Can't wait to play!

Szymborska is a treasure. Cannot recommend enough if poetry resonates for you at all. Used a snippet from her as an epigraph once.

Why I'm quitting the Washington Post Democracy can't function without a free press

A big loss: @anntelnaes.bsky.social, the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist for @postopinions.bsky.social, announces she’s quitting the Post over editorial conflict anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...

Love to see this, our local bakery focused on small batch and local/organic ingredients is so amazing

This would a fun addition!

An open letter to the public administration and public management communities COMMENTARY | “We must reexamine the fundamental values that drive our work…[and] we need a vigorous debate about the basic principles of the field,” argues one expert.

Don Kettl issues an open letter for the field of public administration, arguing for a large scale re-evaluation of core values and purpose. PAsky
www.govexec.com/transition/2...

Nice!

now in plans for 2025!

You cannot actually build a social democratic state on a foundation of low-trust anti-establishmentism, because you are going to need to build complex institutions that will require trade-offs and compromises and buy-in from diverse stakeholders from across society.

lovely - I may schedule a visit just to get one!

Dobbs has only worsened the impacts: As I reported for @nbcnews.com last year, abortion bans have also contributed to the closures of maternity wards, in part by driving OB-GYNs from red states, like Idaho:

www.nbcnews.com/health/women...

little actions, bigger impacts

Just found this and had to go through all the lovely posts so far. Looking forward to new posts!

looks tasty!

And now more support for USWNT too
www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/...

‘This is the time for women’s sports’: investor Deb Henretta backs US rugby The former Proctor & Gamble executive cites WNBA star Caitlin Clark and women’s soccer as examples of success, as Women’s Elite Rugby works towards kick off next year

Big fan of the US Women's Rugby team - love to see this www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/n...

Next set of 5 writers of whom I've read 10+ books:

Harlan Coben
Charles Dickens
Agatha Christie
Laura Lippman
Rick Riordan

Five writers of whom I've 10+ books:

Brandon Sanderson
Marcia Mueller
Brad Taylor
John Sanford
Anne McCaffrey

Amazing change!

‘We’ve become distrustful of each other’: Braiding Sweetgrass author Robin Wall Kimmerer on Trump, rural America and resistance Her last book sold 2m copies. Now the Native American ecologist is taking on capitalism. She talks about how the ‘gift economy’ could heal divisions across the US

Can't wait to get this book - feels like a perspective I want to embrace
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...

“It’s important not to have this place be an echo chamber” is something that sounds correct but falls apart when you realize it actually means pretending arguments done in bad faith are genuine. It’s the “I’m just asking questions” of social media

As sources say Trump could deport undocumented Chinese first, Asian American groups rush to prep Sources previously told NBC News that undocumented Chinese nationals of military age will be among the first groups targeted for deportation by the incoming Trump administration.

“Undocumented immigrants from China who are deemed to be of military age will be among the first groups targeted for deportation by the incoming Trump administration, sources close to the campaign previously told NBC News, citing the potential risk to national security.”

Blacksky - Open Collective An AT Protocol implementation built in Rust and prioritizing the community building efforts of marginalized groups; especially prioritizing Bluesky's community of Black users after which the project i...

Y'all @rudyfraser.com maintains #Blacksky mostly by himself. It costs $3000 per month, and he's adding more servers to accommodate 🐦 folk so costs are rising. Let's support him! Click the link and scroll down to make a one time donation or a recurring $7 donation. Show ♥️ to the architect!

A pile of leaves 4.5ft tall and 40ft long next to a path in memorial park. The fence between the park and the road is visible in the background.

Don’t let the leaves go to the dump. Use them to cover your garden beds.

Slowly growing garden spaces and shrinking grass/clover footpaths, over the coming years, is the end goal.

#signalboost #nativeplants #gardening 🌿🪴🌱🌎🌏 #conservation #ecology #fungi 🍄📸

Reminders of beauty are pretty important right now

This is love - for your kids, for your parents, so awesome to see.

20 people....scaling this rate... as someone in tech, hats off to them!

The pic I needed today :)

I love this game! - one of my favorites, a change from the many COIN games we play