For the various naysayers I seem to still hear from/about who argue that, What’s the big deal? More people die from [X] than die died from Covid, here’s an annotated graph that should shut you up.
Statuses
Civil Rights Law Protects L.G.B.T. Workers, Supreme Court Rules – The New York Times
In normal times, this would have been front page news.The world is so crazy right now I totally missed this landmark decision.
I still love this interview with me on Anthony Ongaro’s Break The Twitch so very much. Covers so much of what I believe in.
Fourteen years ago today, I became the luckiest man in the world because this beautiful, smart, fun lady married me.
“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.”