I'd rather be somewhere else.

Intermittent glimpses into my mind, as well as my wanderings and adventures.

[jilf]

I think ur first studio ghibli movie determines part of ur personality. Mine was my neighbor totoro, and my little brother's was ponyo

[nrothwest]

But this lays so much responsibility at the feet of people introducing friends to Ghibli

[neil-gaiman]

That Ben Affleck was Adele all this time has left me amazed. Truly his greatest role.

[nrothwest]

This is funnier the more times I look at it

[slashtiddie]

My friend sent me this no context

I want what they have (tiktok handle says @dimitribeauchamp)

[nrothwest]

@dammitjean happy halloween

[nrothwest]

The Nasty Logistics of Returning Your Too-Small Pants

What happens to the stuff you order online after you send it back?

I started looking into what happens to returned products recently and it's as bad and wasteful as I feared.

[nrothwest]

How wildlife sightings create community

What we share and what we keep quiet in small mountain towns.

Something a little bit hopeful and helpful from Ana Maria Spagna.

[nrothwest]

Texas' abortion ban is authoritarian

This goes far beyond any encroachment into personal liberty that Republicans have complained about

Late and unsurprising but wanted to post this

[nrothwest]

Happy hiking faces....and one of me repping Sun Valley at Vail.

This avalanche of selfies on this blog was a mistake, but the internet I'm using is slow as hell and I am just going to use this error as a way to let y'all know I'm currently on a 3-month sabbatical, driving around the inland West for the next month and a half (I'm a month and a half in). If you want to catch up and follow along, check out sabs-story.tumblr.com.

[nrothwest]

How to Remember What You Read

The benefits of reading are negated if you forget remember what you read. This article discusses a tested system to increase retention. Lear

Most of this is Lit Crit 101 but the thing about having a searchable appendix of notes (that I guess you just carry around with you for your whole life) really appeals to my obsessive Virgo mind.

[insidiousturtle]

tag your opinion on:

mashed potatoes chai (aka chai tea) almond milk honey mustard sushi

[nrothwest]

I can't believe this is how I post on tumblr after more than a year

[nrothwest]

Marvelous wonders don't have to happen of a sudden...They can also take a long time, like crystals growing, or minds changing, or leaves turning. The trick is to keep an eye peeled, so they don't slip by unappreciated.

Ken Kesey in Sailor Song

[nrothwest]

PPE Waste Is Choking the Oceans

The careless discarding of masks, gloves, and hand sanitizer bottles is having a terrible effect on the environment.

Medical waste is a HUGE source of environmental anxiety for me, but the last couple of paragraphs indicating the possibility of reusable masks and other PPE are hopeful. Now to find a way to help that happen.. . 

[theweekmagazine]

How the Supreme Court could change policing in an instant

Now, in a timely coincidence with the protests of George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis officers, the Supreme Court has been asked to review a slate of qualified immunity cases, including several questioning the doctrine in its entirety. A SCOTUS decision ending this shield for abusive policing would be an enormous win, but the court has repeatedly put off deciding whether to accept the petitions. While justices deliberated on the matter yet again on Thursday, I spoke with Cato Institute lawyer and criminal justice policy analyst Jay Schweikert about the Supreme Court’s likely next move as well as other options for eliminating qualified immunity if the court delays again.

[nrothwest]

From the article:  "We know that Justice Clarence Thomas has explicitly called for the court to reconsider qualified immunity, and Justice Sonia Sotomayor, in a recent dissent joined by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, called the doctrine an 'absolute shield for law enforcement officers' that has 'gutt[ed] the deterrent effect of the Fourth Amendment.'” And from The Economist’s article about this “A diverse range of supporters—not just the usual suspects, such as the American Civil Liberties Union and the libertarian Cato Institute, but also conservative Christian groups, such as the Alliance Defending Freedom—is urging the justices to take another look at the doctrine. Effective policing requires community support, and police officers who place themselves above the law will never get it.”

[rexisky]

Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in

Isaac Asimov (via rexisky)

[nrothwest]

‘As sick as I was, this made me sicker’: Elderly man’s home vandalized with racial slurs

TACOMA -- Tacoma Police are investigating a hate crime targeted at an elderly black man who's called Tacoma home for nearly three decades. “I’m 74 years old, I shouldn’t have to deal with this, so how do you describe how you feel when you come out of the bedroom and you’ve kicked the virus and you’re thankful that way, and you’re trying to mow the lawn and you see this?”

Small victories today in Seattle, but the above, and this event from March are currently being handled in Tacoma. Keep your foot on the gas. 

[nrothwest]

The vulnerability of African Americans to the coronavirus is a national emergency

It is past time to fix a glaring disparity

Update: Free Coronavirus Testing available in Seattle

Obviously a small win, but it’s something. 

[nrothwest]

OK one more then I gotta go bed.

Instructions: 1. Listen to this song.

2. Realize how much their music enhances your life.

3. Listen to more Hillstomp while searching for a live show near you. and looking up instructional videos on how to play the spoons.

4. Go to live show

5. Dance. Do not play the spoons. You are not as good as they are. Maybe someday.

[nrothwest]

WHOA tumblr (or maybe spotify) also made it so I can play these tracks without an account?? (HOORAY). I went to a music festival with Scott last weekend and I have been on a huge new music jag. I got to hear a lot of really fun music, (which I’ll probably slap up here pretty soon so I can find it later). A particular higlight was getting to see these v. talented musicians perform live again. I also got to meet two of them, and they were very polite and gracious, despite that weird dynamic where I knew them and how talented they are and where they’ve been traveling (thanks, Instagram) but I am basically a stranger to them. Give ‘em a listen -- they’re excellent.