Maya

Beyond horrifying.

Also feel free to reach out with any questions—I’m not part of the hiring process but happy to tell you what it’s like :)

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I commute on this guy every day

YouTube video by New York Times Opinion ICE Took Their Classmate. They Started Writing Letters.

Moving and infuriating. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Cw3...

A young Fred Korematsu

A photo of Fred Korematsu in his later years

"It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it."
- Fred Korematsu

Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/

Diane Seuss - from frank: sonnets I wish I still smoked so that I could sit outside in the dark and smoke rather than just sitting outside in the dark. I'm glad my parents smoked even if it gave me asthma. It was worth it to hear the roar of the match and watch them bring fire so close to their faces and from across the room or yard to see the lit end grow angry and then out of their mouth came a smoke dragon that climbed and swelled in the air. I'm about to be poor. I'll live as my mother has lived. Dish soap and dryer sheets and birdseed and greeting cards from the dollar store. Yet not being a tightwad. She's like Jesus with the loaves, always a few bucks to slip into somebody's hand but never the collection plate. Unlike Shirl who held so long to a penny that it turned green in her hands. In this way, I don't need a Bible. The parables are there like the free cigarettes tobacco companies handed out to patients in mental institution.

This poem lives rent free in my brain.

Hmm..I guess that must depend on what else you need to pack, but it’s been fine for me! I do think that the 3-5 days of clothes advertised is probably more on the 3 side.

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Breaks my heart a little extra to think that if this has all happened just a decade later, Duane would probably still be with us

Duane Puryear and the Quilt Panel — The Dallas Way Duane Puryear

Seeing Duane’s quilt panel (below) led me to read a little bit about him. www.thedallasway.org/stories/writ...

Duane Kearns Puryear, holding his panel for the AIDS Memorial Quilt. It reads, in block letters: "My name is Duane Kearns Puryear. I was born on December 20, 1964. I was diagnosed with AIDS on September 7, 1987 at 4:45 PM. I was 22 old. Sometimes, it makes me very sad. I made this panel myself. If you are reading it, I am dead..." There are several great resources to learn about Duane, his advocacy, his family, his panel, and the politics of memory and re-creation, especially this one by The Dallas Way: http://www.thedallasway.org/stories/written/2021/9/19/duane-puryears-and-the-quilt-panel Duane Puryear died in 1991.

It's your birthday, Duane.

Congratulations!

🎉 happy indigent defense appellate caseload reduction order day to all who celebrate 🎉

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I have such deep admiration for and take inspiration from people like Ahmed Al Ahmed who see danger and run towards.

This is so fucked up

I also think some of the replies to the original tweet quoted here do not seem to understand that people who have done something bad and dangerous still have to get around and while I wish this was different, not everywhere is somewhere you can do that without a car.

I think all cars should come with ignition interlock devices installed, the same way seatbelts and airbags are. They don’t need to be punishment or surveillance, we could just make all cars not turn on if you’re drunk.

This thread is the most excited I’ve ever been about sports!!

Including eventually going to law school. You need an undergrad degree in something and it really doesn’t matter what it is. I wish I had done a more fun major as an undergrad since I was going to professional school anyways!

zeal of the convert

Well Workouts Move

I’m not sure this is something you necessarily even need a trainer for- there’s a lot of good quality info available to get started on your own, eg: www.nytimes.com/spotlight/ho...

This essay had me in tears.

I have also never been, but I am deeply obsessed with Elena Ferrrante’s Neopolitan Novels and think it would be fun to read them there!

Come hang out! It’s my birthday! 🎂 🚌 🌃🌲🚲

It’s cruel that they’re doing this to chimps, I think, as I allow myself 5 more minutes of phone time.

What I would give for everything I write and file in a court to be edited!

I can’t believe UW’s mascot is an actual angel! 😍 Dubs 💗🐺

win some, lose some!