Links: Good and useful things

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You Don't Want Hygge. You Want Social Democracy by Meagan Day.

People all over the world value time, company, and security. What Scandinavians do have is a political-economic arrangement that better facilitates the regular expression of those values. That arrangement is social democracy. [...] All of this has a profound effect on individuals’ ability to experience pleasure, trust, comfort, intimacy, peace of mind — and of course, the composite of these things, hygge.

Kyrsten Sinema’s Swearing-In Look Was A Bold Queer Statement by Lily Burana.

The outfit was composed of bold statement pieces, and the entire ensemble was itself a bold statement: I’m here, I’m a femme queer, get used to it. [...] Sinema ― who is cisgender and femme and bi ― is declaring herself in word, in deed and in fashion.

I'm hopeful about our new House of Representatives, and the strong women who are representing us without hesitation or apology.

Modifying Silk Ring Theory for Allyship by Namira Islam.

Comfort IN, dump OUT. [...] What allies should not be doing is dumping in by providing unsolicited advice, centering their own stories and emotions, or avoiding accountability for harmful actions.

Hannah Willow open edition prints. Glowing golden pagan prints with badgers and hares and stars and trees. Gorgeous. via jenett

Personal Bill of Rights. This post says "by anonymous" but I did some digging around and it might be from Assert Yourself by Gael Lindenfield. via a client.

Alt Codes - ultimate cool characters. A definitive list of codes for accented letters, etc. On a Mac or iPhone, one can also hold down a letter and see accented alternatives to choose from.

DW: How to mute users in comments across the site by muccamukk

Thank goodness for dreamwidth saving post drafts in the browser! I closed the wrong tab when I was almost through putting this together.