Bill Scanlon

[Harvard Business Review @HarvardBiz]

Perfectionists tend to make three big mistakes that interfere with their ability to prioritize their most important tasks. https://t.co/AnW05RvvkM

[#HALTsolitary — Go to bit.ly/EndSolitaryNY @NYCAIC]

TW: Suicide.

7 years ago today, Kalief Browder died. At 16, he was falsely accused of stealing a backpack, charged with a violent felony & prosecuted as an adult. The judge set bail beyond what his family could afford. He suffered at Rikers for 3 years, incl. 2 in solitary. 1/8

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Cynicism: We have a problem, but they don't want to solve it

Pessimism: We have a problem, but we can't solve it

Optimism: We have a problem, and we can solve it

Responsibility: We have a problem. Can I help solve it?

Initiative: We have a problem. Here's how I'm solving it

[Beth Shelburne @bshelburne]

Alabama's parole board shot down every single case yesterday, denying relief to all 28 eligible people including this man, after he's served 12 of a 20-year sentence for MARIJUANA possession & distribution. He's at a minimum security work center where they work him for $2 a day.

[rooted.wings @BrittRooted]

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[Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt]

What I learned from reading the Stoics and Buddhists, while writing The Happiness Hypothesis, applied here as advice to young people entering the workforce.

[James Bovard @JimBovard]

Biden says the "American people are united" on Russia & Ukraine. Almost everyone I know does not favor the U.S. blundering into another conflict on this score

[Longleaf School @LongleafSchool]

LSA is a college preparatory high school with a Fine Arts focus. We are accepting applications for rising 9th, 10th, and 11th graders.

[Samuel Ramani @SamRamani2]

Everyone is predicting war between Russia and Ukraine except Russia and Ukraine

[Longleaf School @LongleafSchool]

LSA is a college preparatory high school with a Fine Arts focus. We are accepting applications for rising 9th, 10th, and 11th graders.

[Martyr Made @martyrmade]

“Successful”

[Scott Morefield @SKMorefield]

The FDA is about to approve a vaccine - that doesn't stop Covid contraction or transmission - for an age group to which Covid poses almost zero statistical risk of death or bad outcomes. If you didn't think this was political, think again.

[T.K. Coleman @TK_Coleman]

Who are you writing for?

[Matt Kibbe @MattKibbe]

President with historically low approval numbers wants to start a war. 🤔

[James Shore @[email protected] @jamesshore]

The Art of Agile Development #bookclub is tomorrow! @WoodyZuill and @ChristophLucian are our special guests for a discussion of pairing and mobbing. https://t.co/9MeUeqJUXt #aoad2 #agile @OReillyMedia

[NC IDEA @ncidea]

We are seeking a Senior Director of Programs to join our team. Responsibilities include overseeing all programs that provide education, training, and mentoring for individuals seeking to start and grow companies in NC. https://t.co/xGnfj55yUw

[Justin Spiro, LCSW @Jusrangers]

Mayor Adams is having fun with 20,000 maskless friends at Knicks game today. 

Tomorrow he will force 3-year-olds to mask for speech therapy and Kindergartners to mask for recess outdoors.

Adult recreation once again takes precedence over children’s developmental needs.

[Martin Kulldorff @MartinKulldorff]

"The comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because it is right." - Dr. Martin Luther King

[Quisha King Benton aka Keisha King @ImQuishaK]

You can’t change the past, but dwelling on the past can change you!
I don’t care what the topic is, you cannot live in the past. Never letting go of the past will never get you to your future.