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03.13 | do women have to be naked to get into the met?
If we’re still trying to shove ourselves through physical doors, and our machines are actively shutting digital ones, how do we break this loop?
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i own this place!
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Failure to Adapt? Climate Mobility and History in Haiti
Haiti’s struggle is is the continuation of a centuries-long fight for true sovereignty, not just an environmental crisis.
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03.06 | the riderless red horse
Amidst the hand-painted foliage motifs and tropical blue-sky background of the jacket and puffer skirt is a striking red horse. It is riderless. The IOC deemed the rider too "political" for the slopes.
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02.20 | may your year of the fire horse be fun~
I’m not one to believe in horoscope-based superstitions, but something in the air truly does feel different this winter.
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02.06 | why does "using our voices" feel so tiring?
It often feels like we’ve been shouting so much our throats are getting hoarse. We balk at the thought of another post, another meeting, or another protest. Yet, staying quiet consumes us with guilt. We spiral into depression.
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1.30 | it's brick out here!
Or as some stranger on the bus today put it, “I was thinking New York winters were getting kind of wussy, but I guess not!”
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11.27 | giving thx to indigenous voices at COP30
This year, I’m glad I get the choice to focus on something somewhat more hopeful and vastly more interesting instead: Indigenous voices in international climate change!
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you're thinking about climate change solutions all wrong, say Indigenous leaders
I put together this breakdown of some intriguing concepts front-and-center for Indigenous activists and leaders at the world’s most important (and never quite effective enough) climate conference. I guess that’s why I still bother keeping a website after all these years!
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11.13 | to be eager, young & against the machine
Being doubtful of a young upstart with few inroads into the system is a fair critique! I worry about it myself!
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10.31 | hi! i'm dead tired!
It’s Halloween here in New York City, probably my favorite non-holiday holiday!
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10.22 | the empire of AI
What propelled me forward was Hao’s deeply humanist take on AI in general, and her ability to the entire American AI industry into a very historical, very societal, and very global context.
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10.15 | reconciling death and the immediacy trap
How frustrating must it feel to go out on a downward trend?