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i’ve had this blurb from Ask Polly taped to every desk i’ve used for the last 10 years
My career advice is just do it. Make it. Say it. Bring it to life. Whatever it is. The crazier your idea, the bigger risk, but bigger reward. There are plenty of people who warn, even threaten, to keep you in control. The world is filled with the you shouldn't do that folks. They're not your audience, and the world is bigger than their echo chambers. You don't need their acceptance or permission. Just yours.
Couldn't stop the tears watching this doc (rentable on Amazon and Apple):
“Meandering Scars”— Erika Bogan-a mother, wheelchair athlete, former Ms. Wheelchair America 2010 & domestic violence survivor-as she attempts to accomplish what only a handful of wheelchair users have ever done: climb to the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro. Trailer:
youtu.be/tAH75SERnV4?si=Elqi…
My buddy wrote this and it's gonna be great youtu.be/ORxw68y3lyw?si=nk3k… via @YouTube
You don't *have* to work and yet still do. What makes you think you're so much more virtuous than everyone else?
VJ retweeted
Dallas is the only city in the world that would tear down something built I. M. Pei, the same guy that built **checks notes**, the fucking Louvre pyramid. The Mavs can pick any empty parking lot around Downtown or Uptown to build their stadium
The Dallas Mavericks are expected to submit a proposal soon that entails demolishing Dallas City Hall, designed by I. M. Pei, and in its place building a new 50-acre entertainment district, anchored by a new NBA arena.
ow.ly/lFGm50YJ3YI
Please stop now
BLM Announces Plan to Fell Oregon's Last Great Forests
One billion board feet per year... 20 days to make your voice heard.
They filter drinking water for downstream communities. They hold soil on steep slopes above salmon streams that are already in crisis. They’re home to the northern spotted owl, the marbled murrelet, coho salmon, steelhead, and hundreds of species that evolved over millennia in conditions you can’t replicate by planting seedlings in rows.
morethanjustparks.substack.c…
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-You are only considered an “investor” if you own over 350 homes
-Corporate entities can simply create a new subsidiary to bypass the 350 limit
Friendly reminder that the government thinks you’re stupid
