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In January, Rama Duwaji will step into the role of New York City’s first lady. But who is she, really? Duwaji introduces herself in this Cut special-issue cover.

From the comments that complain of driving back home from work in darkness in winter, maybe the logical solution is for workplaces to break up the work day. Have a portion of the work day in the office and the rest at home, so people aren’t driving back in the dreary dark of winter.

A couple of lessons that stand out for me from Mamdani entering the marital race and his campaign:
1) A lot of people are uncomfortable with competence when they see it. It’s been astonishing to witness the pulling down of Mamdani.

Dinosaurs were ecosystem engineers! Like modern elephants, Dinosaurs knocked down trees, creating open floodplain landscapes with meandering rivers. After their extinction, Paleocene landscapes became dense forests with coal swamps. 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s43...

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There are several with the shattered American dream. Mothers ripped from their babies. Look at what family court does everyday.

Americans have an interestingly constricted worldview that centers around them. The polarity in thinking that disallows nuanced information is a product of the way their society was built up. The terminology they use reflects this - “il/legal alien”. No foreign nationals. No “diaspora” either.

A thread that resonates with me so profoundly.

While what’s happening to the judiciary right now is not good, I’m cautious about going overboard in sentiments of not inquiring into judges’ motives. It’s absolutely imperative to re-look at judicial immunity. One has to only look what occurs in family courts to entertain both those ideas.

When people complain of having “no say” or say in something, it usually means they want to veto the thing. It typically means “no, I don’t want you to do it.” And, from experience, it’s usually people with the meanest hearts that talk about say and no say.

You know, I’ve heard this refrain before in my life - “I listen to left and right views alike.” My experience has taught me that when people guilt you for standing your ground in the garb of “ideological diversity”, it’s because they want to dominate you by weakening your beliefs.

I write a lot. I was never taken in by the idea of moving my writing to Substack. I was recently encouraged by an astrologer to give it a try. I did. The best way I can put this is - my instinct didn’t like the vibe of Substack. Nasty, swampy.

Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.

We can learn a ton from wildlife matriarchal societies.

The older parents who have survived pregnancies, given birth, raised healthy children, kept them safe, found food, and survived through adversity can teach us, if we decide to listen.

Hope is not simply the expectation of something better, but the courage to work towards it 💙🦋

Hi Blue Sky! Hoping for an enriching experience here. Migrated over from the other place.

Do yourself a favor and get a public library card‼️
Then sign up for an app called Libby where you can borrow thousands of audiobooks!

Your library card supports your local community, while it gives you access to resources and tools to get educated 📖💡