Stuff We Like :: 11.29.19
Happy Day-After-Thanksgiving! Seriously, I think this is my favorite day of the entire year.
What’s happening at home/school/life
in the magazine: What’s even the point of a secular homeschool magazine in the digital world?
on the blog: It’s our holiday book wish list.
on instagram: Our cranberry sauce was a colossal failure, but it made me realize how homeschooling has changed my life for the better.
on patreon: Homeschooling in the news
in the archives: How do you organize your homeschool library? (Lists are key.)
Links we liked
I’ve been thinking about this a lot — this space in the progressive world where we end up in conflict with people who, honestly, really do share like 99 percent of our values and hopes. This essay is about trans women’s rights and radical feminism, but it could be about so many things: “We are being sold the notion that there is not enough space or safety in the world for all of us.”
A reminder we all need: Why shouldn’t we be as kind to ourselves as we would be to a complete stranger?
Latin is the language of the apocalypse. (But that’s a good thing: “We can still learn from the imperfect past to improve our imperfect present.”)
In this vision of the future, the Internet returns the world to a medieval-ish past, in which a few rich lords run everything, while peasants scramble to make rent. And what about knowledge? “Paradoxically, the ephemerality — and sheer volume — of text on social media is re-creating the circumstances of a preliterate society: a world in which information is quickly forgotten and nothing can be easily looked up. (Like Irish monks copying out Aristotle, Google and Facebook will collect and sort the world’s knowledge; like the medieval Catholic church, they’ll rigorously control its presentation and accessibility.)” Is it crazy that it doesn’t seem that crazy?
Things making me happy
I need this.
All the leftovers.
Also leftover pie because it deserves its own spot on the list.
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It's that time again! We've rounded up some great ways to celebrate your first day of the new homeschool year, whether you want to keep it simple at home or take a big adventure together.