🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Michigan Father Dies in Israeli Airstrike in Lebanon, Family Says'

5 October 2024 - kudos:

This article was a one-two punch for me. I hoped that the death of a Michigander might draw more attention to victims of the conflict, but his daughter’s comment that “The fact that he was an American citizen should not make his story more important than others” quickly called me to task. Gift Link link to “Michigan Father Dies in Israeli Airstrike in Lebanon, Family Says”

in praise of 'dad friends'

2 November 2023 - kudos:

I have a “dad friend” I see most afternoons as we’re waiting for our kiddos to get out of school. He walks his kid home every day, and I either walk home or bike home with kiddo (a lot of walking recently because weather and a broken bike have been getting in our way). So, we hang out where all the walking parents hang out and chat for a few minutes before heading home.

24 February 2022 - kudos:

Remembering the time that the only person at church who understood my dissertation research was the one who worked for the state of Michigan doing social media surveillance of social justice movements.

🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Michigan’s New Congressional Maps Undo Years of Gerrymandering - The New York Times'

29 December 2021 - kudos:

Some hope for defeating gerrymandering. link to ‘Michigan’s New Congressional Maps Undo Years of Gerrymandering - The New York Times’