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Once again I am asking: can we start planting some female trees in the suburbs? Excess pollen is killing me.

Once again I am asking: can we start planting some female trees in the suburbs?

Excess pollen is killing me.

"One of the most perverse ways in which philanthropy’s inherent risk aversion shows up is when funders are reluctant to support a...

"One of the most perverse ways in which philanthropy’s inherent risk aversion shows up is when funders are reluctant to support a given organization or effort until they see that another funder has already committed themselves to similar support." https://ssir.org/articles/entry/we_need_a_strategy_for_spending_down

"No matter how much leverage you have as a cultural originator, the power (and money) in creative decision-making remains firmly in the...

"No matter how much leverage you have as a cultural originator, the power (and money) in creative decision-making remains firmly in the hands of the organisations that, sadly, far too often just don’t get the culture they’re buying into." https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/16/netflix-black-dating-show-pop-the-balloon-tv

Re. Tobacco age limit laws: self-report data says they reduce use: “But when you measure the same young adults’ recent exposure to...

Re. Tobacco age limit laws: self-report data says they reduce use:

“But when you measure the same young adults’ recent exposure to tobacco through biomarkers in their urine, you don’t see any changes in recent exposure.” 👀

https://news.wfu.edu/2025/02/06/tobacco-age-restrictions-may-not-be-working-new-research-shows/

Coping with tax day by making lists and setting up a notebook for a group study: a couple Pilots, an Asvine, a Desiderata, and a Darail, all...

Coping with tax day by making lists and setting up a notebook for a group study: a couple Pilots, an Asvine, a Desiderata, and a Darail, all on surprisingly well-performing Moleskine paper.

#FountainPens

"The architecture of the memorial stages encounter. Spectacle is not repair." —Christina Sharpe, Note 23 #OrdinaryNotes

"The architecture of the memorial stages encounter. Spectacle is not repair." —Christina Sharpe, Note 23 #OrdinaryNotes

Cat chewed up one of my flash drives overnight. 🙃Bet the medieval scribes didn't have to contend with scroll-eating pets.

Cat chewed up one of my flash drives overnight. 🙃

Bet the medieval scribes didn't have to contend with scroll-eating pets.

Running lat pulls and squats with Dr. Weems blessing young adults and Total Praise in my ear is a whole experience I did not expect today.

Running lat pulls and squats with Dr. Weems blessing young adults and Total Praise in my ear is a whole experience I did not expect today.

Courts are reversing early injunctions that stopped DOGE from accessing or consolidating Americans' data....

Courts are reversing early injunctions that stopped DOGE from accessing or consolidating Americans' data.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/us/politics/trump-musk-data-access.html?unlocked_article_code=1._E4.LVdh.ul53uox1eZst

And in the middle of it, advertisers just happy for the boosted views.

And in the middle of it, advertisers just happy for the boosted views.

Watched the 2024 film on how ABC handled the Munich Olympics hostage scenario. You see the seed of contemporary broadcast story-making:...

Watched the 2024 film on how ABC handled the Munich Olympics hostage scenario.

You see the seed of contemporary broadcast story-making: cutting scenes out of unfolding tragedy, rushing to be first with facts, even fights over infrastructure like satellites.

What are the survival odds for a country where people don't trust the government *or* other people and the most commonly promoted...

What are the survival odds for a country where people don't trust the government *or* other people and the most commonly promoted politics are capricious, cruel, and cynical?

Why not try something more whole?

Where can one watch a full replay of the NCAA March Madness men's basketball championship final (Gators v Cougars)? Can't find it...

Where can one watch a full replay of the NCAA March Madness men's basketball championship final (Gators v Cougars)?

Can't find it anywhere. Which seems odd. Wouldn't they make easy money off the rebroadcast?

This week in Mackland: reality-warping chats with Zoom about how much of the storage allotted to my account I may use without getting daily...

This week in Mackland: reality-warping chats with Zoom about how much of the storage allotted to my account I may use without getting daily warnings (plural) that I'm flying too close to the sun and must delete content.

Regret: Should've used Riverside.fm.

"If a multiracial working-class movement is to build and wield power, its politics must be as unapologetically bold as its...

"If a multiracial working-class movement is to build and wield power, its politics must be as unapologetically bold as its protest." —Abraham Ratner (2021)

https://proteanmag.com/2021/07/17/radicalism-restrained-the-political-legacy-of-john-lewis/

"If a multiracial working-class movement is to build and wield power, its politics must be as unapologetically bold as its...

"If a multiracial working-class movement is to build and wield power, its politics must be as unapologetically bold as its protest." —Abraham Ratner (2021)

https://proteanmag.com/2021/07/17/radicalism-restrained-the-political-legacy-of-john-lewis/

"Nobody is coming to save us, except us. And together, we're enough."...

"Nobody is coming to save us, except us. And together, we're enough." —
@beep

https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/time-to-organize/

On every side: when people organize en masse to withdraw credibility and consent... Colossus falls.This pattern is politically agnostic:...

On every side: when people organize en masse to withdraw credibility and consent... Colossus falls.

This pattern is politically agnostic: anyone can use it for any cause. People power is power.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/02/creative-writing-nanowrimo-to-close-after-20-years

"We have petitioned and cried to our government for well over a year now with no amends. What is left but to collectively halt our...

"We have petitioned and cried to our government for well over a year now with no amends. What is left but to collectively halt our labor? Not to actually put our bodies on the line but to take our bodies off and out of the lines and means of production." —Saul Williams

"The drum was the earliest form of wireless communication."That may not be true but it sounds right." —Saul...

"The drum was the earliest form of wireless communication.

"That may not be true but it sounds right." —Saul Williams

https://youtu.be/MOEIqlAbrIY?si=_SmSDQEoWv1BxFaG