Her husband was in jail when Ida hit. She hasn't heard from him since.

[View in browser]( [Mother Jones Daily Newsletter]( September 3, 2021 From catastrophic flooding to the start of the [most restrictive abortion ban]( in the country, ladies and gentlemen, it has been a week. During previous moments of 2021 exhaustion, I've often dedicated the Friday note to various musings and thoughts that have little to do with the emergency of the moment. And today will be no different! So, here's what I've been reading, watching, and getting excited about this week to keep the brain afloat in this sea of despair: Only Murders in the Building: The preview for Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez's new crime-comedy did not leave me impressed. It even made me cringe! But after a nudge from my husband to give it a shot, I've got to say, I'm pleasantly surprised. Short's performance has been especially superb to watch. Which leads me to my second recommendation, his delightful [interview]( with the New Yorker's Rachel Syme. I'm 37 weeks pregnant and vacillate between two states of existence: intense fatigue and intense nausea. The only solution for both has been nailing down exactly what I want to eat. In recent days, that's been mochi with extra scoops of ice cream on the side, this recipe for [turmeric-black pepper chicken and asparagus,]( and Trader Joe's mac n' cheese. All should keep me happy until I can finally have the gin-martini I've been pining for. I don't expect to sleep much in the coming months and have therefore been stocking up on reading material. Two books I'm particularly excited to escape into are [Marlowe Granados](' Happy Hour and [Michaela Coel's]( Misfits: A Personal Manifesto. Anyway, have a great weekend—and keep your head up. —Inae Oh Advertisement [House Donations Ad]( [Top Story] [Top Story]( [Her Husband Was in Jail When Ida Hit. She Hasn’t Heard From Him Since.]( "These people are not animals." 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[Donate]( [Recharge] SOME GOOD NEWS, FOR ONCE [All Right, Let’s Talk About the Poop in the Pit Thing]( Each Friday, we bring you an article from our archives to propel you into the weekend. In Santa Cruz, California, earlier this week, the unthinkable happened: [Someone pooped in the pit](. At a show for Turnstile—who released a new record, Glow On, this week—someone, um, yeah, they took a literal poop in the mosh pit and within the melee the feces was reportedly flung about! Turnstile is known for crazy shows. There’s an old Washington Post [article]( about how they wrecked a new venue; that includes a fantastic two paragraphs about moshing/slam-dancing as juvenilia but also beautiful. My initial reaction was basically in that vein of an adult giddily re-finding a single pulsing emotion in modernity: That’s really funny that someone pooped in the pit because poop is funny! Others have pointed out it is unsanitary. Oh, yes, I shake my head. Yes. I see that, too. Poop is gross. Here’s my recommendation for how to get through this crisis of “How to think about poop in the pit”: Read more about feces. There’s a lot of stuff in our archives (kinda weirdly) about it. We’ve got explainers on whether it’s OK to [poop in the woods](; long pieces on [fecal transplants](; and an old report about how there is [poop in hamburger meat]((!). Another you should read about: [bidets](. So, first, everyone listen to the [Turnstile album](. Former MoJo writer Matt Cohen and I were chatting about it and realized both of us listened to it over a dozen times in less than 48 hours. (As a local DC guy, he sent me the WaPo link.) This record is an unstoppable machine. It’s like I am a 13 years old again and just playing the same music until it’s engraved in one part of my brain instead of a memory of my friends and/or family. A good analysis is over at [Pitchfork](, about how the album fits into the broader hardcore landscape—and what it means. Or, you know, just watch their live sets, especially the one in [Baltimore](, filmed for some reason like someone teleported back to the 1990s. And read our genuinely interesting and high-impact coverage about poop while you do. I hope that helps you out when thinking about the national crisis of Poop in the Pit 2021. I’m sorry I said poop so much. —Jacob Rosenberg Did you enjoy this newsletter? Help us out by [forwarding]( it to a friend or sharing it on [Facebook]( and [Twitter](. [Mother Jones]( [Donate]( [Subscribe]( This message was sent to {EMAIL}. To change the messages you receive from us, you can [edit your email preferences]( or [unsubscribe from all mailings.]( For advertising opportunities see our online [media kit.]( Were you forwarded this email? [Sign up for Mother Jones' newsletters today.]( [www.MotherJones.com]( PO Box 8539, Big Sandy, TX 75755