InarticulateQuilterMade it 110 days straight but my #ReadingListChallenge ends tonight. Hope to pick it back up later.
This article is longer than I expected, but broken into sections, so I’m going to read a section a night for the next couple nights - a first for #ReadingListChallenge
“[W]hile authorities generally pitch facial recognition as a tool to capture terrorists or wanted murderers, the technology has also emerged as a critical instrument in a very particular context: punishing protesters.”
Tonight’s #ReadingListChallenge is about SF, but it could be about #SanDiego (or dozens and dozens of other cities)
“We cannot expect to solve problems when City Hall spends hundreds of millions of dollars and does not even move the needle. And that’s what’s happened with homelessness.”
“Today the roadsides and public squares of America are replete with markers that fulfill their most basic purpose, offering a simple, often sterile recounting of an interesting moment in place and time.
But over the past century, many markers have also become symbols of the country's dark and complicated past, in some cases erected not to commemorate history but to manipulate how it is told.”
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/21/1244899635/civil-war-confederate-statue-markers-sign-history
#ReadingListChallenge tonight making me wonder how long it would take to lay a million tiny tiles
“Archaeologists in Pompeii have discovered an ancient dining room adorned with a series of stunning frescoes, each depicting a pair of mythological characters associated with the Trojan War. Measuring about 50 feet long and 20 feet wide, the “spectacular” space features a mosaic floor made with over a million tiny white tiles”
I cheated and read a bunch more saved articles from my reading list today (bored), but posting this one for #ReadingListChallenge accountability
“You don't have months to fix 36% of the mail being delivered on time," Ossoff said. "I've got constituents with prescriptions that aren't being delivered. I've got constituents who can't pay their rent and their mortgages. I've got businesses who aren't able to ship products or receive supplies.”
'I don’t think you’re fit for this job': GA senator gives USPS chief DeJoy an ultimatum
U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy was raked over the coals on Tuesday in a hearing conducted by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, particularly by Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Georgia).Georgia's senior U.S. senator confronted DeJoy — one of former President Donald Trump's top c...
Sometimes you just need a little Wilson Cruz in your nightly #ReadingListChallenge
“Cruz would undoubtedly blush at the thought. But it’s true. He is an LGBTQ icon. He is an LGBTQ activist. As an out LGBTQ actor — one of the first — he has amassed a wealth of credits in roles that frequently elevate and celebrate our community.”
This article is so long, I’m posting tonight’s #ReadingListChallenge before finishing it, but the author’s writing style is making it worth all the time
“Boeing is not a “stock market go up” company. Boeing is an airplane company. It exists to make vehicles that transport people and objects from one location to the other. People will not buy Boeing’s products if those products kill hundreds of people at a time.“
the biggest threat facing your team, whether you’re a game developer or a tech founder or a CEO, is not what you think
If you are running a business, your goal, generally, is to make money. A lot of people go to business school to learn how to do it, and those people — maybe you’re one of them, takes those newly…
“Black museums have long been “cultural anchors’’ in their communities, but it has been only in recent years that more have raised enough money and garnered enough support to open, museum leaders said. The institutions matter even more today as lawmakers in some states push to restrict the teaching of Black history and ban some books that tell this history“
My 100th #ReadingListChallenge article! 🍾🍾🍾
Very happy with how well I’m keeping this article-a-day/accountability quote pace and plan to keep going — on my way to 200!
“Very few people realize there was a very large Kumeyaay village here,” said Rodriguez, standing in Old Town San Diego. “There were communities all through San Diego, all through the bay, all around on the Silver Strand, Coronado, National City and downtown.”
