Links: Israel/Palestine, racism reparations, addictions, more

[sonia]

A collection of not-so-light reading I've been doing lately.

Understand your opponent's narrative, even if you will never agree with it. It has always made sense to me that there was no easy resolution to the Israel/Palestine conflict. They both want the same piece of land, for urgent reasons.
The Original "No": Why the Arabs Rejected Zionism, and Why It Matters by Dr. Natasha Gill.

Relatedly, another Holocaust survivor story. Made me cry, in a warm-fuzzy way.
Champagne in the Cellar by John Temple
via cofax7

A website that is brokering direct requests from Black people and offers from white people making reparations. REPARATIONS by Natasha Marin

Breaking News: Black People Are Ordinary People by Jesse Curtis via

People told me Portland was really white before I moved here. I just didn't have any life experience (or social justice education) to tell me what that meant. I've always lived in racially diverse cities before this. It's been a learning experience!
The Racist History of Portland, the Whitest City in America by Alana Semuels

I didn't know that most opioid addictions are self-limiting!
What Science Says To Do If Your Loved One Has An Opioid Addiction by Maia Szalavitz
Could you elaborate on the 80% of morphine addicts do the drugs less or quit after 5 years bit? by Medic Pixie Dream Girl
via tim

My Complicated Journey to a Child-Free Middle Age by Holly Sinclair
via

For Men* Who Desperately Need Autonomy
and
Tricks Shame and Hope Play on You and How to Catch Them
Just read everything Nora Samaran writes. Wow.
and linked from there
The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love by bell hooks

Relatedly,
A Left-Handed Commencement Address (Mills College, 1983) by Ursula K. Le Guin
via cofax7

Transit App - better transit maps & info than Google. Free. I haven't downloaded this yet, but I don't want to lose the link.

All that because I need to reboot my machine because InDesign won't print to PDF anymore. I am nearly nearly done with a book draft, just need to write some glossary entries and put in some of images.
ETA: Had to Remove my InDesign prefs files to make printing to PDF work again. It's good to reboot occasionally anyway...

Comments

[jesse_the_k]

That's neat about the reboot fixing the issue. My PageMaker experiences were all about heart-punding crashing every 15 minutes.

I've used the Transit App, and it's definitely designed better than Google Maps. The drawback is it's all about the trip: it does a great job showing you the line you travel. GMaps also lets me wander around near that line: is there a drugstore within walking distance?

You live in a Real City with Real Transit: Madison has a bus company and some taxis, that's it.

[sonia]

Thanks for the info about Transit App!

In the 11 years I've lived here Portland has added two MAX (train) lines, a couple of streetcar lines, a transit/bike/ped bridge over the river, and an elevator + bike/ped bridge over a difficult set of freeway crossings. This is not a problem-free city by any means, but its leadership seems to have some priorities right.

I do need to reboot again, because the print-to-PDF problem recurred. As you can tell because I put up another link post! :-)