What I read today Sept 23
Why Some People Become Lifelong Readers, The Atlantic
CONGRATULATIONS! YOU GREW SOME INDIGO PLANTS! , Graham Keegan
Welcome to the party. The New York City block party., NY Times
USDA Officially Speeds Up Pork Production Process, Modern Farmer
Greenhouse Classes Vs Greenhouse Gases, Modern Farmer
How America’s wild horses end up in slaughterhouses abroad, The New Food Econom
What I read today Sept 16
THEODORE IGNATIUS, the kavanaugh report
WATCH: Treasures in the Trash
Scheele’s Green, the Color of Fake Foliage and Death, The Paris Review
The Toxic Side of Being, Literally, Green, The New York Times
What I read today Sept 13
The Palestine Heirloom Seed Library, Edible Manhattan
New York City Is Ending a Ban on Gay Conversion Therapy. Here’s Why., NY Times
Bernie Sanders, Not Joe Biden, Sets the Democratic Party Line, The Ringer
“You Can Never See Their Pants for Some Reason”, The Slate
This read like it was a foreign language. I must be old.Stanford psychology expert: This is the No. 1 skill parents need to teach their kids—but most don’t, CNBC
Why Are American Homes So Big?, The Atlantic
MORE ACCURATE BABY SHOWER GAMES, mcsweeneys
What I read today Sept 11
Purdue Pharma: Sackler Family's 'Personal Wealth' Offered In Opioid Deal, NPR
Here’s my challenge to white parents this school year, Today’s Parent
Behold the Graft-Chimera!, UNCONVENTIONAL STORIES FROM AN APPLE FARMER
The Women of Standing Rock Are Building Sovereign Food Economies, Civil Eats
Jeanne Baret’s Bougainvillea, The Plant Hunter
What I read today Sept 10
TO END THE SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE, INVEST IN RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS, The Appeal
Trump Administration Takes $400 Million From Puerto Rico Recovery to Fund Border Wall, Colorlines
ridiculous waste of moneyWhat’s the Deal With AOC’s Retro-Style GND Posters?, City Lab
End Legacy College Admissions, NY Times
What I read today Sept 9
Lock-Ins and Walkouts: The Students Changing City Schools From the Inside, NY Times
Hate Those Floating Digital Billboards? New York Just Banned Them, NY Times
Trump Tweets Out Promotional Campaign Logo Using White Supremacist Symbol, hyperallergic
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Unveils a Series of Green New Deal Art Posters, hyperallergic
Top Fashion Brands Cancel Shows at the Shed Over Board Member’s Ties to Trump, hyperallergic
Why Dior’s Appropriation of Native Identity to Sell Perfume Miserably Backfired, hyperallergic
CAN YOU FIGHT MASS INCARCERATION AND DODGE JURY DUTY?, The Appeal
Why does the Dept. of OB/GYN at the University of Utah offer a premarital exam for women?, dr jen gunter
PARENTS THREATENED WITH LOSING KIDS OVER CANNABIS USE, The Appeal
As a New York City teacher, I screened 4-year-olds for gifted programs. Here is what I learned., Chalkbeat
How Good Design Helped U.S. National Parks Flourish, AIGA Eye on Design
What I read today Sep 5
The Secret History of ‘Easter Eggs’, NY Times
LISTEN: Here’s the Dirt: Community Garden Struggles, New Yorkers For Parks
What I read today Sep 3
How to eat well while living under siege, The Economist
THE SENSITIVE PERIOD FOR MOTHERHOOD, the kavanaugh report
Arthur Jafa in Bloom, NY Times
Naomi Osaka Salvages Another Awkward Moment at the U.S. Open, NY Times
What I read today Aug 28
Don’t Worry, These Gangly-armed Cartoons Are Here to Protect You From Big Tech, AIGA Eye on Design
The Lexicon of New York City Preschools, Parents League of New York
PILLAGING AND THE PRO-LIFE MOVEMENT, Samantha Field
On Title X, the Media Parrot Planned Parenthood’s Misleading Talking Points, National Review
Black American History Should Give Evangelicals a Sense of Perspective — and Hope, National Review
Vital Staten Island Wetlands About To Get A BJ's Wholesale Club, Gothamist
The 1619 Project’s Potted History, National Review
What I read today Aug 27
Desegregation Plan: Eliminate All Gifted Programs in New York, NY Times
Meet the Designer Connecting Anyone Arrested in NYC With a Free Lawyer, Forbes
Dear White Women: Are You Behind What’s Suppressing Black Breastfeeding Rates?, We News
The Backlash to the Popeyes Chicken Sandwich Is Finally Here, Vice
The Popeyes Chicken Sandwich Is Here to Save America, The New yorker
What I read today August 23
This Bed Stuy Queen Anne Manse Was Home to the Inventor of a 19th Century Medical Device, Brownstoner
Have You Spotted These Funny Signs in Fort Tryon Park?, Untapped Cities
30+ PERENNIAL VEGETABLES WE GROW ON OUR PERMACULTURE HOMESTEAD, Practical Self Reliance
Michael Pollan: Not So Fast on Psychedelic Mushrooms, NY Times
What I read today August 22
WATCH: The Great American Lawn: How the Dream Was Manufactured, NY Times
Planting your Natural Dye Garden for a Full Palette of Natural Colors, joybilee farm
Hopi Black Dye Sunflower, Native Seeds
Colors of the Caldron, NY Times
How to Know When It’s Time to Go (and How it Feels to Say Goodbye), Design Sponge
What I read today August 21
Kissed by the Sun: The Art of Solar Dyeing, Interweave
Making the Most of Your Homegrown Indigo Part 1: Growing Japanese Indigo, Ecotone Threads
FRESH LEAF INDIGO DYEING, The Dogwood Dyer
Small-scale Indigo Processing, Ecotone Threads
DSNY cleared out the lot near me and left it easy to access. Thinking about co-opting it for next season and making a dye garden. Only issue is that I’m not a dyer, and would need to find one. I’m interested in the gardening portion!
How Does My Garden Grow, Madderlane