In San Francisco, nonprofits are trying to make the city more affordable for artists through community land trusts. "What if they could curb gentrification by subverting the traditional rhythms of the real estate industry?” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/a...
So nice to see this interview with editor & writer @saribotton.bsky.social, who found success starting her own thing in @oldstermag.bsky.social. "It did not occur to me ever that I would be starting the best phase of my career at 60.”
A green relay mailbox with a good 15 inches (approximate) of snow piled on top, its legs are also hidden by snow. A car parked behind it also has at least a foot of snow on it.
Mailbox snow index report from Brooklyn
"This neurological condition is the second most prevalent cause of disability in the world. Yet, despite its common occurrence and debilitating effects, migraine still remains largely a mystery.”
"This neurological condition is the second most prevalent cause of disability in the world. Yet, despite its common occurrence and debilitating effects, migraine still remains largely a mystery.”
Kao Kalia Yang, on talking to her children about "what happens if Mommy gets detained?": "If the children are with me and they are taken with me, then we try to stay together as long as we can, hold tight, don’t cry."
A screenshot from Lithub.com showing three stories, each illustrated with an image: Letter From Minnesota: From Otaango to Eat Street, by Nimo H. Farah Letter From Minnesota: Life Inside an Economic Blockade, by Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl Letter From Minnesota: Echoes of the Other Occupation, by Josina Manu Maltzman
What is it like for Minnesotans in this moment? If you have some time, check out the essays in @literaryhub.bsky.social's Letter From Minnesota series: lithub.com/tag/letter-f...
And lunar new year falls on that week too this year, plus midwinter recess for nyc public schools
omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for
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Omg
I went to this writing workshop last summer because sometimes I need someone to force me to write every day, and they delivered. Recommend. (Also, there’s a beautiful Olympic-sized pool on campus)
With alt text. Applications for the Oregon Summer Workshop at McCormack Writing Center (formerly Tin House Summer Workshop) are due soon on Feb 9. I had such a great experience when I went a few years back. The way the workshop is run, you can tell the people behind it are thoughtful & intentional.
With alt text. Applications for the Oregon Summer Workshop at McCormack Writing Center (formerly Tin House Summer Workshop) are due soon on Feb 9. I had such a great experience when I went a few years back. The way the workshop is run, you can tell the people behind it are thoughtful & intentional.
oh wait, I got the numbers wrong, as I often do. It's 10°F, but feels like -16°F
A pan with enchiladas covered in melted cheese on a stove top
Today’s feels-like-negative-10-degrees-with-the-wind-so-I’m-not-going-outside activity
I used to see a mean Asian tailor. I feel like meanness might be correlated to good work
Yep. Most of the people I started out with aren't in the field anymore.
I feel this. I could never make it work on journalism freelancing alone. It's just not sustainable, especially in HCOL areas
lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn · 49m I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated. Quote lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn · Jan 25 Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.) But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil — pen ink freezes — by headlamp.
INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
Freelance rates are also abysmal and haven't changed much in 20+ years, which means they're even worse today. Not only are you not being paid enough, but you don't have the support of an organization behind you. In-depth reporting is much harder as a freelancer.
“If the Minnesota resistance has an overarching ideology, you could call it “neighborism”—a commitment to protecting the people around you, no matter who they are or where they came from. The contrast with the philosophy guiding the Trump administration couldn’t be more extreme.”
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I was so stressed reading this story, worrying about whether the whistleblower made it out. He did and he is incredibly brave.
(Yes this is behind a paywall but Wired has been doing important reporting. Support if you can.)
Done. No one will pick up today, but you can leave a message.
A New York City blue recycling bin with a good 8 inches of snow on top, at least.
Recycling bin snow index. This was in Brooklyn at about 1:30 pm today.
Yes. Yesterday I bought socks, attended an emergency rally, and saw a Broadway show. Tomorrow I will call my feckless senators yet again. You can live your life and also incorporate actions into it.
ASL information re: observing and warning neighbors about ICE operations using S.A.L.U.T.E. / A.C.T.U.A.R. Please share widely--we know disabled folks are particularly susceptible to state violence and many d/hh folks regardless of immigration status have a first language that is not English.
“Diana, 7, had a nosebleed that just wouldn’t stop and her parents, immigrants from Venezuela with a pending asylum petition, were increasingly worried about her health.
They never got to see a doctor.
Three unmarked cars with immigration agents surrounded their car in the ER parking lot”
I made this ASL video about the SALUTE/ACTUAR acronyms re: observing ICE, but @bsky.app won't let me post here because, best I can tell, hands are moving too much? Anyway, if you have a moment to share, many d/hh folks have 1st lang that's not English.
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