1. Talking Back to WW: Personal Body Stories on Be Nourished.
2. Calls for Kavanaugh’s Impeachment Come Amid New Misconduct Allegations on The New York Times. In related news, Democratic presidential candidates call for Brett Kavanaugh’s impeachment after new allegation.
3. On Shaun King by DeRay Mckesson. In related news, DeRay, attention, fame, fundraising, integrity, deflection, projection and the desperate need for us to actually focus on doing the work in front of us by Shaun King. Someone on Twitter called this feud “woke on woke crime.”
4. Tina Turner Is Having the Time of Her Life on The New York Times. “A Swiss chateau. A Broadway musical all about her. And absolutely nothing she has to do.”
5. Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards Finalists Prove that Nature Has a Sense of Humor.
6. The Abolish ICE Movement Explained.
7. FDA names 16 brands of dog food linked to canine heart disease. “The FDA is investigating more than 500 reports that appear to link dog foods that are marketed as ‘grain free’ to canine dilated cardiomyopathy.”
8. Bill Maher, James Cordon, and Fat-Shaming.
9. Michigan Police Officer Is Terminated After K.K.K. Application Was Found in His Home on The New York Times. “A prospective homebuyer found Confederate flags and a framed Ku Klux Klan application in the officer’s house in Holton, Mich.” My opinion: This is the appropriate response. Being a white supremacist should make you unemployable, in any field.
10. There Are No Nazi Memorials.
11. Meat May Be Murder, But Tofu Is Too. “In Brazil, land is being cleared at an alarming rate to plant every vegetarian’s favorite crop: Soy.”
12. To Hell With Y’all: Charlottesville Judge Rules Confederate Statues Will Stay.
13. In praise of Earth, Wind & Fire, purveyor of black excellence for a half-century.
14. New Hope, New Pain, Same Old Divorce on The New York Times. “As a queer woman, I fought for the right to be married. Now I’m fighting for the space to be human.”
15. The 100 Best Notebooks, As Tested by Strategist Editors.
16. Gorgeous, the song and the dancing.. (video)
17. 145 CEOs Call On Senate To Pass ‘Common-sense, Bipartisan’ Gun Laws.
18. Trump Administration Rolls Back Clean Water Protections on The New York Times. How is it that we don’t all just automatically agree that we need to keep our water and air safe, that they need to be protected so we can live?! How is this even a discussion?!
19. Victory by a high school swimmer disqualified for a ‘wedgie’ is reinstated by Alaska officials.
20. HSPs and Trauma.
21. This Routine Gyno Procedure Could Mean You Never Orgasm Again. This is terrifying!
23. The Log 2: Another Year. (video)
24. ‘People Actively Hate Us’: Inside the Border Patrol’s Morale Crisis on The New York Times. “Overwhelmed by desperate migrants and criticized for mistreating the people in their care, many agents have grown defensive, insular and bitter.”
25. “White People, Stop centering yourself”!
26. ‘Don’t Stop Believin” Goes On And On, Because We Need It To.
27. What The Inventories Of Various Emergency Services Look Like Over The World (30 Pics).
28. PS22 Choir sings “Peace” by O.A.R. (video)
Open Space Practice, (AKA: A Thousand Shades of Gray) 