We spoke to Black women who started the Target boycott & who sustained it for a yr+. They'll likely never go back.
Teacher Laverne Mickens put it like this: “[Black women] will say if & when it’s over. And I can tell you right now: That will be the 15th of never ever.”
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Whiskey Friday the 13th with Tony Dokoupil.
That Norman Rockwell freedom of speech painting with the guy standing up to speak and all the men looking adoringly at him while the woman gives him side eye (quite rightly as the real guy was arguing not to fund education in his town or some nonsense).
When I am given the option to ‘continue’ it should mean to continue with what *I* was doing, not what the website/app/device wants me to be doing.
Me, in 30 years having not gotten the news that the boycott ended
Absolutely. And other countries, including Muslim-majority ones, are doing better at getting women into STEM bc they actually have more support from family & school environments for it. slate.com/human-intere...
At a women in STEM event today, someone bemoaned the lack of women doing computer science. At tea, a young women who had left the AI/tech world told me this: “it’s just full of men lying about how good they are & constantly competing”. Just maybe the problem is with tech culture & not the women… 🤔
Kolanovic.
The man’s whole life is a lesson in the impact of zero repercussions.
Bridging the Divide on Firearm Policy is a new effort dedicated to bridging the gap on gun regulation.
Over a year, it brought together leaders in gun violence prevention and gun rights spaces, in the hopes that they could find mutually acceptable gun reform ideas.
It worked: thetr.ac/AoRup
Every month the United States provides even more reason to boycott its products and companies — the strikes on Iran being just the latest.
In light of that, it’s a great time to ditch the products and services of US tech companies. I made a comprehensive guide to help you.
screenshot of a tv user guide, showing two channels under Tue 8PM: MSNOW - State of the union TCM East- Gaslight
Masterful Troll, TCM.
Oaf who didn't move into mansion that came with his PA office, but made the pool open to the public... but fully supported war on gaza with no constraints www.phillyvoice.com/lieutenant-g...
JFC, cut that shit in half and you’ve eradicated hunger, provided healthcare for all and made education free for all Americans. What the fuck are we doing?
Researchers have found that 6 of 10 abortion restrictions — bans on Medicaid funding for abortion, mandated waiting periods, 2nd-trimester abortion bans, ACA marketplace insurance coverage bans, biased counseling laws, and ultrasound requirements — were linked to higher rates of maternal mortality.
I gotta say, "the Pentagon uses a high powered laser to shoot down a party balloon" feels like enough symbolism for awhile. all full up thanks
I was almost Lara, after a character in Dr. Zhivago. Georgia was 2nd choice, but my dad heard Willie Nelson's Georgia On My Mind in the waiting room and so when the nurse asked him about my name, after my mom was out from the c-section, he said Georgia ☺️.
Duckduckgo for search & fastmail for email (paid service, but no ads)
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
There are ways as a designer, design researcher, or technologist to deal with this. I talk about that.
The most important one is to stop trying so hard to make a business case for your work before you really understand how decisions are being made. It will comes across as a threat or an annoyance.
Prove that you're human song
Psychology of the law
Intro to Subversive Writing
Intro to Film Analysis
Observing Humans (one of the best classes ever ever ever)
Design lab classes in grad school
Threads just suspended @avindman.bsky.social’s campaign account, in case you need a reason to get off all Meta platforms.
"They told us what they were going to do. They published it. They put it on a website. And when it happened, the press was surprised."
Hoo boy, everyone should bookmark this @parkermolloy.com piece & make sure everyone involved in media reads it.
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
And it's about fucking time to stop buying shit on Amazon
the sign in the photo is made by Minneapolis artist Lizzie Christian! rarepressmpls.com/collections/...
House of Games
Had to change so many basic habits to avoid supporting his supporters. Logging off platforms, shopping elsewhere, avoiding news. Did not expect to feel compelled to shift/stop so many small daily activities.
We have a finite amount of time to spend thinking while on this earth and I am very resentful of how much of it has been monopolized by the whims of a demented old real estate scumbag
