Nora Helfand

if I hear somebody's truth and I feel "called out" then that doesn't mean anything but if you hear my truth and feel called out that's because my truth is true and that's how truth works

“I’m doing good things,” I tell myself as I delete the military service of a dead woman. “I’m still a good person.”

I get the sense that a lot of Americans are actually quite pissed off already and in pictures a lot of them seem to be white Boomers

I think this is good. It is also valid to feel a twinge of "where were y'all" but it is really mostly good.

A state of falling into the extreme region in at least one of at least five spectra of traits of human cognition - such that someone else could fall into the precise opposite extremes as you and also be said to have the same condition.

Folks who’ve fully recovered from Covid can really help your friends and neighbors who haven’t.

If that’s you and you’re in SF—or know anyone in SF who fits the bill—check out this very worthwhile study!

the nice thing about this ceasefire is that there is absolutely no bad blood remaining between the two sides so things should be looking up

side view of white female sitting at a desk with her left hand on a keyboard. She is wearing a purple hoodie and purple glasses. She has dark hair with grey streaks. She is looking at a laptop sitting on a stand. The computer screen shows a photo of her working on this draft post. On the desk beside her are lots of colorful pens and piles of items. Pieces of art on are on the wall.

🧵 Ten years ago today at 3:30pm, I turned in grades for the four college courses I was teaching, and that was that. The last day of my life working a regular job. The first day of my life as a full-time, disabled, chronically ill Sick Person.

Dads in Boston describing their gay children

They say comfort is the enemy of progress, but, question. What if it’s something really, reeeeeally comfortable