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I had the sudden inspiration to post on here since I haven’t in a while. Here are a few things I am grateful for lately: my little corner of the world good rooftop views bánh mì flowers in a cute vase semi-spontaneous travel wide open spaces (the concept but also the song of course) new journals bookstores (except I’m in a book lull, please email me your book recs )
When I was a teenager, I was fortunate enough to receive a trip from Make-A-Wish. It was possibly the only good thing to come out of a torturous childhood illness. I’ve wanted to give back for some time and recently reached out to volunteer. During that process, I encountered the most dystopian thing I’ve seen in recent memory. When signing up to volunteer for Make-A-Wish, you are asked to pledge…
I've always been a bit of a hater. Chaitanya's Moving on from being a Hater post makes some good points about this frame of mind. Being a hater can create a negative perception of the world, that much is certainly true. But I think this can be tempered. It's possible to be an optimistic hater. Better things are possible in the world, and sometimes the only way to recognize that is to hate and…
The other day I posted about how you can no longer use Reddit on a phone without downloading their app . Several people wrote in to tell me about libreddit , a great frontend for Reddit that bypasses the paywall (and happens to have no ads/tracking too). 1 The best libreddit instance I’ve found is catsarch.com’s redlib, accessed at redlib.catsarch.com . I got sick of trying to copy finicky URLs so…
Amazon kinda seems like they're training on private health data
One of my personal rules for social media is that I only use the web version of sites. The web version is better for privacy, far less addictive, and makes my phone less bloated. In the last few days, Reddit added a great new feature to the the mobile web version of their site. Now, when you try to browse their site on your phone, you will encounter the below paywall-esque popup after scrolling a…
have not posted on this blog in quite a while. Might get back into the swing of things. Here are some things I have been grateful for lately: community gardens tuxedo cats 1 when you are looking for treats at the grocery store and other adults are also looking for treats and you all have your hands on your hips and take a long time to make your decision because the difference between something…
I listen to a lot of genres. My whole life I’ve gravitated towards indie and counter cultural folk (is there a type of folk that isn’t counter cultural? I don’t know). At times I’ve been afraid to share that I also love pop. This weirdly seems to be the case for many people. Pop is too trite. It’s too mainstream. It’s too popular . But pop is literally music for the people. There’s no shame in…
Lucky and not so lucky things to be grateful for this week: cheeky bumper stickers saying things out loud instead of bottling those things up music (and wireless earbuds — I feel like we take that magic for granted?) unionized workplaces plants dogs biting their owners’ leashes (the people with these dogs are probably not grateful for it, but I enjoy seeing it from a distance)
When I first got into skincare a few years ago, I read a lot about sunscreen. And despite any potential conspiracy by Big Skin™, sunscreen is pretty magical stuff. 1 As part of that research, I also learned how much sunscreen people “should” be wearing. And reader, let me tell you: I do not think anyone is using the recommended amount of sunscreen. Sunscreen manufacturer Neutrogena recommends a…