How’s this for cozy? I really really want a woodstove in my life (swissmiss)
Instagram has gone from being a cute, banal photo-sharing app to a shopping app in Facebook’s growing arsenal of websites designed to mine user data to better sell ads back to them. (Jezabel)
That’s right. NASA was under the impression that Sally Ride’s seven days in space would require 100 tampons. We have many, many questions about the logic behind that theory (Vox via Kristin)
False Labor By Lena Dunham. Giving up on motherhood (Harper’s)
The Reigning Queen of Pandemic Yoga – The YouTube celebrity Adriene Mishler made yoga accessible and search-optimized even before so many Americans were confined at home. (NYT)
This is Jeopardy! How Alex Trebek influenced my mother’s life (Motherwell)
Raising Baby Grey, a Gender-Neutral Child (swissmiss)
I Am Living in a Covid-Free World Just a Few Hundred Miles From Manhattan – Welcome to Nova Scotia, the land that proves that beating back the virus is possible. (NYT)
Before the patriarchy got involved, it was a day for celebrating women and their powerful sexual energy: Apparently Friday the 13th Isn’t an Unlucky Day At All (InStyle via Kristin)
Like everyone else, I made some lifestyle changes during the pandemic. While others were perfecting their sourdough, I decided to stop being an Ethical Consumer (Atmos)
Congratulations to KPMB Architects with Omar Gandhi Architect, Jordan Bennett Studio, Elder Lorraine Whitman (NWAC), Public Work and Transsolar on their winning design concept for the new AGNS and Arts District. pic.twitter.com/f69hvk79hM
The Queen’s Gambit – Jennifer Shahade, a two-time U.S. women’s chess champion, tells Vanity Fair how accurate the series is in terms of women in the sport, addiction, and rock star prodigies. (Vanity Fair)
New LGBTQ2+ art installation in Halifax celebrates visibility, kinship (CBC)
I GUESS I JUST EXPECTED A LITTLE MORE FROM THIS COUNTRY (McSweeney’s)
100 Movies Bucket List Scratch-Off Poster (Beth knows me well: Crate & Barrel)
Baby, it’s cold outside… (Etsy) and more great holiday cards (Poppytalk)
And don’t forget to purchase your holiday mask! (fog linen)
Do you have a knuffelcontacts? Everyone Gets a Cuddle Buddy in Belgium’s New Lockdown (Vice)
An Anamorphic Mural Transforms a Montreal Street into Undulating Sand Dunes (Colossal)
This restoration of an 1873 fieldstone Schoolhouse is stunning (Instagram)
I’m Chronically Ill And Afraid Of Being Lazy “In a society that holds productivity as unequivocally good, to do less feels like a moral failing.” (Elle)
Lovely listen: Praise Song for the Kitchen Ghosts by Crystal Wilkinson (Emergence Magazine)
UNNUR – a beautiful film and I am not just saying this because an A-Frame and Patrick Watson make appearances
Wish list: The Million Mile Light is a battery-free safety light for runners and joggers that’s powered by motion and engineered to never give up. Brilliant.
