What I read today - March 8
- Giant Eagle Now the Largest U.S. Supermarket Selling Ugly Fruits and Vegetables, Civil Eats
- Planting schedules. Trying to figure out how to organize my kids gardening group.
- Mark My Words: The Subversive History of Women Using Thread as Ink, Broadly
- Revealed: the 30-year economic betrayal dragging down Generation Y’s income, The Guardian
We're all fucked - Tech CEOs and Top Republicans Met at AEI World Forum to Plot How to Stop Donald Trump, Mic
- The remarkably high odds you’ll be poor at some point in your life, The Washington Post
My reading is getting progressively sadder. Data also seems so incredibly broad since no one is in your exactly same position in life. Special snowflakes. But really, are we making things worse by quantifying everything? Although being an educated white lady, means it's less than 25% chance for me. Booya (thanks Cornell for your poverty calculator) - Drugs found in Puget Sound salmon from tainted wastewater, Seattle Times via Reverend Billy
Doesn't feel 100% comprehensive, more like 50%-75% - Bette Midler and Kim Kardashian’s ridiculous feud, explained, Vox
- A sad poem about NY
What I read today - March 4
Because I can never find the random things I've read.
Why There’s No Such Thing As A Brooklyn Accent, Atlas Obscura
Single By Choice: Why Fewer American Women Are Married Than Ever Before, NPR
The Weird, Complicated, Sexist History of Pockets, Mic.
A little saucy, but interesting. Pockets = <3Don’t Let Your Mistakes Go to Waste, Harvard Business Review
I've had a couple of interviews recently and was asked multiple times about remembering a "bad" idea. At first, I couldn't remember one, but realized it's not that I'm perfect but rather that if something I've tried fails, I use it as a learning experience. It's only a bad idea if you didn't learn from it.Draw the Line, The New Inquiry
The Single American Woman, NY Mag
It's like Beyonce is on repeat today.Tile Expert Shares Little-Known Story of Historic East New York Dairy Murals, Brownstoner