there is a whole lot of weird, niche, lovely, wonky writing that goes on all over Substack that won't show up in the top 20 lists but provides an outlet & (in many cases) $$ to really excellent writers whose work might not have a place in mainstream pubs
I need some toasty gloves. Not ski gloves, not running gloves, not those $1 gloves from Target. Not driving gloves or leather or suede. But probably involve wool outside and fleece inside? And I can order them online? If you have found these beauties, let me know
Another problem is that I have the hands of someone who is 4'10" and need XS capacity, please tell me someone else also has this need
I am 5'5" I just have my Grandmother's very petite hands!
Via this new, peer-reviewed COVID risk assessor: if you attend a family Thanksgiving in Missoula, MT with just 10 people, you have a 34% chance of encountering someone with COVID
"We’re not taught to see the forces that operate beyond our control – forces like capitalism, patriarchy, and white supremacy....Instead, we — esp. women & people from other systematically marginalized groups — are taught to self-help-book our way out of structural problems."
This was in the NYT Live COVID Report yesterday: Across the upper Mountain West — Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming — the pressing problem is staffing: "the going rate for an I.C.U. nurse in the region has doubled to $120 an hour, more than small hospitals can afford"
[one problem with the NYT Live Update blogs — for COVID, for Politics, whatever — is that there is no record of previous iterations of the story]
This piece is well-intentioned but I think the headline is misleading & bad. Everyone has different understandings of "safe"; should be "Experts say no need to cancel Thanksgiving, so long as you actually f-ing quarantine"