
Fort Collins trolley, image by Eric
1. Enough already from Paul Jarvis. “Exterior mindfulness (some call it minimalism) only works when we solve for enough.”
2. 3 Beautiful Things I Learned When My 3-Year Old Daughter Died Of Cancer.
3. Upaya Podcast with Natalie Goldberg, True Secret of Writing (II of II) – “Let the Whole Thundering World Come Home: A Memoir.”
4. When Russian trolls wanted to divide America, they knew what to use: race.
5. Black Yale Student Wants White Classmate Who Called Police on Her Held Accountable. In related news, Nigerian Woman, Who Was Removed From United Flight After a White Passenger Complained She Was ‘Pungent,’ Files Lawsuit, and White Woman Calls Cops on Black Real Estate Investor Inspecting House Next Door, and #CommunityServiceWhileBlack: Cop Questions Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Members During Highway Cleaning, Says He Thought They Were Fighting, and California Starbucks Writes Racial Slur on Latino Customer’s Drink, and #GoingHomeWhileBlack: Rapper T.I. Arrested Outside His Gated Community After Misplacing Keys, and This is how the police should react when a white person calls 911 on a Black person for no reason (video), and White Hobby Lobby Manager Calls Police on Black Customer for #ShoppingWhileBlack, and Enraged White Man Threatens To Call ICE On Women For Speaking Spanish In A Restaurant, and Security questions Black dad deemed ‘suspicious’ for pushing sick son in a stroller, and ‘White Caller Crime’: The Worst Wypipo Police Calls of All Time.
5. Recipes I want to try: Barbecue Zucchini & Chickpea Tacos, and pasta salad with roasted carrots and sunflower seed dressing, and sweet potato tacos, and rhubarb cream cheese hand pies, and strawberry rhubarb crisp bars, and 4 Ingredient Spinach Tortillas. P.S. I love Smitten Kitchen.
6. Delicate Accumulations of Colorful Spring Flowers Installed in a Historic French Home.
7. 12 Things INFJs Absolutely Hate.
8. Is Yoga really for Every Body? “A guide to body positivity and falling in love with yoga, right now.”
11. A Police Officer at My Public High School Told Me I’m Going to Hell Because I’m Gay.
12. Cougar Attacks Two Bicyclists in Washington State, Killing One on The New York Times.
13. This road trip was made for doughnut lovers. (video)
14. ‘Experts’ Said You Should Have Twice Your Salary Saved By 35 And Twitter Broke Out The Pitchforks.
15. Dana Falsetti lost nearly 100 pounds, but found she still wasn’t happy with her body. (video) “Then she found yoga. Now, she’s helping others find confidence through yoga classes that focus on body positivity.”
16. These are the 10 victims of the shooting at Santa Fe High School. (video)
17. Houston police are investigating alleged abduction of black teen by group of white males.
18. This white student thinks she’s the victim of racism because people got mad when she brought a rifle to school. (video) Hearing what she has to say makes me a thousand times angrier than the pictures. She graduates from college and still does not understand how racism and white privilege work?! She doesn’t understand why, of all the campuses, it would be so much more offensive on this one?!
19. This Alabama sheriff bought a beach house with money meant to feed people in prison — and he claims it’s legal. (video)
20. A mayonnaise and spoiler-free cut of my “Do Not Link To The Line Stepper” PSA from Jay Smooth. (video)
21. A deportation bus? This Republican candidate wants to track down “illegal immigrants” on the campaign trail. (video) When racists don’t even bother to hide anymore, when they run and are elected to office, we are living the fall of Rome.
22. This lad made his dog the happiest dog in the world with 5,400 ball pit balls. (video)
25. Black Dog Syndrome. (video) “Why do people pass over black dogs for adoption? Why do they cross the street to avoid them? It’s called black dog syndrome, and filmmaker Dara Bratt decided to find out what’s behind it.” All of my dogs have been black. I prefer them.
26. This designer created portable igloos to help homeless people survive the winter. (video)
27. Spike Lee rips Donald Trump because of his refusal to denounce the KKK. (video)
28. This Indian man single-handedly carved a road through a mountain. (video)
29. What It’s Like Being an INFJ Teacher.
30. Downsides of Diet Culture on Dances With Fat.
31. Months After a Brutal Day in Charlottesville, a Tender Wedding on The New York Times.
32. You, You, You Oughta Know: Alanis Morissette’s ‘Jagged Little Pill’ Is Now A Musical.