Friends! (those who know abt my dad’s minesweeper project). Dad & his team have encountered problems and had to take the engine out. So I am doing a raffle. If you can donate (as little as a couple of 💵 helps) I will enter you into a raffle 🌎 delivery. 3 of my cookbooks signed
ALSO TODAY: @jidesalawu on shopping and racial profiling. “These discomforts have grown sharper now, in an age of increasing racism and amid the rise of hard-right politicians in Europe, the U.S., and elsewhere.” https://t.co/KDZGfv63NO
All the Flaming Hydra pieces linked here are free to read:
- Osita Nwanevu on punk rock and libraries
- Arwa Mahdawi on how to write about Palestine
- Julianne Escobedo Shepherd on the music industry’s “pretty tax"
... pieces to remember:
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'HYDRA’s whole purpose, as they point out on their website, is to bring back the innocent vibe of the early-’90s internet when the Web felt more like a playground & less like some nightmarish corporate-sponsored meatgrinder.' https://t.co/HhDOkxSONs
'In 2011, Maria Concetta Cacciola, a thirteen-year-old whose parents were involved with the ’Ndrangheta, was married off to an associate. She eventually fled Calabria for northern Italy, leaving behind her three children.' https://t.co/WHFAz7D1XZ
'The thing is this: she knows the value of silence. There is a way, alone with her in the car, that travel falls quiet.' Miles Klee https://t.co/Q7VzhuNJE3
Have you ever dreamed of supporting our Kickstarter? That is a VERY specific dream, but today it can come true!! AND you can help us preserve the archives of both The Awl and The Hairpin! https://t.co/j5dxipiNKn
TODAY: As part of our LOST INTERNET series, @ppolitics on the surprising fun of Delicious, the earliest "social bookmarking" site that also served as a little microblog for enterprising users https://t.co/aqrzWfsXvf
TODAY: A very beautiful read from @BenEhrenreich about running through a bucolic English park while considering riots, crusades, and violence around the world and throughout history https://t.co/1Qtf9034ft
Just a note that this won the third place @itsflaminghydra's readers' choice poll. A good pat on the back for a newsletter with thousands of subscribers.
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