Personal Business. “The type of business that both sustains and is sustained by a community.” (are.na)

Read: This company is turning empty offices across America into farms / via SC 2.4.4

Mangos. Manuals. Media.: librarians, heroes of the apocalypse.

Science Fiction Movie Lettering: “Glowing letters were a big trend that started in the late 80s, most likely set off by the Alien franchise. And I can never get enough of the 3D type in early films.” /via The Future is Like Pie

Examples of Good and Bad UX in Improvised Signage in Movie Theaters: answering is there an end or mid-credit scene?

Blackboard Bold: “a style of writing bold symbols on a blackboard by doubling certain strokes” /via SC 2.4.4

“Dystopia is easy. You take what people are afraid of and tell them it’s right outside their door. The cure is to open the door and see the truth for yourself. What’s on the other side of the door is your neighbors, and some of them brought donuts.”

How to stay hopeful

From Found Way, an amazing are.na collection of wayfinding, signs, etc.

Read: I Randomly Decided To Pay Off A School’s Lunch Debt. Then Something Incredible Happened.

“We’re getting to the point where ghosts are real. The future is here, valuing magic and mystery over reality. Not only are we aware of the difference, but we’re at peace with it.”

Louis Rosenfeld in reference to this.

“Covey’s take was “an abundance mentality springs from internal security, not from external rankings, comparisons, opinion, possessions, or associations.” In my experience, that internal security overflows into their inner circle and wider community, believing that more for the people around them doesn’t equal less for them personally, but precisely the opposite — the more people succeed, the greater chance I will as well. Which fuels my desire to go on the offensive, helping my peers and strangers alike.”

Abundance in a Time of Scarcity

Sites I like: 18f.org. “But we came to the government to fix things. And we’re not done with this work yet.” Fuck yeah ❤️‍🔥