Links: ways to respond to hard stuff, and some hard stuff

Before I get to the links, yay for the Supreme Court decision supporting LGBTQ rights at work. I am warily waiting to see how this can be used against us or twisted into a defeat, but meanwhile, YAY!!! I'm wondering if Gorsuch had some kind of come-to-Jesus moment when he realized he didn't want to go down in history as being on the side of pure evil.

Interconnected Gross National Diversity by Matt Webb.

Could there be, like Bhutan’s famous Gross National Happiness, a measure like Gross National Diversity, some kind of number to quantify - and defend - the pool of cultural and neurological difference and depth that, in strange times, we can draw for our resilience and our strength?

In the Cloud by the Velveteen Rabbi.

Our task is to protect ourselves and each other during these pandemic times. To end racism in all its forms. To cultivate the chutzpah of believing we can make the world a better place alongside the humility of knowing that we don't have all the answers. When the cloud lifts, we move forward. When the cloud doesn't lift, we do what we can to build justice right here where we are.

My Role in a Social Change Ecosystem: A Mid-Year Check-In by Deepa Iyer. 9 possible roles in a social change eco-system.

( climate change, global causes of death, vaginismus )