Alibi Volume 29, Number 32
August 6, 2020
Feature
News Feature
Black Lives Matter
The message could not be more clear: Black Lives Matter. With a peaceful gathering held in downtown Albuquerque this past weekend, the statement that rang truest with the crowd was, “We just want to live.”
News & Opinion
Community News
The Yellow Brick Road Back to School
Coronavirus, masks and computer screens line the path to Emerald City
APS teachers and school staff return to school on Aug. 5 to prepare for online and in-school teaching, and learning in a sanitized and safe setting that includes social distancing and wearing face masks. While safety must be the main consideration, there is no one-size-fits-all approach to school reopening.
Community News
Community Terrorism
New Mexico Civil Guard draws on unarmed protestors
After a Sunday evening gathering against violence toward BIPOC from police, unarmed people were threatened by armed individuals. As things stand now, there is absolutely no evidence that justifies a gun to have been pulled, pointed and potentially discharged. Yet New Mexico Civil Guard is still out there, uninhibited by anything or anyone.
Newscity
State Auditor says the City Councilor Klarissa Peña spent too much money on a trip; Michelle Lujan Grisham told reporters that she’d be willing to accept a role in Biden’s cabinet and as governor has extended a public health order that limits public gatherings through August.
News Editorial
The Importance of Social Media Literacy
Spotting bad actors in social movements
People’s lives can be immensely impacted by what is shared on social media, as we’ve seen here very recently when the New Mexico Civil Guard, the local right-wing militia that has deputized themselves as armed peacekeepers, posted the home addresses of two members of The Red Nation last week on their public Facebook page. So how do you tell the difference between a genuine member of a movement and a bad actor looking to phish you?
Council Watch
Welcome Back, Now Get to Work!
Councilors return to tackle helping Burque businesses
City Councilors faced down a packed Zoom agenda with no end in sight to the COVID pandemic, and many questions of how to help the city’s struggling businesses and residents were hanging in the virtual air.
New Mexico News
What's The Buzz With Charter Schools?
School choice important during the pandemic
Have a kid with a passion for foreign languages? How about a flair for the media or digital arts? Maybe a budding flamenco dancer? Or a young Einstein or a novice Marie Curie? Here in New Mexico there are 96 public charter schools that offer unique, top-rated educational opportunities for students with all kinds of passions.
New Mexico News
Going Maskless
School will open in-person day one, no masks required
Legacy Church Academy, a private school centered around the namesake church, has announced that it will be doing in-person classes from day one of school reopening, and that it will not be enforcing masks.
Town Square
It Feels Like Facism
Words of protestor abducted in July hit home for local citizen
What does fascism feel like? Deep, deep grief.
Opinion
Mask It or Casket
Believe you’re exempt from a mask? Think again.
What's the deal with maskholes?
Odds & Ends
Funny because being called fat on Facebook happens to someone else.
Film & TV
Idiot Box
The Show Must Go On
“Muppets Now” on Disney+
Clearly shot in the puppeteers’ own homes and filled with a bit more improvisation than previous iterations, “Muppets Now” is mostly hit and miss. If the writers, producers and performers can find a way to break through the formulaic segments and embrace a bit more of the original show’s manic and anarchic spirit, “Muppets Now” will make for a joyful weekly treat.
Stream Time
Shows come and go on the popular streaming services.
Week in Sloth
Highlights from around the dial. Except no one has dials anymore.
Arts & Lit
Arts Interview
How is UNM Going to Work?
A conversation with the new dean of the College of Fine Arts.
It’s going to be a very different year at the College of Fine Arts at UNM, beginning with a new dean, Harris Smith, and obviously, continuing on with new ways to teach given the global pandemic. We sat down with Smith to talk about his background, his goals for the school and how students are going to be able to learn in this very different environment.
Art Magnified
The Death and Life of School Pictures
Ally Burke’s Phantom Phases
A relic of a different time valued only by dusty grandmothers, the era of school pictures may have already been behind us without the interference of a global, school-shuttering pandemic. But in the world of Ally Burke, school pictures are reimagined, much like Nirvana reimaged the pep rally.
Food
Cocktail Culture
The Key Lime Caipirinha
A Brazilian cocktail made for August
The Key Lime Caipirinha is a tropical drink perfect for the dog days of August in the Northern Hemisphere. Of Brazilian derivation, it gets its flavor from the key limes and the Brazilian spirit Cachaça which is similar to rum, but made directly from raw sugarcane instead of molasses.
Cannabis
Baked Goods
End of Days
Evangelicals oppose drug laws
The White House’s special spiritual advisor weirdly ripped into presidential hopeful Joe Biden for his anti-cannabis history; Ultra Health recently commissioned an analysis of the COVID-19 medical cannabis boom in New Mexico; a recently passed amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act could allow those in the military to use hemp products, including CBD.
Astrology
Free Will Astrology
Free Will Astrology
Twelve pieces of creative advice. If you only have time to read one, maybe pick based on your birthday.
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