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In Greenpoint, a Wacky New Birding Group Is Ruffling Some Feathers
As many commentators have opined, the COVID-19 pandemic has occasioned a “Great Pause,” a “fertile suspension” that opened up “bountiful space and time for deeper wakefulness.” 2 We saw such wakefulness evidenced in the contemplation of community and injustice, the creation of mutual aid networks, and the resurgence of Black Lives Matter. And we sa... See more
Shannon Mattern • How to Map Nothing
And what about cities? Will New York really be a ghost town? Is this the end? I don’t think so. I think that remote will make room for a new wave of young, hungry, social creatives who bring fresh energy to the city. As in nature, monocultures like San Francisco, which has mainly served to house people who work in tech, will struggle, while permacu... See more
notboring.substack.com • We're Never Going Back
They could more consciously and ceremoniously do what New Yorkers, perhaps best of all Americans, do every day: coexist boldly and openly in a great mixture of colors, nationalities, classes, and opinions, daring to speak to strangers and to live in public.
Rebecca Solnit • Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities
and he had white hair and a smile so enthusiastic it hinted at actual anarchy.
Brian Phillips • Impossible Owls: Essays
A burgeoning population of house finches in the neighborhood has been a slender grace in this wretched year. Their distinctive song became a trill for my soul.
mailchi.mp • Sin Eaters in a Sacramental Cosmos
Entering The Soaring Twenties
In the Soaring Twenties Social Club there are
And every other kind of interesting, weird and unique type of character you would hope to find in a literar... See more
In the Soaring Twenties Social Club there are
- Poets
- Designers
- Programmers
- Lawyers (but the good kind)
- Marketers (but the good kind)
- Business owners
- Gamblers
- Essayists
- Musicians
- Storytellers
- Rat Race abandoners
- Idlers
- Bohemians
And every other kind of interesting, weird and unique type of character you would hope to find in a literar... See more