Lily went to the Youth Climate Strike today and she was on the news (KARE11)! Go Lily!
Lily Protesting!
Culture
Hilary’s Winter Concert
The Minnesota Youth Symphony winter concert was a couple of weeks back at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis. Here’s a few photos of Hilary rocking the viola!
We’ve been writing for a long time!
Super-Interesting post on Kottke.
So much work to do
I don’t really have a lot to add – just read the Kottke summary here:
https://kottke.org/19/01/americans-greatly-overestimate-racial-economic-equality-in-our-country
It’s interesting to me that the gap is consistent among blacks as well. I would have figured that white people didn’t think that they had it so much better, but that black people basically thought the same thing is really curious.
Richard Scarry Revisited
I just stumbled upon the Rubin Bolling reimagining of Richard Scarry’s “What Do People Do All Day?” painting from 50 years ago. These are depressing as hell, but they are gold.
21st Century Busy Town Jobs and Russian Trolls and Reality Stars.
Wanting to believe doesn’t always mean you can
This is so powerful
I love data!
Don’t complain about your taxes!
https://kottke.org/18/04/how-bill-russell-stopped-charles-barkley-from-complaining-about-taxes
As I’ve been fortunate to be reasonably successful in life, I am looking more and more for ways to give back. And not being a jerk about the most fundamental way to do that is, literally, the least anybody can do.
We’ve known this for a long time
And it makes me pretty angry. We talk about “crime” and “inner city problems” like they are inevitable. Well, they are when you cultivate them.
Please read.