Category Archives: News

Practical Protest

There is a lot going on in the world right now. Calling it overwhelming seems like a gross understatement. It is heartbreaking and can leave even the most aggressively optimistic feeling hopeless. I don’t have any answers for solving the world’s many problems, but I do know that protest is essential to surviving moments likeContinue reading “Practical Protest”

Handful of Helpers

This past weekend, International Women’s Day was celebrated around the globe. It may have been removed from many a tech company’s calendar, but it happened nonetheless. It happened with marches. It happened with protests. It happened with community. There’s a lot to say about what’s going on with women’s rights and (gestures vaguely) everything else,Continue reading “Handful of Helpers”

Colorful Chaos

We’re just over two weeks out from the U.S. presidential election. We’ve nearly made it after endless campaigns, a few debates, and a couple of plot twists. At this stage, even the most dedicated political junkie has all but reached their limit. Your average semi-engaged voter has just completely checked out, either because they knowContinue reading “Colorful Chaos”

Political Prattle

Today is National Voter Registration Day in the United States, and it seemed like as good a day as any to end my summer blog break. Don’t worry, I’m not going to launch into a patriotic prattle about the importance and power of doing your civic duty. Voting is important, you know this, and youContinue reading “Political Prattle”

Cosmic Coincidence

This week, a solar eclipse made its way across North America. If you found yourself anywhere near its path, I hope you were able to take a moment and simply marvel. This natural phenomenon can only happen because of our planet’s distance from our star and our moon’s distance from our planet. These three celestialContinue reading “Cosmic Coincidence”

Circumstantial Smile

Happy Groundhog Day! It’s that time of year when we (in the northern hemisphere) turn our attention to the wise woodchucks for the timeline of the changing seasons. This year, we seem destined for an early spring, or at least that’s the hope. And that is what all the silliness and pageantry is about, reallyContinue reading “Circumstantial Smile”

Serpentine Situation

I had every intention of writing about the glorious, unlikely team of Barbie and Oppenheimer today. The creation of Barbenheimer was a welcome reminder of how the values of capitalism and the arts are often at odds. True art does not compete with other art but compliments and adds to it. That being said, anContinue reading “Serpentine Situation”

Incurably Curious

It’s incredibly easy to get caught up in all this world’s dumpster fires and disappointments. Today, I wanted to share a little light and a reminder that it’s not all bad with one short sentence. Libraries exist. In my book, as long as we have free and easy access to information, we’re not doing tooContinue reading “Incurably Curious”