Good news: I successfully defended my master’s thesis on Friday and finished remaining revisions suggested by my committee. Because academia is obsessed with credentials and has slightly broken my brain in ways I don’t like, having achieved a master’s degree in geography mostly feels like hitting a midpoint marker on the way to a PhD rather than an accomplishment in and of itself. But I am still relieved to be through this particular hazing ritual.
Man, fuck this place, and by place I mean / The land lords.
“What We Do Every Day is Activism” by Vickie Vértiz in “Gold in the hills, but not for us” in March 1, 2023 issue of High Country News
Submitted by Charlie M.
It makes for short, sweet, and powerful inspiration to help baby be a tough competitor in any situation.
A description of the name Sia on some baby stuff website called The Bump
Via Brendan, who was trying to name a fictional character. Treating “baby” as a name rather than a descriptor and putting “baby” adjacent to the word “situation” is pretty funny. Also calling a baby a “tough competitor” has big Baby of the Year vibes.
When we root for these streaks, what we’re really doing is rooting for one more day that we’ll get to keep rooting.
“Stealing Bases is a Confidence Game”, Sam Miller’s newsletter Pebble Hunting
Submitted by Sam.
Write the letter that embarrasses you: the most adulating, / undulating language, each line a petal in a dahlia.
“Love and Death Speaking at Once”, Emily Jungmin Yoon in the Spring 2023 issue of The Believer
I recognize the risk that this sentence independent of its context might induce eye-rolling, suggestions of “dance like no one’s watching” cliché. I don’t care. I don’t!
Without light, we cannot see.
A video in an online course about safety in underwater cave diving
Submitted by Rachel. Simple, elegant, factual.