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So You Want to Talk About Race
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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…
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James H. Cone’s The Cross and the Lynching Tree is next on my to-read list.
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Free Just Mercy Movie Rental
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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:
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Zoom Church on SNL
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1 min read
Can I get an Amen?
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Film Series: Asian Americans
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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…
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China v. United States v. Coronavirus
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This video was posted by Xinhua, China’s news agency. Sadly, it’s pretty much on point.
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The City That Has Flattened the Coronavirus Curve
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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…
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Desktop Vanitas (aka Memento Mori)
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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…
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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,…
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Need a hand?
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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.
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Stream the Met Opera for Free
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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)…
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Everyone is Entitled
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Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts. Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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The Lasting Impact of Foot-Binding
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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…
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Just Mercy
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1 min read
I finally went to see this on MLK day (not purposefully planned). Everyone should watch this. Bring your tissues.
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How to Batch Add Quotes in Excel
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1 min read
I had a list that I needed to add quotes to but I didn’t want to add the quotation marks manually, so I figured I’d do it in Excel. (Actually, I needed to add single quotes to a list to run a SQL query.) I started with something like this: But I needed something like…
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That Time I Flew Over the North Pole
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Earlier this year, I flew Emirates (EK 225) from Dubai to San Francisco. I was excited to learn that our flight path took us over the North Pole. I don’t know why I thought it was the so cool. I guess I do love my geography. And why would Santa choose to live here?
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Media Diet (Fall/Winter 2019)
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Here’s a list of movies, TV, books, or music I’ve “consumed” recently. I’m currently reading What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets and Same Kind of Different As Me. I’ve also started re-watching Star Trek: The Next Generation, in order, beginning with Season 1, Episode 1. John Wick 1, 2, and 3. I…
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David Goggins on Weaknesses
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If you are on the hunt for your 100 percent you should catalog your weaknesses and vulnerabilities. Don’t ignore them. Be prepared for them, because in any endurance event, in any high-stress environment, your weaknesses will surface like bad karma, build in volume, and overwhelm you. Unless you get ahead of them first. David Goggins,…
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How Fast is a 2-hour Marathon Pace?
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Since Eliud Kipchoge broke the 2 hour marathon mark, this popped up in my YouTube feed. It’s kinda crazy to see it in action.
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Recommended: When They See US (Netflix)
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I just finished watching this series and I’d have to agree with LeVar Burton– it’s essential viewing. Based on a true story that gripped the country, When They See Us chronicles the notorious case of five teenagers of color, labeled the Central Park Five, who were convicted of a rape they did not commit. The…
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