From the New Yorker -
THE EMBARRASSMENT OF PRESIDENT TRUMP
By Jeffrey Frank
This can’t go on much longer, can it? In the past, the nation has had do-nothing Presidencies, and scandal-ridden Presidencies, and failed Presidencies, but until Donald J. Trump came along there hasn’t been a truly embarrassing Presidency.
http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-embarrassment-of-president-trump
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Weighted Blankets
An excerpt from OZY -
WHY I'M OBSESSED WITH WEIGHTED BLANKETS
By Taylor Mayol
Insomnia sucks. It interferes with your physical and mental health and can feel like an impossible situation. Trust me, an intermittent sufferer who, for seemingly endless bouts, wakes up multiple times a night with that terrible can’t-shut-off-my-brain thing. Insomniacs will try anything to get some sleep: herbal remedies, meditation, pills, sometimes a glass of wine. But what if the answer could be as simple as a piece of bedding?
Recently my mom gave me a gift: a plain-looking, seemingly quilted, excessively heavy “weighted blanket.” She’d read that these blankets help calm people with anxiety or insomnia. They’re also used to help autistic kids, sufferers of OCD, those with sensory disorders and even veterans with PTSD.
http://www.ozy.com/good-sht/why-im-obsessed-with-weighted-blankets/75244
WHY I'M OBSESSED WITH WEIGHTED BLANKETS
By Taylor Mayol
Insomnia sucks. It interferes with your physical and mental health and can feel like an impossible situation. Trust me, an intermittent sufferer who, for seemingly endless bouts, wakes up multiple times a night with that terrible can’t-shut-off-my-brain thing. Insomniacs will try anything to get some sleep: herbal remedies, meditation, pills, sometimes a glass of wine. But what if the answer could be as simple as a piece of bedding?
Recently my mom gave me a gift: a plain-looking, seemingly quilted, excessively heavy “weighted blanket.” She’d read that these blankets help calm people with anxiety or insomnia. They’re also used to help autistic kids, sufferers of OCD, those with sensory disorders and even veterans with PTSD.
http://www.ozy.com/good-sht/why-im-obsessed-with-weighted-blankets/75244
Drug Enforcement Agency Museum
From Atlas Obscura -
DEA Museum
An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.
http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/dea-drug-enforcement-agency-museum
DEA Museum
An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.
http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/dea-drug-enforcement-agency-museum
Monday, February 13, 2017
How Many Robes and Hoods Have You Collected?
An excerpt from the Atlantic -
'Every Racist I Know Voted for Donald Trump'
Daryl Davis believes the method he used to persuade many klansmen to defect from the hate group can help America to bridge its political divides.
By CONOR FRIEDERSDORF
As a hobby, the black musician Daryl Davis persuades members of the Ku Klux Klan to defect from the organization. Over the years, he has spoken with hundreds of white supremacists. And due to his work, a couple dozen people have left the organization, including at least two prominent figures in senior leadership positions.
Two years ago, after listening to his life story on Love+Radio, the peerless character-driven interview podcast, I wrote about his belief that “when you are actively learning about someone else you are passively teaching them about yourself.” In listening to his most bitter enemies, Davis heard words and ideas that chilled him to the bone—yet he found that by listening and conversing he could subvert them. Some men even handed over their Klan garb, as he reminds critics of his approach. “I pull out my robes and hoods and say, ‘This is what I've done to put a dent in racism,” he explained. “I've got robes and hoods hanging in my closet by people who've given up that belief because of my conversations sitting down to dinner. They gave it up. How many robes and hoods have you collected?”
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/02/every-racist-i-know-voted-for-donald-trump/516420/?utm_source=nl-atlantic-daily-021317
'Every Racist I Know Voted for Donald Trump'
Daryl Davis believes the method he used to persuade many klansmen to defect from the hate group can help America to bridge its political divides.
By CONOR FRIEDERSDORF
As a hobby, the black musician Daryl Davis persuades members of the Ku Klux Klan to defect from the organization. Over the years, he has spoken with hundreds of white supremacists. And due to his work, a couple dozen people have left the organization, including at least two prominent figures in senior leadership positions.
Two years ago, after listening to his life story on Love+Radio, the peerless character-driven interview podcast, I wrote about his belief that “when you are actively learning about someone else you are passively teaching them about yourself.” In listening to his most bitter enemies, Davis heard words and ideas that chilled him to the bone—yet he found that by listening and conversing he could subvert them. Some men even handed over their Klan garb, as he reminds critics of his approach. “I pull out my robes and hoods and say, ‘This is what I've done to put a dent in racism,” he explained. “I've got robes and hoods hanging in my closet by people who've given up that belief because of my conversations sitting down to dinner. They gave it up. How many robes and hoods have you collected?”
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/02/every-racist-i-know-voted-for-donald-trump/516420/?utm_source=nl-atlantic-daily-021317
Most Googled
From Thrillist -
https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/estately-map-shows-what-states-have-googled-since-2016-election
https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/estately-map-shows-what-states-have-googled-since-2016-election
Cool Schools
From Buzzfeed -
7 Awesome Schools That Make The Whole Day Feel Like Recess
There’s a classroom on an airplane. An airplane!!!
By Terri Pous
https://www.buzzfeed.com/terripous/school-is-cool?utm_term=.icpddQ5VE#.toDllY2xW
7 Awesome Schools That Make The Whole Day Feel Like Recess
There’s a classroom on an airplane. An airplane!!!
By Terri Pous
https://www.buzzfeed.com/terripous/school-is-cool?utm_term=.icpddQ5VE#.toDllY2xW
Sunday, February 12, 2017
Saturday, February 11, 2017
Who Says?
From the Undefeated -
White immigrants weren’t always considered white — and acceptable
Italians, Greeks, Poles, Hungarians, Slavs and other European groups had to overcome prejudice over many years
BY BRANDO SIMEO STARKEY
Who, exactly, is white?
The answer sounds obvious — we know a white person when we see one, we think. But when Italians poured into America in the late 1800s and early 1900s, they were not considered white upon arrival. A century later, though, when Teresa Giudice of The Real Housewives of New Jersey maniacally hoisted a table on national television, she did not do so as a member of a supposedly inferior people. No, she was a crazy white lady throwing furniture.
The story of how European immigrants during that era became white enlightens us on our current political realities. Italians, Greeks, Poles, Hungarians, Slavs and other European groups, at the time called “new immigrants,” sought to overcome their subordination by showing, through their behavior, to be deserving of being considered white.
In 1911, Henry Pratt Fairchild, an influential American sociologist, said about new immigrants, “If he proves himself a man, and … acquires wealth and cleans himself up — very well, we might receive him in a generation or two. But at present he is far beneath us, and the burden of proof rests with him.” They ultimately met that burden and crucial to their success was that they were not black and they actively helped in maintaining a racist society.
https://theundefeated.com/features/white-immigrants-werent-always-considered-white-and-acceptable/
White immigrants weren’t always considered white — and acceptable
Italians, Greeks, Poles, Hungarians, Slavs and other European groups had to overcome prejudice over many years
BY BRANDO SIMEO STARKEY
Who, exactly, is white?
The answer sounds obvious — we know a white person when we see one, we think. But when Italians poured into America in the late 1800s and early 1900s, they were not considered white upon arrival. A century later, though, when Teresa Giudice of The Real Housewives of New Jersey maniacally hoisted a table on national television, she did not do so as a member of a supposedly inferior people. No, she was a crazy white lady throwing furniture.
The story of how European immigrants during that era became white enlightens us on our current political realities. Italians, Greeks, Poles, Hungarians, Slavs and other European groups, at the time called “new immigrants,” sought to overcome their subordination by showing, through their behavior, to be deserving of being considered white.
In 1911, Henry Pratt Fairchild, an influential American sociologist, said about new immigrants, “If he proves himself a man, and … acquires wealth and cleans himself up — very well, we might receive him in a generation or two. But at present he is far beneath us, and the burden of proof rests with him.” They ultimately met that burden and crucial to their success was that they were not black and they actively helped in maintaining a racist society.
https://theundefeated.com/features/white-immigrants-werent-always-considered-white-and-acceptable/
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