Start yer engines, Sherlock is officially in the public domain.
Jesus, first letter writer. Seriously?
Awww, Tony Gwynn. RIP. Here’s a sweet/sad story about his relationship with his son that went up the day before.
How to really get kids coding:
Put another way: Not every cook is a David Chang, not every writer is a Jane Austen, and not every computational thinker is a Guido van Rossum, the inventor of the influential Python programming language. But just as knowing how to scramble an egg or write an email makes life easier, so too will a grasp of computational thinking. Yet the “learn to code!” camp may have set people on the uphill path of mastering C++ syntax instead of encouraging all of us to think a little more computationally.
Read this whole interview in Guernica:
When I grew up, in the 70s, everybody in my town shopped at the Kroger. Rich, poor, middle class, that was the only option, the only supermarket. Some people bought more meat or a better cut than others; some used a stack of coupons. But we all had the same options. And that contributed to a kind of shared taste. Whereas now, it’s much easier to use food to distinguish yourself. I’m not sure that’s a good thing.
oh my gawwwd:
This is a remarkable ad. pic.twitter.com/18TQOVbwv5
— Daniel Kraus (@DanielDKraus) June 16, 2014
Mychal Denzel Smith has a great short piece on masculinity, homophobia, and cutting the grass:
When I was fifteen or sixteen, my father asked me if I was gay. As is his way, he didn’t actually ask me. He made a statement intended to elicit a response which would answer the question he really meant to ask. We have issues with communication in my family.
Rejected Utah license plates!
Mallory and I have an unhealthy attachment to this music video and LP in general:
