Leili Towfigh

Art, writing, UX research and design, learning, world citizening.

[Leili Towfigh @ltowfigh]

In memory of lion-hearted Muna Mahmudnizhad and her sisters, who were hanged in Shiraz, Iran, 40 years ago today. #OurStoryIsOne #WomanLifeFreedom https://t.co/5H4XRxI7T6

[Leili Towfigh @ltowfigh]

Beautiful @Vice/@mailchimp docuseries #SecondAct in which we participated in Jan. It focuses on Cortney Gusick who left tech to found Pāhiki Eco Caskets. It's a profound reflection on what she calls "time entitlement," and the natural cycles of our lives: https://t.co/nBZHvx1eK2

[Leili Towfigh @ltowfigh]

@shephard_neil So terribly sad. A truly luminous intellect and such a principled human. He was dear to me.

[Leili Towfigh @ltowfigh]

@ellievhall's masterful juxtaposition, in pictures and text, of the appalling double standard applied to duchesses Kate and Meghan. Check out the avocado one! https://t.co/9DwF9CDhrl #racism #journalisticstandards #doublestandards #megixt

[Leili Towfigh @ltowfigh]

Interview on @thebahaiblog with composer Keivan Towfigh about his Oratorio, The Martyrdom of the Báb: https://t.co/QjRSkGQukK

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What has been your experience with the therapeutic effects of craft? https://t.co/kxYjsLUvz1 #csikszentmihalyi #flow #craft #art

[Leili Towfigh @ltowfigh]

Persian-speaking friends: Short illustrated history of American slavery and the diabolical ideology of #whitesupremacy, past/present—it's overdubbed *in Persian,* and is worth your attn. H/T @eji_org @losangelista. #BlackHistory #AmericanHistory https://t.co/t4pHutuyYw

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How Mise en Place Can Organize Your Life Outside the Kitchen, by #workclean author, @dancharnas: https://t.co/6avi2jfxnu

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"My Name Is Not Baby": Tatyana Fazlalizadeh Can’t Fight Catcalling Alone
by @anisatav on @byshondaland https://t.co/JxfVodvuCn

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Such an incisive takedown from #MichaelHarriot of the sick "rules are rules, you should have complied if you didn't want to get killed" moral equivalency: https://t.co/FXIqvWf44f

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Excellent list of questions to ask elders when gathering information about #oldfamilyphotos: https://t.co/JoC68aIOwx

[Leili Towfigh @ltowfigh]

Norway Has A Radical Approach To #PlasticPollution, And It’s Working:
So why isn’t the U.S. following suit? https://t.co/DbxUjsf6JL

[alex rees @maybealexislost]

“from the state with 84 percent of the u.s. fresh water but none for its residents to drink, i am miss michigan emily sioma” — the new #missamerica2019 pageant did not come to play

[Leili Towfigh @ltowfigh]

Men friends: What do you think of this? Does it resonate? "The Lonely American Man": https://t.co/9r4j1gajbv

[Leili Towfigh @ltowfigh]

@Patreon @PatreonSupport Guys, it makes you (and your creators) look bad when you manage to trigger mass fraud alerts on patrons' credit cards because of a poorly-executed Patreon descriptor change. Really not psyched. #YouHadOneJob

[Leili Towfigh @ltowfigh]

@CraneBeachMass They were even biting us when we went *in the water* today (exposed parts). I too have never experienced anything like this in a lifetime coming to the beach. It still was fun, but a fly-swattingly stressful visit.

[Leili Towfigh @ltowfigh]

Sunk Cost Fallacy: We think we make rational decisions based on the future value of objects, investments, experiences. However, our decisions are tainted by the emotional investments we accumulate. The more we invest in something, the harder to abandon it. https://t.co/e1FWZ1kmOg

[Leili Towfigh @ltowfigh]

Yay! I'm featured on @byshondaland in a piece by lovely @losangelista, along with @potterybyosa @AyumiHorie @ZemerPeled and Kenny Sing of Turn Studio: 'Brain Break: Spin Your Stress Away With These Pottery Masters' https://t.co/rzBXXGEuJD

[Leili Towfigh @ltowfigh]

Wanna find an arthritis cure? Here's "Smart and Soothy," a rap by WashU School of Medicine about just that, inspired by @Migos "Bad and Boujee." Vote for WashU in the #MarchMadness of biomedical science—STAT Madness (link in youtube): https://t.co/YoCpwQmacw @Farsh_G @WUSTLmed

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RIP #CraigMack: https://t.co/aC3pbm1gwM