With tears of gratitude in my eyes, I point you to Nancy White’s passionate observation that the future for peaceful societies lies with the women and the girls. Since I was in Israel and Palestine last month, I have been struggling on how to write about my experience in a way that is not about judgement, but about reflecting what I saw. The tyranny of person over person is heartbreaking, regardless of the reasons and justifications we create. But from what I saw and learned about, women and children are victims as Israel and Palestine continue without a solution for …
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From the feedreaders this week Ashley Cooper and Thomas Arthur make a film about standing up for love. Inkmaster Cuttle slams the US election Andy Borrows finds a beautiful line Myriam Laberge on the importance of purpose in engagement My Metafilter favourite of the week is on vegetable woodwinds. A new blog in my reader: VizThink John Abbe is enthusiastic about a new document collaboration tool called EtherPad Have a good weekend.
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I’m in Victoria, BC. Tonight we had dinner at my favourite Thai restaurant in the world, Baan Thai. There are two reason why I love it. First the food is fantastic…homestyle Thai food that is slightly to the high end of medium priced, but is worth every penny. And second, if you stay there until closing you will witness a lovely ritual. At closing, the staff pull all of the tables in the middle of the restaurant together and they lock the door and they all sit down together to eat their supper. The chefs …
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Douglas Rushkoff on President Obama: When there’s a big blackout in New York, especially during the summer, some people take it as a “cue” to start looting. It’s not that the blackout itself makes it significantly to break down store fronts; it’s not that the police are so very busy with the blackout. The lights going out is a cue to behave differently – to release the hidden potential for vandalism and long-repressed rage. Likewise, the election of a black man to the presidency is a cue that something has changed. As my friend, Ari Wallach explained to me on …