(August 29, 2017)

hey hey, August is about over so you know what that means:

• Here’s a beautiful interview with author Naoki Higashida, who discusses his life with autism & explains why his favorite number is 3 🙂 http://time.com/4856…/autism-nonverbal-book-naoki-higashida/
• This is both a sobering essay on Dylann Roof (Charleston shooter) and the radicalization of white supremacists, and a beautiful portrait of victims Clementa Pinckney, Tywanza Sanders, Cynthia Hurd, Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, Myra Thompson, Ethel Lance, Daniel Simmons, DePayne Middleton-Doctor, and Susie Jackson. it’s a reminder of the tragedy where “black grandchildren who have done everything right have to testify in court to the goodness of the character of their slain 87-year-old grandmother because some unfettered man has taken her life.” https://www.gq.com/…/dylann-roof-making-of-an-american-terr…
• Bill Nye: “I hope we all get a chance to see the bright beads of sunlight that appear as the mountains of the moon interrupt sunbeams…[and] I hope this brief period reminds us all that we share a common origin among the stars and that we are all citizens of the same planet.” https://www.cbsnews.com/…/bill-nye-on-an-eclipses-beauty-a…/
• Good food for thought in thinking about gendered differences (in kids and adults) and ways to approach them https://www.nytimes.com/…/…/how-to-raise-a-feminist-son.html
• Pair the above article with a kids’ party entertainer’s thoughts on male violence and how boys are raised.
  https://twitter.com/boguspress/status/896501273989480448
• STEVE BARTMAN GOT A WORLD SERIES RING: http://www.npr.org/…/…/a-world-series-ring-for-steve-bartman
• A heartwarming look at the glory of coming in last place at the Olympics https://www.sbnation.com/…/rio-olympics-2016-athletes-small…
• Thoughtful insight on TV storytelling about a show that i continue to love while despairing at how it has changed https://www.washingtonpost.com/…/the-only-way-for-game-of-…/