What I read today - Nov 10
- With a Stroke of His Pen President Obama Permanently Protects Planned Parenthood, politicus usa
- Cash-Strapped Towns Are Un-Paving Roads They Can’t Afford to Fix, Wired
- Can Senate Democrats Stop Donald Trump?, The New Republic
- What President Donald Trump Means for Muslims, The New Republic
- World Is About to Find Out What Donald Trump Really Believes, New York Times
- What the Trump Victory Means for Standing Rock, Resilience
- For Sale: Nonprofits, Urban Omnibus
What I read today - Nov 9
- Donald Trump Is Elected President in Stunning Repudiation of the Establishment, NY Times
- What Happened on Election Day , NY Times
- Donald Trump’s Victory Promises to Upend the International Order, NY Times
- News Media Yet Again Misreads America’s Complex Pulse, NY Times
- Cheering for the First Female President, Until They Weren’t, NY Times
- Global Markets Are Shaken, Then Stabilize, After Trump Victory, NY Times
- Why Trump Won: Working-Class Whites, NY Times
- Politics Is the Solution, Jacobian
- My Ancestors Did Not Die For This Shit: Thoughts on Whiteness and the Election, madwomen and muses
- Republicans Have Pulled the Country and the World Into the Abyss, The New Republic
- The “Deplorables” Got the Last Laugh, The New Republic
- What to Say to the Women in Your Life Today, Esquire
- Why the Electoral College is the absolute worst, explained, VOX
What I read today - Nov 3
- Barack Obama Is America’s Feminist-in-Chief, New Republic
- This Map of the World Just Won Japan’s Prestigious Design Award, Spoon & Tomaga
- The Women Who Made New York: Restoring the Rightful Ratio of Remembrance, Brain pickings
- Death by Wallpaper: The Alluring Arsenic Colors that Poisoned the Victorian Age, Hyperallergic
- Curing What Ails Us, from Urban Herbalism to Activism, Civil Eats
- How a Small Troop of Techies Led the US Syrian Refugee Surge, Webby Awards
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