I go outside! Sun, breeze, grass, trees, the wind…always helps.

Meal Train for Brittany, MJ & Felix We want to extend our deepest gratitude to everyone who has contributed to the Mealtrain for Brittany, MJ, and Felix. Your generosity and support have been a bright light during what has been an incredibly challenging time. While the past few weeks have been full of uncertainty, the outpouring of love from all of you has been nothing short of incredible. As Brittany, MJ, and Felix begin the long process of rebuilding, they are truly carried by the kindness and encouragement they’ve received. Your thoughtful contributions not only provide them with much-needed support, but also remind them of the strength of the community around them. A very special thanks also go to those who have helped them find temporary housing during this transition. This has been a huge blessing as they begin to plan for the future. Knowing they are surrounded by such an incredible circle of friends in LA gives them the courage to face the road ahead with optimism and resilience. Thank you again for being part of this journey with them. Every meal, donation, and kind word makes a difference, and it means more than you could ever know.

Can we bump up Brittany’s funds up a bit? She’s a teacher in LA who had to grab her students and *run* with them to safety from the fires; she didn’t even have time to grab her purse! Let’s support her and her family: www.mealtrain.com/trains/qlr768

In November I made a small donation to some folks to accelerate scraping & preserving government websites, in anticipation of the data purge that’s happening now.

You can join the r/DataHoarder subreddit if you want to help out with data scraping & archival.

Teachers List

Sharing another list of LA fire gofundmes, this one for individual teachers.

I always look for the gofundmes that aren’t fully funded yet, so whoever put these lists I’ve been sharing together, thank you!

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect ...

Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.

Dark backdrop filled with stars and several galaxies. At the bottom right, hundreds of blue stars fill the area.

Absolutely love staring at new JWST images mesmerized by the immense scale of the universe. Just think of how many planets & stars are in each one of those galaxies 🤯

This image shows the Leo P dwarf galaxy (blue stars in lower right)

📸: NASA/ESA/CSA; K. McQuinn & J. DePasquale

LA Fires — GoFundMe Links

Sharing this list of LA fire gofundmes that includes dozens that are still underfunded. Let’s keep the momentum of care and contribution going; can you choose one more family to support today?

There are musicians, teachers, yogis, & more who need help rebuilding.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

A street is orange from flames and you can see the high winds in the palm trees. Sparks fly down the street

A fire truck is engulfed in parks and flames are seen on the hill. The entire photo is red and orange from the fire

A fireman with a hose runs across the front of a house in flames in the background

The inside of a house is a ball of flames. The only visible thing inside is a burning Christmas tree

These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer.

These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.

You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...

Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts Real-time information about wildfire and firefighting efforts nearby

Not lost on me that it's nonprofit tech, app.watchduty.org, showing up & actually working in the midst of the LA fires (donate to them!)

Meanwhile platforms fail to surface key news, vital info is paywalled...

As I've been saying, we need a new tech paradigm, yesterday!

Remembering Enrique Allen | Designer Fund It is with a heavy heart that I share that Enrique Allen passed away this week after a crushing battle with cancer.

One of the best to ever do it is gone, but his impact will live on forever. Enrique is one of a kind, and his pioneering work will lift up designers for generations to come. I already miss him and am so glad to have crossed paths with him in life. 💔 www.designerfund.com/page/Remembe...

Dorothea Tanning, Dogs of Cythera, 1963

Picture of Shiri Azenkot and Dylan Fox on stage at the end of the XR Access Symposium with a slide thanking people and giving links to more info

Accessibility is one of the biggest open problems in XR, & I've just posted an epic, 15-part, 8-hour Voices of VR series that serves as a crash course on the topic recorded at XR Access Symposium.
voicesofvr.com/1222-kickoff-of-xr-acces...

Where Are the Worst Bridges in the U.S.? More than 42,000 highway bridges across the country are in “poor” condition, according to national bridge inspection standards

Speaking of catastrophic structural failures, here's a map of the 42,000 U.S. bridges known to be in poor condition, with huge state-by-state variance 🧪www.scientificamerican.com/article/where-are-the-wo...

This is really cool!

Congrats!

‎The Pomp Podcast: #1204 Rob Henderson On Luxury Beliefs: This Idea Will Change Your Life on Apple Podcasts ‎Show The Pomp Podcast, Ep #1204 Rob Henderson On Luxury Beliefs: This Idea Will Change Your Life - May 31, 2023

Similar themes around child rearing in this Pomp podcast with Rob Henderson: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-pomp-podc...

More highlights:
- Agile Learning Centers
- The antagonizing relationship between child agency and adult responsibility

An astute point: education is connected to the community it happens in.

Nat & Martha Sharpe on raising humans through unbounded interest and living. Reframing education by treating kids as humans, not kids. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/infinite-loop...

Hey illustrators, I'm an executive art director for Scholastic's hardcover picture book group, and I’m looking for someone who can draw anthropomorphized cars (à la the film Cars—but cooler) for a graphic reader series aimed at 2nd/3rd graders.

Respond here w/ images + a link to your folio.

Next question: what’s a hardware device you wish were reinvented or invented? Why?

I recently tried Revolution’s new toaster and love that someone thought to make a 2.0 toaster UI; great for common areas where someone may be unfamiliar with how a particular toaster toasts…

Glad you figured it and that it was so straightforward, but sorry that those two months probably felt super long! Thanks for sharing.

Happy for you! I’m also curious how you found out (and if you had to pursue this yourself or a doctor had the idea).

The Oxford MRT test is another tool people can use to find food sensitivities (not allergies) when they’re short on ideas but have ongoing symptoms.

Yes! I saw this from your main site; I have it open in a tab to read on my next commute! Thanks for calling it out. May very well circle back as I make my way through it.

Amazing! Thank you so much. Very excited.

100%. The hypertext concept is how my brain works. Rarely can/want to read top to bottom unless it’s a few particular circumstances!

I also hadn’t heard of Tana but now it’s on my list to try soon. Looks really exciting. Any tips?

A have a friend who holds a very similar principle; I agree, there’s something to learn from everyone.

Love this. I also just clicked through and read some of your site. I met Spencer G. way back in the day, so it’s cool to see you worked with him. I admire how focused and thorough your work is!

Love your list. I encourage feeling “rebellious” and doing more of 1-/ of these things. Something during the pandemic helped me flip the switch and not feel bad about working less; life is extra wonderful now, and I have more control over changing the “ratio” to serve me.