https://www.newyorker.com/books/this-week-in-fiction/camille-bordas-03-07-22/amp
I always thought that I would write one day about the distortion of time that can happen around children, about how, because your level of energy never matches theirs, you can end up feeling like you’ve given them your all but then you look at your watch and see that only five minutes have passed and the kids are still at 99.5 per cent. That’s not really where the story ended up going, but that was a starting point, and traces of this initial impulse remain, like when the narrator complains about time moving too slowly when his kids are around.
Searching for a More Inclusive History of Ornament
12 Weaning Ceremonies
How to Sleep: Try Japan’s Kaizen Method to Cure Insomnia and Sleep Anxiety
Having trouble falling asleep? The Japanese word ‘Kaizen’, which means ‘change’, could transform your bedtime routine and help tackle insomnia.
Source: How to Sleep: Try Japan’s Kaizen Method to Cure Insomnia and Sleep Anxiety
Is Capitalism Exploiting Crows? – Slog – The Stranger
Diverse STEM Reads
https://kitaabworld.com/blogs/news/diverse-stem-books
A great list! How to Weigh an Elephant, Why is the Sky Blue?, bio of Ibn Al-Haytham, etc
Elmo vs. Rocco memes: Viral moment is a taste of how parents watch children’s TV.
Laurie Anderson zoom lectures
The Audio Issue
https://audio.mcsweeneys.net/transcripts/against_access.html
As Robert Sirvage, a DeafBlind architect, put it in a recent conversation, the question we begin with is not “How do we make it more accessible?” Instead, we start by asking, “What feels beautiful?” When hearing and sighted people join us, they pick up Protactile and learn how to work and socialize with us in our space. They often find themselves closing their eyes, either literally or by dimming their visual processing, because sight isn’t necessary. Bodies in contact become as normal to them as they are to us.