Links: Gatherings of good things

[sonia]

NPR Tiny Desk Concerts. All of them! Currently 1151 videos of fabulous small-group music concerts at the NPR office. Wikipedia has a great description of what they are and how they came about.

Living New Deal. Maps and information on where to find sites and information about work funded by the New Deal after the Great Depression. Find your city. Who We Are says

In the spring of 2018, a diverse group of New Yorkers—all ardent fans of the New Deal—came together to form a Working Group charged with bringing public attention to the New Deal’s stunning achievements in the city.

A Unified Theory of Fucks by Mandy Brown.

Because here’s what I’ve learned: if you give your fucks to the unliving—if you plant those fucks in institutions or systems or platforms or, gods forbid, interest rates—you will run out of fucks. [...] But if you give a fuck about the living, about all your living kin in all the kingdoms, they will give a fuck right back.

Recognizing Portland's LGBTQ+ History by Fred Leeson. "In its quest to recognize Portland’s historical diversity, the city is proposing to add to the National Register of Historic Places two sites frequently used by the city’s LGBTQ+ residents in an era between 1948 and 1985."

Cat Who ‘Works’ At A Rock Climbing Gym Gives It A Try, And The Video Goes Viral by Liucija Adomaite and Justinas Keturka. Adorable!

Comments

[sanguinity]

Thank you for the New Deal and queer history links! There are a bunch of works around town that I always assumed were CCC -- there was a distinctive style of stonework that they engaged in locally -- but it turns out that the WPA did a lot more than just those.

[sonia]

Glad you like the links! Yeah, the WPA projects are amazing. They did more maintenance-type work than I realized, too.

[silveradept]

The Tiny Desk concerts are excellent, and I was charmed by the rock climbing cat.

The New Deal is still an important part of our history, and many of the edifices are still standing, if modified somewhat from their original construction.

I appreciate the advice to give your fucks to people and those concerned with the living that can give fucks back instead of eating them entirely.

[sonia]

Glad you enjoyed them!

Re: New Deal (and giving fucks), it’s amazing what we can accomplish when we prioritize people’s well-being and repairing and creating needed infrastructure in a beautiful and sturdy way. Let’s do it more!

[silveradept]

We could indeed do that much more. Possibly even some new works to move and divert the roads that were deliberately run through neighborhoods to destroy them.

[sonia]

That's a good thought!