Thursday, September 21, 2017
A Hero That Looks Like Me
An excerpt from the Daily Good -
Move Over, Wonder Woman — This Afro-Puerto Rican Superhero Is The Ultimate Feminist Icon
Named after the island nation’s anthem, the fierce comic book star uses her powers to control the weather and keep her people safe
by Rebekah Sager
EDGARDO MIRANDA-RODRIGUEZ, A SELF-DESCRIBED ARTSY NERD FROM THE SOUTH BRONX, never imagined that the Afro-Puerto Rican pacifist character he first self-published only a little more than a year ago would emerge as one of the comic book world’s most realistic feminist super-heroes. La Borinqueña officially debuted at New York City’s Puerto Rican Day Parade in June 2016. Since then, both the character and the comic book have become something bigger and more meaningful than their creator could have dreamed, especially as Puerto Rico weathers two onslaughts from Hurricanes Irma and Maria, school closings, and an economic crisis.
https://www.good.is/features/afro-puerto-rican-comic-book-star-ultimate-feminist-superhero?utm_source=thedailygood&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailygood
Move Over, Wonder Woman — This Afro-Puerto Rican Superhero Is The Ultimate Feminist Icon
Named after the island nation’s anthem, the fierce comic book star uses her powers to control the weather and keep her people safe
by Rebekah Sager
EDGARDO MIRANDA-RODRIGUEZ, A SELF-DESCRIBED ARTSY NERD FROM THE SOUTH BRONX, never imagined that the Afro-Puerto Rican pacifist character he first self-published only a little more than a year ago would emerge as one of the comic book world’s most realistic feminist super-heroes. La Borinqueña officially debuted at New York City’s Puerto Rican Day Parade in June 2016. Since then, both the character and the comic book have become something bigger and more meaningful than their creator could have dreamed, especially as Puerto Rico weathers two onslaughts from Hurricanes Irma and Maria, school closings, and an economic crisis.
https://www.good.is/features/afro-puerto-rican-comic-book-star-ultimate-feminist-superhero?utm_source=thedailygood&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailygood
When You're Too Tired to Respond
An excerpt from the Huffington Post -
These White People Will Respond To Your Racist Trolls So You Don’t Have To
A volunteer-run Facebook group answers ignorant comments online at the request of people of color.
By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman
If you’re a person of color exhausted by having to explain over and over on social media why “all lives” aren’t treated the same by police or why producer Issa Rae saying she’s “rooting for everybody black” is not racist, one group is here to help you: White Nonsense Roundup.
The volunteer-run Facebook group, founded last year by friends Layla Tromble and Terri Kompton in Washington state, has white people respond to racist trolls online at the request of people of color.
“If a white person is filling your social media with white nonsense ― anything from overt racism to well-intentioned problematic statements, tag us and a white person will come roundup our own,” the group’s Facebook post reads.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/white-nonsense-roundup-racism-white-privilege_us_59c1811ae4b0186c22069390?ncid=APPLENEWS00001
These White People Will Respond To Your Racist Trolls So You Don’t Have To
A volunteer-run Facebook group answers ignorant comments online at the request of people of color.
By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman
If you’re a person of color exhausted by having to explain over and over on social media why “all lives” aren’t treated the same by police or why producer Issa Rae saying she’s “rooting for everybody black” is not racist, one group is here to help you: White Nonsense Roundup.
The volunteer-run Facebook group, founded last year by friends Layla Tromble and Terri Kompton in Washington state, has white people respond to racist trolls online at the request of people of color.
“If a white person is filling your social media with white nonsense ― anything from overt racism to well-intentioned problematic statements, tag us and a white person will come roundup our own,” the group’s Facebook post reads.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/white-nonsense-roundup-racism-white-privilege_us_59c1811ae4b0186c22069390?ncid=APPLENEWS00001
Just Another Thug
An excerpt from Slate -
Our Demagogue
For the first time at the U.N., the American president was just another populist thug.
By William Saletan
On Tuesday, as world leaders addressed the United Nations General Assembly, diplomats were lectured by an authoritarian, a torture apologist, a pillage enthusiast, a race-baiter, and a sectarian demagogue. At the U.N., that’s an ordinary day. But this time, the despot, the demagogue, and the war-crimes advocate had something unusual in common. This time, they were all the president of the United States.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/09/trump_at_the_u_n_was_just_another_populist_thug.html
Our Demagogue
For the first time at the U.N., the American president was just another populist thug.
By William Saletan
On Tuesday, as world leaders addressed the United Nations General Assembly, diplomats were lectured by an authoritarian, a torture apologist, a pillage enthusiast, a race-baiter, and a sectarian demagogue. At the U.N., that’s an ordinary day. But this time, the despot, the demagogue, and the war-crimes advocate had something unusual in common. This time, they were all the president of the United States.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/09/trump_at_the_u_n_was_just_another_populist_thug.html
From the NFL to the FBI
An excerpt from the Washington Post -
From the NFL to the FBI? Former Bears CB Charles Tillman reportedly is in training
By Cindy Boren
Criminals and bad-deed doers might soon be learning something NFL offensive players long knew: Do not — repeat, do not — mess with Charles Tillman.
Tillman, the former cornerback for the Chicago Bears and Carolina Panthers, is training to become an FBI agent, according to the Chicago Tribune and ESPN. The player nicknamed “Peanut” by a relative for how he looked as a baby happens to have earned a degree in criminal justice at Louisiana-Lafayette and presently is at the FBI Training Academy in Quantico, Va.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/09/20/from-the-nfl-to-the-fbi-former-bears-cb-charles-tillman-reportedly-is-in-training/?utm_term=.41c420750476
From the NFL to the FBI? Former Bears CB Charles Tillman reportedly is in training
By Cindy Boren
Criminals and bad-deed doers might soon be learning something NFL offensive players long knew: Do not — repeat, do not — mess with Charles Tillman.
Tillman, the former cornerback for the Chicago Bears and Carolina Panthers, is training to become an FBI agent, according to the Chicago Tribune and ESPN. The player nicknamed “Peanut” by a relative for how he looked as a baby happens to have earned a degree in criminal justice at Louisiana-Lafayette and presently is at the FBI Training Academy in Quantico, Va.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/09/20/from-the-nfl-to-the-fbi-former-bears-cb-charles-tillman-reportedly-is-in-training/?utm_term=.41c420750476
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
The Worst
An excerpt from Vox -
“He took the job and made it smaller”: how Rex Tillerson failed the State Department
Experts believe he’s one of the worst secretaries of state in history. Here’s why.
Updated by Zack Beauchamp
“Tillerson would be at or near the bottom of the list of secretaries of state, not just in the post-Second World War world but in the record of US secretaries of state,” says Paul Musgrave, a scholar of US foreign policy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
The former Exxon Mobil CEO — whose nomination was initially greeted warmly by prominent foreign policy hands — has failed to wield any significant influence in internal administration debates over issues like Syria, North Korea, or Russia.
His push to slash “inefficiencies” in the State Department and seeming disinterest in working closely with longtime staff were even more damaging. By failing to get people into vital high-level posts and actively pushing out talented personnel, he ended up making America’s response to major crises incoherent and weakening the State Department for a “generation,” according to George Washington University’s Elizabeth Saunders.
https://www.vox.com/world/2017/9/20/16330028/rex-tillerson-secretary-state-trump-un-haley
“He took the job and made it smaller”: how Rex Tillerson failed the State Department
Experts believe he’s one of the worst secretaries of state in history. Here’s why.
Updated by Zack Beauchamp
“Tillerson would be at or near the bottom of the list of secretaries of state, not just in the post-Second World War world but in the record of US secretaries of state,” says Paul Musgrave, a scholar of US foreign policy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
The former Exxon Mobil CEO — whose nomination was initially greeted warmly by prominent foreign policy hands — has failed to wield any significant influence in internal administration debates over issues like Syria, North Korea, or Russia.
His push to slash “inefficiencies” in the State Department and seeming disinterest in working closely with longtime staff were even more damaging. By failing to get people into vital high-level posts and actively pushing out talented personnel, he ended up making America’s response to major crises incoherent and weakening the State Department for a “generation,” according to George Washington University’s Elizabeth Saunders.
https://www.vox.com/world/2017/9/20/16330028/rex-tillerson-secretary-state-trump-un-haley
Not a Gamer
But I have much respect for traffic engineers.
An excerpt from Wired -
LIVE THE MADDENING LIFE OF A TRAFFIC ENGINEER WITH A $3 GAME
By AARIAN MARSHALL
THE AIR SINGS with four-letter words. The iPad sits stoic as fingers poke, jab, and prod at its screen. Traffic engineering, it turns out, is a difficult job, even when you're working in a fantasy "city" made up of nothing but one office building and a solitary tree.
This is the world of Freeways, a new release from independent game maker Justin Smith, who owns Captain Games. The objective is simple enough: build a road network that connects a series of highways and buildings. When you've finished, you'll be scored on three metrics: the average speed of cars on your network, how much concrete you used to build it, and how easy it is for drivers to get from one point to another.
https://www.wired.com/story/freeways-traffic-engineer-game?mbid=nl_092017_daily&CNDID=%%CUST_ID%%
An excerpt from Wired -
LIVE THE MADDENING LIFE OF A TRAFFIC ENGINEER WITH A $3 GAME
By AARIAN MARSHALL
THE AIR SINGS with four-letter words. The iPad sits stoic as fingers poke, jab, and prod at its screen. Traffic engineering, it turns out, is a difficult job, even when you're working in a fantasy "city" made up of nothing but one office building and a solitary tree.
This is the world of Freeways, a new release from independent game maker Justin Smith, who owns Captain Games. The objective is simple enough: build a road network that connects a series of highways and buildings. When you've finished, you'll be scored on three metrics: the average speed of cars on your network, how much concrete you used to build it, and how easy it is for drivers to get from one point to another.
https://www.wired.com/story/freeways-traffic-engineer-game?mbid=nl_092017_daily&CNDID=%%CUST_ID%%
I Love Neil DeGrasse Tyson
From Salon -
Fired Google employee James Damore has Twitter war after KKK questions
A nerd fight breaks out after Neil DeGrasse Tyson schools Damore on why the Klan is not like Dungeons & Dragons
By SOPHIA TESFAYE
http://www.salon.com/2017/09/20/fired-google-employee-james-damore-has-twitter-war-after-kkk-questions/?source=newsletter
Fired Google employee James Damore has Twitter war after KKK questions
A nerd fight breaks out after Neil DeGrasse Tyson schools Damore on why the Klan is not like Dungeons & Dragons
By SOPHIA TESFAYE
http://www.salon.com/2017/09/20/fired-google-employee-james-damore-has-twitter-war-after-kkk-questions/?source=newsletter
Serena's Letter to Her Mom
From Reddit -
Dear Mom,
You are one of the strongest women I know. I was looking at my daughter (OMG, yes, I have adaughter 😳) and she has my arms and legs! My exact same strong, muscular, powerful, sensational arms and body. I don't know how I would react if she has to go through what I've gone through since I was a 15 year old and even to this day.
I've been called man because I appeared outwardly strong. It has been said that that I use drugs (No, I have always had far too much integrity to behave dishonestly in order to gain an advantage). It has been said I don't belong in Women's sports -- that I belong in Men's -- because I look stronger than many other women do. (No, I just work hard and I was born with this badass body and proud of it).
But mom, I'm not sure how you did not go off on every single reporter, person, announcer and quite frankly, hater, who was too ignorant to understand the power of a black woman.
I am proud we were able to show them what some women look like. We don't all look the same. We are curvy, strong, muscular, tall, small, just to name a few, and all the same: we are women and proud!
You are so classy, I only wish I could take your lead. I am trying, though, and God is not done with me yet. I have a LONG way to go, but thank you.
Thank you for being the role model I needed to endure all the hardships that I now regard as a challenges--ones that I enjoy. I hope to teach my baby Alexis Olympia the same, and have the same fortitude you have had.
Promise me, Mom, that you will continue to help. I'm not sure if I am as meek and strong as you are yet. I hope to get there one day. I love you dearly.
Your youngest of five,
Serena
https://www.reddit.com/user/serenawilliams/comments/714c1b/letter_to_my_mom/?st=j7tsl0tx&sh=b1f13ac6
Dear Mom,
You are one of the strongest women I know. I was looking at my daughter (OMG, yes, I have adaughter 😳) and she has my arms and legs! My exact same strong, muscular, powerful, sensational arms and body. I don't know how I would react if she has to go through what I've gone through since I was a 15 year old and even to this day.
I've been called man because I appeared outwardly strong. It has been said that that I use drugs (No, I have always had far too much integrity to behave dishonestly in order to gain an advantage). It has been said I don't belong in Women's sports -- that I belong in Men's -- because I look stronger than many other women do. (No, I just work hard and I was born with this badass body and proud of it).
But mom, I'm not sure how you did not go off on every single reporter, person, announcer and quite frankly, hater, who was too ignorant to understand the power of a black woman.
I am proud we were able to show them what some women look like. We don't all look the same. We are curvy, strong, muscular, tall, small, just to name a few, and all the same: we are women and proud!
You are so classy, I only wish I could take your lead. I am trying, though, and God is not done with me yet. I have a LONG way to go, but thank you.
Thank you for being the role model I needed to endure all the hardships that I now regard as a challenges--ones that I enjoy. I hope to teach my baby Alexis Olympia the same, and have the same fortitude you have had.
Promise me, Mom, that you will continue to help. I'm not sure if I am as meek and strong as you are yet. I hope to get there one day. I love you dearly.
Your youngest of five,
Serena
https://www.reddit.com/user/serenawilliams/comments/714c1b/letter_to_my_mom/?st=j7tsl0tx&sh=b1f13ac6
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