October 25, 2021

#18: Oops All List

1. “Maintained by students and faculty, the [Labor Action Tracker] tool tracks, verifies and maps strikes as well as protests involving two or more workers anywhere in the U.S. It lets users search by date, location, industry, type of demands and other filters to give a deeper sense of what’s happening and why.” (Quote via.)

2. “‘Americans have traditionally demanded coherent and simple national stories,’ she has written. ‘Now many of these stories no longer make any sense. But so far nothing has replaced them. We are in story limbo, and for a storyteller this is an intensely interesting place to be.’”

3. If I were the Dallas Mavericks — given Kidd’s time at Milwaukee (which you can read a little bit about here) — I would feel cautious when I hear this kind of response. (Here’s a bit of data to back up the hunch.)

4. Would you rather have cops in schools or Dads on Duty?

5. Who’s buying land in the U.S.?

6. “Jan. 6 Protest Organizers Say They Participated in ‘Dozens’ of Planning Meetings With Members of Congress and White House Staff.”

7. What will it take for countries to keep their climate promises? / “What a net zero world will look like – and how to get there.”

8. “How Is ‘Dune’ So Prescient About Climate Change? Thank This Native American Tribe.”

9. Redaction as a theme.

10. Interview w/Clarice Lispector. (English subtitles.)

11. A(n American) football edition of W&S is on the way … Ready your pieces!

Above image: “the clearing” by John Lurie — via.