#107: Goldo
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Watch Army Daze and Army Daze 2 and by Michael Chiang (till 13 Jul 11.59pm)
Make a DIY dish towel tote bag
What pushes someone to collaborate with a hostile regime?
Until March 1949, Leonhard’s and Wolf’s biographies were strikingly similar. Both grew up inside the Soviet system. Both were educated in Communist ideology, and both had the same values. Both knew that the party was undermining those values. Both knew that the system, allegedly built to promote equality, was deeply unequal, profoundly unfair, and very cruel. Like their counterparts in so many other times and places, both men could plainly see the gap between propaganda and reality. Yet one remained an enthusiastic collaborator, while the other could not bear the betrayal of his ideals. Why?
The lesser-known story of the inventor of the face mask - a Chinese-Malaysian doctor in Manchuria in 1910
How the world misunderstands Singapore
Its plight is owed to the outsized improbability of the place, hence its stubborn refusal to fit neatly into categories others have designed for the purpose of taming perceived “otherness.” Indeed, Singapore is variably misunderstood, the nature and degree of misunderstanding varying according to who is trying to cram it into which pigeonholes and why.
Cops are always the main characters
There are many, many reasons why a cop’s point of view has become the default way to frame national unrest, including institutional and systemic racism, the capitalist urge to prioritize property over human life, and a political system that benefits those already in power. But TV plays a role, too. The overwhelming mountain of cop shows amounts to a decades-long cultural education in who deserves attention, and whose perspective counts most. In stories of American crime, TV teaches us that cops are the characters we should care about.
Merriam-Webster will update its definition of racism to include systemic oppression
How cities can reimagine their police forces and still fight crime
The Sikh gurdwaras providing free meals amid pandemic and protest
Their centuries-old faith tradition of nourishing anyone in need has found new energy and purpose in America’s turmoil.
It's time to build feminist cities
From woeful public transportation to dimly lighted streets, urban areas consistently fail women. As we rethink the safety of cities, could we rebuild them with women more in mind?
Under quarantine, women are still shouldering more house work
During the Covid-19 lockdowns, mothers in both the US and the UK are providing about 50 percent more childcare than fathers, as well as more homeschooling—and many have had to give up cherished careers to do it. When the lockdowns end and the recession starts, how many women will be able to walk back into the jobs they left because there was nobody else to mind the children?
This topologist's world map is maddening but... technically accurate
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Werty & Yuni