvre.
“A review of his professional history, as well as interviews with more than a half-dozen political scientists, show that Mr. Drezner is not the seasoned political science scholar he plays on TV. He has never published in the American Political Science Review. What a loser.”
I live in mortal terror of referee reports as brutal as this @politico story about Sidney Powell: “At least twice, Powell has sued on behalf of a party that did not agree to be a part of the case.” politico.com/news/2020/12/0…
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If Hollywood screenwriters had cast and scripted this sequence they would have been accused of hyperbole.
Seriously, if SNL did this verbatim for its cold open, conservative culture warriors would be loudly yelling about unfair stereotypes.
In conclusion, I presume that all these people will be hosting their own shows on Newsmax or OANN by the end of the week.
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Thanksgiving cooking log, supplemental: The turkey is in the oven.
Thanksgiving cooking log, supplemental: soux-cheffed the stuffing, basting the turkey with Tawny port.
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As the spouse of a social worker let me assure you that remote therapy is absolutely therapy and perhaps you should STFU about it right goddamn now.
Also, as someone who is doing online instruction for grad students, it absolutely is a form of learning. It’s imperfect and suboptimal compared to in-person instruction, but it’s still teaching. Jeff’s point about online learning has more validity for younglings.
The frustrating thing for everyone involved is that online anything is, on the whole, just less efficient. Which means folks like my wife and I are working harder and nonetheless providing a less-than-ideal service. Still, contra Jeff, it’s better than nothing.
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