Poudre River, morning walk

Disclaimer: I’m home sick with strep throat and a husband gone at a conference so no one to take care of me or the dogs. This is going to be a shorter list than usual.

1. Poet Claudia Rankine speaks about confronting racism head on in her writing.

2. ‘National Geographic’ Reckons With Its Past: ‘For Decades, Our Coverage Was Racist.’

3. What INFJs Do When They Get Stressed Out.

4. ICE spokesman resigns after refusing to spread “misleading facts” that labeled undocumented immigrants as “dangerous criminals.” All good people MUST resign, cut ties with, speak out against this organization, which functions only to terrorize and harm.

5. 50 Questions for Self-Exploration.

6. At home on a greek island from SF Girl. I want to go to there…

7. Things get adorable when a neuroscientist reveals how puppies trick your brain. (video) In related cute pit bull news, This pit bull’s smile is so perfect, it helped get her rescued. (video)

8. The Last Photos Of A 14-Year-Old Polish Girl In Auschwitz Get Colorized, And They’ll Break Your Heart. “The Holocaust did not begin with the mass killings. It began with the rhetoric of hate.”

9. Roxane Gay’s 10 Favorite Books.

10. Stripes of wildflowers across farm fields could cut pesticide spraying.

11. This mom transformed a doll into Shuri from Black Panther. (video)

12. 14K empty shoes outside the US Capitol, to represent every child killed with a gun since the Sandy Hook Massacre.

13. Baby white rhino discovers snow at the Toronto Zoo. (video) Somebody give him a bigger pile!