What I read today - mar 1
- Trump's Address To Joint Session Of Congress, Annotated, NPR
- The Provocateur Behind Beyoncé, Rihanna, and Issa Rae, The New Yorker
- Sean Spicer is wrong: Medical marijuana could help solve the opioid crisis, Vice News
- Montessori Baby Week 13 -- The Dancers Mobile, the kavanaugh report
- The Fight for Obamacare Has Turned, NY Times
- Combatting stereotypes: How to talk to your children, The Conversation
What I read today - Feb 28
- The Case for Becoming a Hermit, The New Republic
- Meet the 16-year-old Canadian girl who took down Milo Yiannopoulos, Vox
- Self-Righteous Devils: What Ozark Vigilantes of the 1880s Reveal About Modern America, Collectors Weekly
- 12 Household Items and How Often You Should Actually Clean Them, Man Repeller
We're all doomed. - Why Fearful Control Freaks Need Not Apply to Yale’s Graphic Design Department, Eye on Design
- Losing a Grocery Store Changes a Neighborhood, Civil Eats
- White House bars outlets from Sean Spicer media gaggle, Al Jazeera
what I read today - Feb 27
- Prince Charles Is Behind a Plan to Use Nutella to Help Sterilize a Lot of Squirrels, Atlas Obscura
- Six Stories of Stunning Passports From Countries That No Longer Exist, Atlas Obscura
- Are We Knitting Too Many Tiny Sweaters for Animals?, Atlas Obscura
- When High-Class Ladies Wore Masks That Made It Impossible to Speak, Atlas Obscura
- “We Are So Hated”: What It’s Like to Be a Ted Cruz Fan (and NeverTrumper) at CPAC, New Republic
- Today’s immigrants assimilate faster than the Europeans who came before them, Timeline
- The Internment Artist, The Paris Review
- The High Cost of Cheap Labor, Modern Farmer
- I'm an Arab actor who's been asked to audition for the role of terrorist more than 30 times. If La La Land cleans up at the Oscars, I'm done, The Independent
What I read today - Feb 23
- Keeping the Art of Knot Tying Alive, Atlas Obscura
- In 1914, Feminists Fought For the Right to Forget Childbirth, Atlas Obscura
- What Health Tracker Could Cost You, Bloomberg
- What It's Like To Be Kim Kardashian West's Personal Emoji Designer, Fast Co design
- America’s Monopolies Are Holding Back the Economy, The Atlantic
What I read today - Feb 22
- Why Art Matters to America, NY Times
- Teenagers Who Vandalized Historic Black Schoolhouse Are Ordered to Read Books, NY Times
- Discarded Troll Milo Yiannopoulos Is Now Useless to Conservatives, Slate
- Former BookCourt Home Slated for Development Is Historically Significant, Research Reveals, Brownstoner
- Found: Love Letters a WWII Soldier Wrote to His Boyfriend, Atlas Obscura
- Seattle's Jade Vine Is Almost as Cool as a Corpse Flower, Atlas Obscura
- What’s Happening In Sweden, national Review
- Discovering the Hand -- Montessori Baby Week 12, Kavanaugh Report
- The First 40 Days Without My Son, A Pinch of Yum
Just realized I haven't been adding baby-related posts
What I read today - Feb 20
- The Most Brilliant Raised Bed We've Seen, Rodales
- Pennsylvania confirms first fracking-related earthquakes, State Impact
- Trump's Border Wall Will Have Severe Ecological Consequences, Alternet
- World's Oldest Wild Bird Has Baby at 66, NatGeo
- ‘Regretful Mothers’ Misunderstand Both Motherhood and Love, National Review
- ‘It's the breaking of a taboo’: the parents who regret having children, The Guardian
- The bitter taste of Madagascar vanilla, Al Jazeera
- Madagascar's vanilla farmers face volatile times after poor harvest, the guardian
What I read today - Feb 17
- 40% of Wikipedia is under threat from deletionists, Boing Boing
- Why Does This One Couch From West Elm Suck So Much?, The Awl
- How Kate Middleton’s Wedding Gown Demonstrates Wikipedia’s Woman Problem, Slate
- Florence Nightingale: Of Myths and Maths, The New Inquiry
- Why are we still talking about the “naughty nurse”?, The New Inquiry
- U.S. Animal Abuse Records Deleted—What We Stand to Lose, National Geographic
- In 77 Chaotic Minutes, Trump Defends ‘Fine-Tuned Machine’, NY Times
- It Turns Out We Really Did Elect Donald Trump President of the United States, National Review
- Letters from Women Pleading for Abortion, Sent in 1917, Mirror Emails Sent Today, Broadly
What I read today - Feb 16
- Remembering Nüshu, the 19th-Century Chinese Script Only Women Could Write, Atlas Obscura
- A Philly Guy Filled a Crack in the Street With Sprinkles, Atlas Obscura
- Why can 12-year-olds still get married in the United States?, Washington Post
- Pope Francis Says Native People Have Rights Over Their Lands, NBC News
- What’s Killing America’s Black Infants?, The Nation
- Trump Signs Measure Blocking Obama-Era Rule to Protect Streams, Bloomberg
What I read today - Feb 15
- Singer Santigold Puts Striking Bed Stuy Brownstone on Market for $1.95 Million, Brownstoner
We'll no longer be seeing her husband walk his great dane by riding on his skateboard as the dog pulls him in the neighborhood! The house is fab - Meet the New (Little) Guy in Santigold's Life, Hollywood Reporter
- The Story of Squats, Urban Omnibus
What I read today - Feb 14
- These photos of rollerbladers show the true heart and soul of 1990s Williamsburg, Timeline
- Teen Vogue Dismisses Abortion Regret, national review
- A Ray of Hope for Mental Health, National Review
- Heed the Protests, National Review
- Oklahoma Lawmakers Want Men to Approve All Abortions, The Intercept
- What Beyoncé Won Was Bigger Than a Grammy, NY Times
What I read today - Feb 13
- The New York Times Claws Its Way Into the Future, Wired
- Stephen Miller’s authoritarian declaration: Trump’s national security actions ‘will not be questioned’, Washington Post
- ACLU Announces Expansion Plan to Fight Trump Policies, ACLU
- Immigration ban reveals a nation divided, PBS Newshour
- A Brief History Of The Iconic Bungalows Of L.A., LAist
- Photos: The Charming Mid-Century Dingbats Of Los Angeles, LAist
- The Victorian-era Daguerrotypes of Women Breastfeeding, Hyperallergic
- Ecology and Japanese History: Reactionary Environmentalism’s Troubled Relationship with the Past, Asia-Pacific Journal
(ok, I didn't quite read allllllll of it) - The Meaning of Allahu Akbar, Hazlitt
- The new underground railroad, Macleans
What I read today - Feb 10
- The People vs. America, Al Jazeera
- What do Trump voters think of his performance so far?, Al Jazeera
- More Americans joining socialist groups under Trump, Al Jazeera
- How the Democrats Can Stop Neil Gorsuch, Vanity Fair
- Trump Says There's 'No Reason' To Scale Back Asset Forfeiture; Threatens Career Of Senator Backing Forfeiture Reform, Tech Dirt
- America's youngest children most likely to live in poor economic conditions, EurekAlert
- Trump Has a Plan for the Next 9/11. Democrats Need One., New Republic
- Revealed: FBI terrorism taskforce investigating Standing Rock activists, The Guardian
- Trump considers writing ‘brand new’ immigration order, The Washington Post
- Trump Sides with the Sheriffs on Their Racket, National Review
- The Consequences of Trump’s Bungled Immigration Order, National Review
What I read today - Feb 9
- Republicans Beg Their Party to Finally Do Something About Climate Change, New Republic
- When the black justice movement got too powerful, the FBI got scared and got ugly, Timeline
- A Home for Pattern and Play in Indianapolis, IN, Design Sponge
- Expectant moms may face more health issues if baby's a girl, Columbus Dispatch
- Designing Without Materials in Mind? You’re Doing It Wrong, eye on design
- Supreme Court Nominee Calls Trump’s Attacks on Judiciary ‘Demoralizing, NY Times
- California Farmers Backed Trump, but Now Fear Losing Field Workers, NY Times
- A Secret of Many Urban 20-Somethings: Their Parents Help With the Rent, NY Times
- Leaked Trump Presidential Memo Would Free U.S. Companies to Buy Conflict Minerals From Central African Warlords, The Intercept
- Defending President Trump Is Becoming More Difficult, National Reivew
- If Roe Is Ever Overturned, National Review
- For Sale: Grey Gardens, Atlas Obscura
- Grey Gardens Goes on the Market for Nearly $20 Million, WSJ
What I read today - Feb 8
- Leaks Suggest Trump’s Own Team Is Alarmed By His Conduct, Huffington Post
- A visual chronicle of the shotgun shack, a truly American architectural icon, Timeline
- Seattle Just Divested Billions From Wells Fargo Over Dakota Access Pipeline, Yes Magazine
- Out of options, Vice
- Is this really how fascism takes hold in the US?, Al Jazeera
- Syria hanged 13,000 in Saydnaya prison: Amnesty, Al Jazeera
- Yakla residents speak of US raid that killed civilians, Al Jazeera
- Republicans Vote To Silence Sen. Elizabeth Warren In Confirmation Debate, NPR
- This Dictionary Keeps Subtweeting Trump And Here’s The Full Story, Buzzfeed
- The Mystery of the World's Least American Cactus, Atlas Obscura
- How the Anti-Vaxxers Are Winning, NY Times
- Nine Senate Democrats Say Gorsuch Deserves a Vote, National Review
I certainly hope dems don't end up like reps throwing temperantrums when they don't get their way - Let us Now Praise Homemakers, National Review
- Important Lessons in the Outrageous Response to Betsy DeVos, National Review
I don't think the author here really understands the situation. The person at the head of the Dept of Edu should be knowledgeable about education - DeVos did not display that knowledge in her hearing. I also don't think the author is examining what happened to Detroit education when they implemented charter schools with little accountability. - How Steven Heller Redefined the Design Industry, Magenta
What I read today - Feb 7
- Why Men Get More Lint in Their Belly Buttons Than Women, Atlas Obscura
- Earthships, the Ultimate in Off-Grid Architecture, Atlas Obscura
- A Crack in an Antarctic Ice Shelf Grew 17 Miles in the Last Two Months, NY Times
- Steve Bannon Carries Battles to Another Influential Hub: The Vatican, NY Times
- Betsy DeVos Confirmed as Education Secretary; Pence Breaks Tie, NY Times
- Half of the Inhabitants of This Australian Opal Capital Live Underground, Smithsonian
- Melania Trump missed out on ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’ to make millions, lawsuit says, Washington Post
- Can the Left Win? A Q&A With Zephyr Teachout., The New Republic
- How Betsy DeVos could affect NYC schools–and how to #resist, Brooklyn Based
What I read today - Feb 2
- Corner Store Owner Denies Family Ties. All Five Families., NY Times
- Dangerous levels of lead found in Bay Ridge Middle School’s drinking water, Brooklyn Paper
- New York City Bodegas Will Shut Down To Protest The Immigration Ban, Buzzfeed
- A Sip Of History: The Hidden Wine Cellars Under The Brooklyn Bridge, NPR
- US veterans group says Dakota Access pipeline 'will not get completed. Not on our watch', CNBC
- Exit Interview: I Was a Black, Female Thru-Hiker on the Appalachian Trail, Atlas Obscura
- This Southern program continued slavery long after the Civil War, Timeline