Links: political, positive and negative

Joe Wos: I was wrong. He wrote a very negative editorial on bike infrastructure in Pittsburgh, and then learned the error of his ways.

Satya Rhodes-Conway: "now is the time to come together" by Meghan Parsche. "Madison's second female mayor made history in 2019 as Wisconsin's first out lesbian mayor." via jesse_the_k.

A Lawyer’s Crusade Against “Copaganda” by Aaron Gell. "How police and the media manufacture surges in crime."

The Authoritarian Regime Survival Guide by Martin Mycielski, published in social media in January 2017 in a series of improvised, spontaneous tweets, which reached 3 million views within one month. Their common element was their trademark signature, “- With love, your Eastern European friends”, and the accompanying hashtag #LearnFromEurope.

I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped by Jasmine Mooney. "I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky."

Links: the more you know

I didn’t mean to become a counsellor by Sonny Hallett, via andrewducker. "I was asked to talk about barriers I encountered training as an autistic counsellor, though I also speak more broadly about the experiences of trainees of other minority groups, and what this means for counselling more generally."

How the sports bra continues to revolutionize sports and women’s rights: ‘No sports bra, no sport’ by Megan Feringa, via musesfool.

The Animals That Exist Between Life and Death by Phil Jaekl.

“These little animals, which had appeared to be completely dried and lifeless, were restored to motion upon the addition of water, as if they had never suffered any harm,” van Leeuwenhoek wrote. Microbiologists would later find that some species of rotifers are able to reanimate after up to nine years of desiccation.

Story! "The Bee Wife" by Francesca Forrest

asakiyume kindly sent me her story "The Bee Wife," and I loved it. The characters and relationships and details of their world feel solid and present, and it feels good to spend time with them. The story is about grief, and love, and the unintended consequences of trying to protect people from grief. The ending touches on maintaining relationships in community even after terrible wrongdoing.

I'm curious about this community and the magic of the bees, and would love to read more about them someday.

Ordering links, excerpt, and beautiful cover art.