Links #124

Mandy Brown on kinworking instead of networking. I like this reframing — much more human. “Think of the work of checking in on people, arranging gatherings, keeping up the group DM, providing emotional and material support.”

Tim Andraka’s art. Love these.

Utah bans some books in public schools statewide. Embarrassing, and a slippery slope. Utah is bonkers sometimes.

Jeremy Keith on reading patterns. I loosely try to balance my reading between nonfiction and fiction and between female and male authors, but I’m not rigorous about it, and I’m sure I could do better at diversifying my reading.

Yanko Design on Monoli’s crystal that makes things look like pixel art. Ha.

The Church is creating a BYU medical school, focused on teaching with research in international health issues and worldwide humanitarian efforts. Cool.

Slime Mold Time Mold on the case for lithium possibly being the main cause of the obesity epidemic. The evidence does look somewhat compelling, at least on an initial glance. Seems worth investigating further.

Andrea Pitzer on how Trump’s massive deportation plan would effectively turn into concentration camps. I’m glad the American people seem to be rejecting Project 2025, because yikes.

Matt Haggard on paper planners. I’ve been all-digital for a while, but this intrigues me. (Both the idea of returning to paper and the idea of designing my own planners.)

Johnny.Decimal, an interesting organization scheme. I don’t know that I’ll ever adopt it in full, but some of the ideas seem useful, and (for now) I’ve started using a similar categorization scheme for cataloging projects.