What I read today Dec 15
- Too Many Americans Are Going to College, National review
- 2018: THE YEAR OF THE CRYPTOCURRENCY CRAZE, Wired
- FML, Poor Millenials, Highline
What I read today Dec 14
- Social media is keeping us stuck in the moment, This
- When Does Work Actually Get Done?, Pricenomics
- The Problem with Muzak, Baffler
- A Short History of Tree Shaping, Atlas Obscura
- What Roy Moore Did to the Pro-Life Movement, New Republic
- Harvey Weinstein Is My Monster Too, NY Times
- F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules, NY Times
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Finally Recognizes Woman Who Practically Invented Rock and Roll , Pictorial
- What Netflix doesn’t want you to know about how its synopses are written, The Outline
- Meet the lit professor-turned-tattoo artist who inked the Hells Angels and chronicled his every studly conquest, Timeline
What I read today Dec 13
- Black Women Do Not Exist To Save You, Write some shit
- How This New York City Community Garden Became the Center of Controversy, Architectural Digest
- My Top Parenting Book of 2017! + At what age do you allow your children to free-range?, How we Montessori
- Now That Roy Moore Lost, Can We Impeach Trump?, Village Voice
- East Williamsburg Residents Protest Plan to Build Market-Rate Housing on NYCHA Parking Lot, Brownstoner
- #DanielShaver: It Is Not Black People’s Job to Create a White Lives Matter Movement, The Root
- The American savings crisis, explained, The Week
- Debt relief for defrauded students halted under Trump, says report, BBC
What I read today Dec 12
- The sisterhood of Zuri’s globe-trotting dress, San Francisco Chronicle
- City cashing in by selling streets, sidewalks to private owners, NY Post
- Keaton’s Mom on Confederate Flag: This Is the South, This Is Tennessee , The Root
- Did we do something wrong?, Medium
- MURIEL COOPER: INFORMATION LANDSCAPES, inventing interactive
- Rifle Paper Co. Sues Walmart, architectural digest
- Along Brooklyn's J/M/Z subway line, two converging neighborhoods in flux, Curbed
OMG, I need to stop reading curbed. Makes me wanna scream. Who has $1800 for a studio in bed stuy? - Every Parent Wants to Protect Their Child. I Never Got the Chance., New York magazine
- About That New York Editor Who Would End Lives Like My Children’s, National Review
What I read today Dec 11
- New York Explosion Empties Port Authority; Suspect Is in Custody, NY Times
Pretty crummy commute this morning - Former Facebook exec says social media is ripping apart society, The Verge
- The Looting of America’s Public Lands, NY Times
- The EPA Doesn’t Want to Hear From Coal Victims, New Republic
- The History of Putting a Price on Everything, New Republic
What I read today Dec 8
- In Staten Island, hiking the wild path of Richmond Creek, Curbed
- CHOICE AND RESPECT -- MONTESSORI BABY WEEK 53, the kavanaugh report
- Elizabeth Street Garden will be demolished for 121 affordable apartments for seniors, Curbed
- Illegal Hotels, Urban Omnibus
- Nothing Protects Black Women From Dying in Pregnancy and Childbirth, Propublica
- “I’m Pregnant.” Why Your Boss’s Reaction May Matter More Than You Think., Slate
- The World Might Be Better Off Without College for Everyone, The Atlantic
What I read today Dec 7
- How Columbus's Majority-Black City Council Might be Violating the Voting Rights Act, City Lab
home city - Columbus Now Says 'Smart' Rides for Vulnerable Moms Are Coming, City Lab
- Who Wins When a City Gets Smart?, City Lab
I had to google map where South Linden was. Home city, and it seems I never left the Westside - Combatting Infant Mortality Means First Having the Uncomfortable Conversation About Race, Columbus Underground
- Infant Mortality Problems in Columbus Indicate a Poor Quality of Life for Low-Income Women and Women of Color, Columbus Underground
- The reason childbirth is over-medicalized in America has its roots in racial segregation, Quartz
- A REAL LOOK AT INFANT MORTALITY IN COLUMBUS, OHIO RELIGIOUS COALITION FOR REPRODUCTIVE CHOICE
After giving birth, I'm increasingly interested in childbirth and the inequalities and experiences surrounding it. - Ohio ranks 45th nationally in infant mortality, near bottom for deaths of black babies, Cleveland Plain Dealer
- Where Millennials Come From, The New Yorker
What I read today Dec 6
- The Weekly Glean: Brand-New Ancient Grains, Modern Farmer
I keep hearing a radio ad about how sorghum is an "ancient grain" which i feel is pretty bullshitty, since it's just a grain from a different country - How a Chest of Ancient Grains Changed Baking History, Modern farmer
- Why Are Stephen Shore’s Instagrams Better Than Yours?, Hyperallergic
- An Artist Takes Issue with a Brand’s Appropriation of Black Detroit, Hyperallergic
- HOW TO WORKSHOP N-WORDS, The Rumpus
- The Trump allegations, The Guardian
- Don't Buy Anyone an Echo, Gizmodo
The commenters say "who cares!" - How We Think Sex Changes After Childbirth Versus How It Actually Changes, Broadly
- My Moroccan Mom Doesn't Care About White People in Henna, But I Do, Broadly
What I read today Dec 5
- The Pioneering Woodblock Artist Caught Between East and West, Atlas Obscura
- How Professionals Wrestle With One of the World’s Scariest Plants, Atlas Obscura
- A Dentist-Turned-Horticulturalist Made a Record Just for Plants, Atlas Obscura
- The Impact of the Blockchain Goes Beyond Financial Services, Harvard Business Review
- Imogen Heap wants to use blockchain technology to revolutionize the music industry, Quartz
- Blockchain: A Better Way to Track Pork Chops, Bonds, Bad Peanut Butter?, NY Times
- The Truth About Blockchain, Harvard Business Review
Increasingly interested about blockchain technology and see its parallels with Sharewave - These controversial items tucked into the GOP tax bills have little to do with taxes, PBS
What I read today - Dec 4
- Employees With Kids Are More Dedicated Than Most Bosses Realize, Fortune
- Modern parents spend more time with their kids than their parents spent with them, Quartz
- Your 2-Year-Old Is Full of Potential. Here’s How to Develop It., Slate
- Domino's rolls out baby registry for new parents, USA Today
- Making Eye Contact With a Baby Changes Both Your Brain Waves, Study Says, Time
- Millennials See Paternity Leave as a Priority, NY Times
- Home-Based Care Isn’t Babysitting, Slate
- No Family Is Safe From This Epidemic, The Atlantic
- Right-Wingers Find an Accidental Shooting to Go Ballistic Over, Village Voice
What I read today - Dec 1
- PLAY AT 12 MONTHS -- MONTESSORI BABY WEEK 52, the kavanaugh report
- All the Ways the GOP Tax Bill Will Screw You Over, Village Voice
- In Flushing, a former mall transforms into a game-changing mixed-use development, Curbed
- MTA chief dismisses ‘draconian’ proposal to end 24/7 subway service, Curbed
- Go inside the prototype for the NYC subway’s new open-gangway trains, Curbed
- WHY WE NEED TO QUIT USING THE TERM “NATURAL BIRTH”, Mother Mag
Hear Hear! - Did midwifery merely replace the patriarchy with the matriarchy?, skepticalob
What I read today - Nov 30
- How Wealth Reduces Compassion, Scientific American
- Turn Towards Instead of Away, Gottman Institute
- The Danger of Convenience, raptitude
- Tidying up, austin kleon
Interesting views on the nature of stuff for creatives. I still need to go through clothes and unwanted items, but I do like the messy nature of our stuff and plants on surfaces throughout the apartment. Interior design photos make me sad for their lack of life - re: clutter - NYC subway should cease 24/7 operation, rebuild from the ground up: report, Curbed
- David Rockwell on the Importance of Human Connection in Design, Architectural Digest
What I read today Nov 29
- The tension between creativity and productivity, kottke
- Net Neutrality Hits a Nerve, Eliciting Intense Reactions, NY Times
Of course it does. It might make sense if I had multiple internet providers to choose from.... but I don't - The Golden Age of the Illustrated Book Dust Jacket, Hyperallergic
- How the Invasive Plants of New York Represent the City’s Colonial Past, Hyperallergic
I'm always slow to learning about the shows I want to see! - PDF: Vera List Center Prize for Art and Politics, 2016–2018
- Jared and Ivanka are ‘in a world of sh*t’ in DC — and New York doesn’t want them back, Raw Story
- Deli Grossery, one man’s photographic chronicle of bodega posters, Brokelyn
What I read today - Nov 28
- The Connected Vocabularies of Six-Month-Olds, The Atlantic
- Deciding At What Age To Give A Kid A Smartphone, NPR
- Coco Is Among Pixar's Best Movies in Years, The Atlantic
- Little Spoon plans to win the baby food wars with a customized meal plan, Mashable
- Why Calling Elizabeth Warren ‘Pocahontas’ Is Racist, Explained, The Root
- Beyond ‘Other’: Meghan Markle Recounted Her Feelings When She Heard Her Mom Called the N-Word in a 2015 Essay on Race, The Root
- Meghan Markle: I'm More Than An 'Other', Elle
- I’m Addicted to Late-Night Zillow Stalking, Clever
- On City Island, two unassuming homes are NYC’s newest landmarks, Curbed
What I read today Nov 21
- Worries About Behavior Of Park Slope Shelter Residents Bring Neighbors To Community Meeting, Patch
- Ignored By Big Telecom, Detroit's Marginalized Communities Are Building Their Own Internet, Motherboard
- Manhattan West's tallest building is on the rise near Hudson Yards, Curbed
I feel like life has gone full circle now - from marketing Manhattan West project to moving into it (2020) - The Long Tradition of Folk Healing Among Southern Appalachian Women, Atlas Obscura
- In Belarus, the Ancient Tradition of Healing Whispers Slowly Disappears, Atlas Obscura
- The Silver Trail: How An Italian Immigrant Made His Mark on Southwestern Jewelry, collectors weekly
- PAUL RYAN’S ‘CINDY’ IS A CRUEL FIGMENT OF THE CAPITALIST IMAGINATION, ShadowProof
- Senate Republicans’ tax plan raises taxes on families earning less than $75,000, Vox
- FCC Plan To Use Thanksgiving To 'Hide' Its Attack On Net Neutrality Vastly Underestimates The Looming Backlash, Net Neutrality
- How Jihee Lee Breaks Down the Cultural Boundaries Built By Stereotypes, Eye on Design
What I read today Nov 20
- A LITTLE - PIKLER INSPIRED - CLIMBER WITH LILY & RIVER, the kavanaugh report
- THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT YOUR PELVIC FLOOR BEFORE, DURING, & AFTER BIRTH, Mother Mag
- My Apartment Is Starting to Resemble My Parents' House, Architectural Digest
- Keystone pipeline oil spill could be worse than we thought, Vice
- Why Women Discourage Each Other From Reporting Sexual Assault, broadly
- Your First Look at Broccoli, the Magazine for Women Who Love Weed, Broadly
- The Soviet Military Secretly Mapped the Entire World, City Lab
- The Toxic 'Blank Spots' of Niagara Falls, City Lab
- The Many Sides of Michael Graves, City Lab
- The Corporatization of Kindergarten, City Lab
- The High Line Is Trolling Us, City Lab
- Puerto Rico’s DIY Disaster Relief, The New York Review of Books
what i read today - nov16
- Making Time Off Predictable—and Required, Harvard Business Review
- THE FORGOTTEN ART OF SQUATTING IS A REVELATION FOR BODIES RUINED BY SITTING, Quartzy
- Texas Sheriff Sparks Outrage After Warning Vehicle Owner About Profane Anti-Trump Sticker , The Root
- Where the Small-Town American Dream Lives On, The New Yorker
- Here Are Big Pharma’s Go-To Law Firms for Opioid Marketing Defense, National Law Journal
I try to ignore that my employer's clients are icky companies like Purdue Pharma Inc. Ugh