Fourteen years ago today, I became the luckiest man in the world because this beautiful, smart, fun lady married me.
Statuses
“Here’s the truth, by the way: people don’t change their minds through confrontation and argumentation. They DO change their minds, sometimes very quickly; but quietly, in private. Ideally, no one notices. Could there be anything more human than that?”
— Robin Sloan, from his most recent always excellent newsletter
This Dharma Talk by Thich Nhat Hahn on Nondiscrimination is exactly how I needed to start my week. Maybe it’ll be a nice start to yours.
My wife, who’s Masters Degree is in Historic Preservation, on commemorative statues:
“The vast majority of commemorative statues in this country have no significance on their own and have no sense of place relationship to where they stand.”
Today is Loving Day
Invisible insulation | Seth’s Blog
This invisible insulation is a form of civilization.
And when it’s unevenly available, it becomes privilege. Just as invisible sometimes, but to make things better, we need to look at it and realize that it’s there and do something.
The stick figure on the door: unconscious ways we exclude each other – The Correspondent
“Difference is innately human. Indignity and discrimination are not. We need to be able to recognise what makes a person distinctive, without losing sight of what we all share.”
A beautiful practice.
Kottke with a great summary of resources to help one understand what “abolishing/defunding the police” means in planning and practice.
“Going wide can be overwhelming—there’s so much to read, watch, think about. So go deep instead. “
Rebecca Toh encourages us to go deep