2020
-
THIS Changed My Bagel Game
•
1 min read
I love bagels. I’ll eat them with different toppings like cream cheese, lox, butter (only for onion bagels), or avocado. I got a huge container of Everything Seasoning from Costco, which helps with flavoring the bottom half of the bagel. But this video changed how I toast my bagels. So good.
-
Give Me Liberty, Or Give Me Death
•
1 min read
When the Israelis pick up guns, or the Poles, or the Irish, or any white man in the world says “give me liberty, or give me death,†the entire white world applauds. When a black man says exactly the same thing, word for word, he is judged a criminal and treated like one and everything…
-
Block YouTube Ads with One Small Workaround
•
1 min read
I haven’t been willing to pay for YouTube’s premium service to avoid ads yet. I’ve mostly just put up with it, although I was extremely annoyed once when I was trying to follow a workout with some friends during shelter-in-place, and the ads kept interrupting our workout every few minutes. A redditor found out you…
-
So You Want to Talk About Race
•
3 min read
Some good things to remember if looking to have healthy and productive conversations about race and racism in America. State your intentions. Is there something in particular you are trying to communicate or understand? State what your intentions are, so that the people you are talking with can determine whether this is a conversation they…
-
James H. Cone’s The Cross and the Lynching Tree is next on my to-read list.
-
Free Just Mercy Movie Rental
•
1 min read
https://amzn.to/2AvqHsk – click the Rent HD $0.00 button to get a Free Just Mercy Movie Rental on Amazon. It’s a powerful movie. Here’s the trailer:
-
Zoom Church on SNL
•
1 min read
Can I get an Amen?
-
Film Series: Asian Americans
•
1 min read
Sheltering in place during Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month hasn’t been too bad. I was able to re-watch The Chinese Exclusion Act Documentary and another documentary about Tyrus Wong, an Asian American artist who worked for Disney and Warner Brothers. I’m excited about this new documentary airing tonight called Asian Americans. Seems like…
-
China v. United States v. Coronavirus
•
1 min read
This video was posted by Xinhua, China’s news agency. Sadly, it’s pretty much on point.
-
The City That Has Flattened the Coronavirus Curve
•
1 min read
I’m proud of how our Mayor London Breed has handled this crisis so far. Breed ordered businesses closed and issued a citywide shelter-in-place policy effective on March 17, at a point when San Francisco had fewer than 50 confirmed coronavirus cases. Breed’s aggressiveness was not initially popular. It’s that difference in decision making – proactive…
-
Desktop Vanitas (aka Memento Mori)
•
1 min read
Vanitas are closely related to memento mori still lifes which are artworks that remind the viewer of the shortnes and fragility of life (memento mori is a Latin phrase meaning ‘remember you must die’) and include symbols such as skulls and extinguished candles. However vanitas still-lifes also include other symbols such as musical instruments, wine…
-
A good read about how we ended up with empty shelves at our stores. We have been trained to see efficiency as a desirable goal. We often don’t see, or don’t acknowledge, the risk of catastrophic meltdown. Think of efficiency as a high-performance engine. Under perfect conditions, it delivers maximum power and minimum waste. However,…
-
Need a hand?
•
1 min read
If this product existed, I feel like it would come in “handy” right about now. Buy the empty prank box on Amazon.
-
Stream the Met Opera for Free
•
1 min read
If you’re working from home and tired of watching news about the coronavirus, you can stream past performances of New York’s Metropolitan Opera each night. The performances go live at 7:30 p.m. ET and will be active for 20 hours. Here’s the lineup for this week: Monday, March 16: Bizet’s Carmen (from January 16, 2010)…
-
Everyone is Entitled
•
1 min read
Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts. Daniel Patrick Moynihan
-
The Lasting Impact of Foot-Binding
•
1 min read
An interesting article about the social impact of foot-binding. From The Atlantic: Foot-binding, as a practice, is extinct, but […] what it says about how we are willing to treat women, and the damage we will inflict and accept to maintain control over their movement and their freedom, is anything but settled. See also: The…
-
Just Mercy
•
1 min read
I finally went to see this on MLK day (not purposefully planned). Everyone should watch this. Bring your tissues.