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i don’t think you guys understand how much I think about this vid

Chills. I can't imagine my own high school showing up like this less than a decade ago to protest disgusting legislation like Florida's Don't Say Gay bill. The support Gen Z shows for the LGBTQ community is breathtaking.

The fight goes on. Keep it up.

oh my god

Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you. Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter. You have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing you.— James 5:1-6

This is stunning. A CNN anchor literally has to stop to take a drink as she lists everything Trump has done in the past 4 weeks.

i remember seeing some of keri smith's works (products like wreck this journal and tear up this book) at urban outfitters, and was pleasantly surprised to find that she had written something that would be very appropriate to my travels in australia. in how to be an explorer of the world, she boldly and artfully claims:

"everything is interesting. look closer."

i think that all too often, we (myself included) lose sight of just how interesting everything really is. things may not always be discussed or presented to us in an obviously intriguing manner, but i think that if we really just pump the brakes and take a minute to think about it, there's a lot that could hold our attention.

i'm still contemplating what i want this blog to be about, but smith's work really helps--it reminds me that i want to use this blog to document what i find notable or perplexing about the world around me. going to australia is a convenient excuse to do this, because it's a totally different place with a totally different culture and a totally different group of people, but it's no different from the place i'm in now in the sense that i should be able to explore this place and think about it critically. and of course, i should be able to find things that i think are interesting.

my favorite part are the guidelines for being an explorer of the world. rule #8 is particularly pertinent:

"document your findings (field notes) in a variety of ways."

...yeah...i need to actually blog and not link

xkcd.com