Monica

"We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance." - Japanese proverb

(Snoopy dancing with top hat.)

"Life is like dancing. If we have a big floor, many people will dance. Some will get angry when the rhythm changes. But life is changing all the time." - Don Miguel Ruiz

YouTube video by League of Women Voters of Illinois Can Local Journalism Survive?

Can Local Journalism Survive?

Presentation by local (Chicago area) nonprofit newspapers, sponsored by the LWV OPRF.

This is such an interesting topic.

#newspapers #democracy

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pskO...

More newspapers, magazines, and news shows should convert to the nonprofit format.

In addition to removing the need to "make a profit" (they just need to break even), it changes the influence from "investors" to "donors". Little donors can counter the influence of a big donor.

I've read the first two in that series. It is good, but dense writing.

Palaver: A Novel A Novel

AN ESTRANGED MOTHER AND SON reunite in Japan despite the minefields of their shared past. Marvelously paced story of a complicated family history is rich with details of expatriate life in Tokyo from a distinctively Black and gay perspective. A MINUS

💙📚
#bookreviews

bookshop.org/p/books/pala...

democracy dies in dollars

Discussed how Black investment firms that had similar rates of return and similar or longer track records managed less money. Discussed a catch-22 -- "you need more bells and whistles for us to trust you with our money", which then turned into "you are now too big".

Here are some "legendary black titans" to look up! [investing]

Lou Holland
Gwendolyn Smith Iloani
Shundrawn Thomas
John Rogers Jr.

"On average between 1050 and 2010, black households held about 7 percent of their wealth in stock equity; among white households, it was 18 percent."

[Unclear who is being quoted. I think it was Nick Routley]

Most people think of compound interest in terms of investments, but the negative side is loans and credit cards and late fees.

Team Huddle 3 (Ch. 3)
Compounding Interest(s)

"My wealth has come from a combination of living in America, some lucky genes, and compound interest." - Warren Buffet

"Compound interest is the eight wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it. He who doesn't, pays it." - Einstein

#booksky

Just watched "Forever" on Netflix.

If you cry at tv/movies, have the tissue ready.

#moviesky

with the Olympics coming up, I cannot recommend enough just picking random sports and getting really into them at a moment's notice

did I know anything about women's foil before the last Olympics? I did not

did I become the world's biggest Lee Kiefer fan immediately? absolutely I did

If the line isn't drawn at raping children, there is no line.

"Griffin added that most chief executives he was friends with “find it incredibly distasteful” when the “US government starts to engage in corporate America in a way that tastes of favouritism”. '

Hmmmm, did someone not include poor Griffy in on the action and now Griffy is sad?

Billionaire US investor Ken Griffin accuses Trump White House of ‘enriching’ itself Citadel boss, Republican donor and vocal Trump critic says administration has made ‘distasteful’ choices not in the public interest

Yeah, no shit Ken. And you helped pay for this, too.

They should either release all the episodes or one per week. But this splitting it into weird segments is JUST enough time for me to move onto other things and forget I started watching it.

😬

Oh no....

Making a donation to the Henrietta Lacks Foundation.

Got a vaccine today (2nd shingles).

Watching "Ghosting". It is an xmas movie I didn't get around to.

FairVote Illinois Executive Director Dan Ashurst next to State Senator Laura Murphy of Illinois

Thank you Senator Laura Murphy for your leadership on pro-democracy reform! Did you know: Senator Murphy is the chief sponsor of SB2004, which would provide clarity to local clerks seeking to implement ranked choice voting for their local elections!

Now a discussion about how building the interstate highways created divides between white and Black neighborhoods.

Noting how property taxes that fund schools is determined by the value of the property. If (when) comparable properties in white neighborhoods are higher than and Black neighborhoods, then not only is there less accumulated wealth in families, there is less money to fund the schools.

Team Huddle 2
A Two-Tiered Real Estate Experience

Black families have "a medium home equity of $89,000 in January 2021 versus $113,000 for white families."

#booksky

(hugs)

The weather person just used the phrase "seasonably cold".

Not a complaint, but amused that they needed to clarify.

I second all of the above and offer on the lighter side: Queen's Gambit, Grace and Frankie, Man on the Inside, Enola Holmes (1 &2), The Perfect Couple, Lincoln Lawyer

And if you haven't watched Veronica Mars, it is there right now. :)