Jess May
@nothingmorepunk
Jess May
The work is the point, and my work is unique. If I can do something that people find useful, then I should. It doesn’t matter if it’s a masterpiece or not, as long as I enjoy it. I’ve got my own weird angle on things that’s a useful counter-melody in the big orchestra of life.
Derek Sivers • Hell Yeah or No: what’s worth doing
Reminder
What’s the problem with being “not racist”? It is a claim that signifies neutrality: “I am not a racist, but neither am I aggressively against racism.” But there is no neutrality in the racism struggle. The opposite of “racist” isn’t “not racist.” It is “antiracist.” What’s the difference? One endorses either the idea of a racial hierarchy as a
... See moreIbram X. Kendi • How to Be an Antiracist
you dont understand the depth of this strength found within my mental, or the violence it took to become this gentle
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"When I am dead
do not name me in relation to capital I will
be wageless & worthless & perfect."
–Brendan Joyce
“The ultimate logic of racism is genocide,”
Taylor Branch • At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68
For I have a single definition of success: you look in the mirror every evening, and wonder if you disappoint the person you were at 18, right before the age when people start getting corrupted by life. Let him or her be the only judge; not your reputation, not your wealth, not your standing in the community, not the decorations on your lapel. If... See more
Nassim Nicholas Taleb • Commencement Address, American University in Beirut
Doing it wrong -Adam Buxton
You’re living your life but you’re doing it wrong