What I read today - Oct 12

• Is Trump Teflon? Most Say No as Brand Perception Takes a Hit, WSJ
• Activists disrupt key Canada-U.S. oil pipelines, Reuters
• The Third Self: Mary Oliver on Time, Concentration, the Artist’s Task, and the Central Commitment of the Creative Life, Brain Pickings
  And this is why I'm not an artist...
• I Am Not I: Philosopher Jacob Needleman on How We Become Who We Are and the Path to Self-Liberation, Brain Pickings
• Hillary Clinton to Panicked Republicans: You’re on Your Own, New Republic
• A Court Ruled Against Elizabeth Warren’s Brainchild—and Saved It., New Republic
• Controlling Astor Place, Jeremiah's Vanishing New York
• Business Improvement Districts Ruin Neighborhoods, New Republic
• New York City May Double Number of Food Vendor Permits., New York Times
  Bout time! Although the prez of midtown BIDs thinks they're unsightly. pfffftttt
• Fabric Dyeing with Algae: A Watery New Frontier, The Plant Hunter
• True Indigo Dyeing: The Fermented Vat, The Plant Hunter