We're working with urgency to change things. Normal was the problem; we will not go back. DMs open; let's coordinate.
What are you working on? How can we support? #strongertogether#dontgobacktonormal
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From the intro of Ursula Le Guin's version of Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching: A Book about the Way and the Power of the Way.
"poetry... a patterned intensity of language... [where] beauty is no ornament; it is the meaning. It is the truth."
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In short, it was a bad idea to make one of the pillars of democracy an almost entirely capitalistic enterprise dependent on advertising revenues. Yes it was was short-sighted. But the consequences affect everyone, not just this industry.
Rereading the Outer Space Treaty with @wsm1. It really might be the most staggeringly radical piece of int'l law ever: Basically the ENTIRETY of outer space "shall be used for peaceful purposes" and "the province of all mankind." https://t.co/4708TyXBT3 🚀
"So even these kind of failed Utopian visions, the failure to imagine something that’s really different also succeeds, because they function as critical tools." - Kathi Weeks via @zarinahagnew
Experimental and observational research suggests that as we consider who to cooperate with, we care more about how how fair someone is than how successful/how much wealth they have
Today’s #microreading from “Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism” - which asks ‘what makes people live and die for nations, as well as hate and kill in their name?’ (link in thread)
Be part of instigating the Second Life House - an intentional home built with and for the formerly incarcerated community. Together, we're developing alternative justice approaches in this autonomously run space @EmbassyNetwork@zarinahagnew#givingtuesday https://t.co/URJ3mwaOIg
There is a smattering of embassy humans participating in Vision Weekend, hosted by the @foresightinst this weekend. Join us! Featuring @jessykate @wsm1 on spacetech, @zarinahagnew & @DanBarcay on neurotech, @louviq and others.
https://t.co/Wwz6rVKDYZ
Listening to Infinite Monkey Cage (podcast) while I pack, and a panelist mentions @zarinahagnew running up to people at the UK beatboxing championships asking if they (singular) can scan people's brains. Ha. So proud of them. 💘you Z