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A biweekly newsletter for people who are trying to make sense of how we live and work, and build technology that enables our humanity.

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Dreaming forward. Moving backward.The morning after five people were murdered at Club Q in Colorado Springs, I sunk into a booth with a childhood friend and her family at a gay-friendly brunch spot outside Miami. The news hadn’t made it to us, and the mood was light as we waited for our food. Ours was the only…
Nov 28, 2022
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Let's make our backpacks lighterI find myself on a plane, a sleeping child tucked next to me, heading back to New York after a few days in Mississippi and Alabama. I’m trying to reflect on what the last few weeks have felt like, and it’s hard to sum up. The photo above was taken last Saturday at Thank You…
Nov 2, 2022
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Embrace the darknessThe beauty of community is that we guide each other through the dark moments; we become the internal light that makes periods of darkness bearable. It’s something I’ll think about as I take my place on the bench around the fire this evening, allowing the darkness to settle. May…
Dec 21, 2022
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Four really great books I didn't writeJude is a book lover. Every few weeks, we walk a block down to the small library branch in our neighborhood, where he returns his cache and selects a half-dozen new ones to bring home. When we first started, I attempted to direct him to my favorite titles—children’s books by…
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A biweekly newsletter for people who are trying to make sense of how we live and work, and build technology that enables our humanity.
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