‎People I (Mostly) Admire: 114. Is Perfectionism Ruining Your Life?

The Imperfectionist: Who's in charge around here?

“...if you’re waiting for some outside authority to give their stamp of approval to what you’re doing with your life—if you’re telling yourself things will only be truly OK once they’ve done so—then you’ll be waiting a long time. And even if they were to give it, it wouldn’t be worth getting.”

New ways to build and farm

23 min in: urban farming as productive climate action. “Food growing architecture” as a design discipline.

How to Make Greens Last Longer | Cook's Illustrated

We need the right kind of climate optimism

How to Be Happier Without Really Trying - Barking Up The Wrong Tree

via Brad Frost.

The Imperfectionist: Lists are menus

Now I know why I gravitate towards hand-written notes: they’re menus to choose from rather than a list to get through.

Should I add these features to Arc browser? (internal prototypes) - YouTube

100% agree with the ethos of this video.

Palestinian embroidery, called tatreez, is a centuries-old tradition. Digital preservation efforts, like a database called Tirazain, could help preserve it for the future.

Fluid Responsive Design | Utopia

A much more sensible (and easier) way to set layout for the web.

‎Search Engine: Does anyone actually like their job?

Yes, if it’s not work. Meat and potatoes at 28:40.

Fighting Fascism in America

The War Department thought it was important for Americans to understand the tactics fascists would use to take power in the United States. They would try to gain power "under the guise of 'super-patriotism' and 'super-Americanism.'" And they would use three techniques: First, they would pit religious, racial, and economic groups against one another to break down national unity. Part of that effort to divide and conquer would be a "well-planned 'hate campaign' against minority races, religions, and other groups."

How to Do Great Work

Mind Reading 2.0: How others see you | Hidden Brain Media

Opinion | Our Economy Thrives on Bad Feelings

Lovely brand identity work by Order.

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The 2023 Audubon Photography Awards: The Top 100

Opinion | Men are lost. Here’s a map out of the wilderness.

Watch Amateurs Race Against the Tour de France’s Top Climbers (Sort Of)

Even the simplest data vis can help tell a story.

The Art of Wandering While Traveling - The New York Times

Your “first care must be to ignore the very dream of haste, walking everywhere very slowly and very much at random,”

GRID WORLD by Alexander Miller

Welcome to Exurbia - Overland literary journal

In the sixties, American urbanists like Jane Jacobs and Richard Sennett saw the suburban flight as a form of secession from the city and public realm. They argued that to commute is to avoid the social and cultural complexity of the city, to seek insulation from strangers, and from the random encounters that nourish our citizenship. This may do a disservice to many who live in low-density areas, underestimating their creative, worldly and cosmopolitan values. But there is little doubt that the growth of gated outer-suburban enclaves works against the egalitarian ambition of early metropolitan planners and reformers, who sought to encourage social mixing in public space.