What I read today - Oct 28
- How Trump’s Grandfather Made a Fortune in Canada, Bloomberg
- Broadway’s delightful bend at East 10th Street, Ephemeral New York
- The bloody past of Manhattan’s West 39th Street, Ephemeral New York
- Cow Tunnels, 99% Invisible
- Wikipedia community and Internet Archive partner to fix one million broken links on Wikipedia, Wikimedia
What I read today - Oct 27
- Never a Helpmeet Part 3: Patriarchy, What Happened to It?, homeschoolers anonymous
- Want to Understand Trump’s Rise? Head to the Farm., Civil Eats
- This Farm-To-Hospital Program Brings Organic Produce To Those Who Need It Most, rodales organic life
- Could The US’s First Industrial Hemp Farms Be On Native American Land?, Modern Farmer
- Where Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Land on Food and Farming Issues, Modern farmer
- Monstera adansonii
- Airbnb Sues Over New Law Regulating New York Rentals, NY Times
- Why Millennials Hate Hillary Clinton, The Odessey
- Excavating the Farley, Urban Omnibus
- No Rezoning Plan, but City Eyes Brownsville for Big Changes, City Limits
- Amy Goodman Is Facing Prison for Reporting on the Dakota Access Pipeline. That Should Scare Us All., The Nation
What I read today - Oct 26
- Organize Or Die , The Concourse
- Cultivating An Urban Jungle With Darryl Cheng, Crush Magazine
I follow this guy on instagram and I like his pretty pics. But, generally, I like when I learn things from the account, and he really doesn't sound that knowledgeable. I mean, he knows what he's doing in terms that he understands his space and the appropriate plants to fill it, but doesn't explore... - #StandingRockSyllabus
What I read today - Oct 19
- The wealthy commute later, get to take more direct routes, Ars Technica
- Nonstop Metropolis: An Atlas of Maps Reclaiming New York’s Untold Stories and Unseen Populations, Brain Pickings
- Research: Who’s Lobbying Congress on Climate Change , Harvard Business Review
- The Next Phase in Bernie’s Revolution Has Already Begun, New Republic
- Donald Trump Can’t Stand Losing to a Girl, New Republic
- Farmer’s Almanac Predicts An Extra-Short Foliage Season This Year, Rodale's Organic Life
- Western Donors Support Big Agriculture in Africa, Modern Farmer
- Dear Margaret, We Dance This Mess Around, You Grow Girl
I need to let go a little more in the garden. Play more.
What I read today - Oct 18
- The Binge Breaker, The Atlantic
This is my problem with working in tech. Not only do apps/sites have access to so much of your data to line their pockets with ad dollars, but you get hooked to them. Very few of my apps are allowed to run without wifi (I was racking up bills!) and even less of them permissioned to send pop up messages to me. Everyone thinks we're all immediately accessible which drives me nuts... I've got other things going on other than checking messages and keeping up so as to avoid FOMO.
What I read today Oct 15
- How to Clean Water With Old Coffee Grounds, smithsonianmag
- Whole Foods Sets Up Shop in Low-Income Neighborhoods, WSJ
On one hand, it's great low-income residents can get quality food. On the other, the city sold property and provided subsidies totaling around $13mil. - Our love of cheap seafood is tainted by slavery: how can it be fixed?, The Guardian
What I read today - Oct 14
- The Solar Eclipse of 1925, Untapped Cities
- Burning Down the House, New York Times
- Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mentor, Or, Why Modernist Designers Are Superior, Design Observer
My fav boss and mentor also worked at Vignelli with Beruit. I credit Tom for a lot in my career, I learned so much from him - A world-famous urbanist says New York is becoming a “gated suburb”, Quartz
What I read today - Oct 13
- The Central Paradox of Love: Esther Perel on Reconciling the Closeness Needed for Intimacy with the Psychological Distance That Fuels Desire, Brain Pickings
- Will This New Bill Level the Playing Field for Urban Farms?, Civil Eats
- How Kudzu, “The Vine that Ate the South,” Put Southern Agriculture on the Skids, Modern Farmer
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
What I read today - Oct 7
- Five Years of Drought, Adventures in Mapping
- The Not-So-Wholesome Reality Behind The Making of Your Meal Kit, Buzzfeed
- Move Over, Rats. New York Is Planning an Underground Park., New York Times
What I read today - 0ct 6
- In Defense of Mobile Homes, Pricenomics
- Ancient Cannabis 'Burial Shroud' Discovered in Desert Oasis, National Geographic
- The Millennial Economy, Economic Innovation Group