Much like the Grand Canyon, scale is hard to capture in an image.
Link to the comic itself. Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery. National Geographic: Section 60. What it means to be a USMC Body Bearer.
Here in Our America
What will you do?
Links. The five best poetry slams with a message.
Just a Single Snowflake
What harm can a snowflake do? Is it part of a light winter snow fall gently floating to the ground that I can play in? Or is it part of an avalanche racing towards me about to bury me?
“For some, the only difference between a classroom and a plantation, is time.”
“At the core, none of us were meant to be common. We were born to be commets.
Muslim and Jewish Girls
Slam poetry piece: similar versus different. Stereotypes on why they are different.
Privilege: Tidbits to Tidle Waves and Final Outcomes
What is privilege? Did I really have an advantage as a white male in America? It isn’t as bad as other places right? So I shouldn’t worry about it I guess.
Link to the comic itself. The Pencilsword: On a plate.
Social Media Being Driven by Confirmation Bias
I knew this years ago when noticing how Facebook was adjusting feeds. People that I didn’t view started getting filtered out and the more I looked at a particular topic I started seeing a lot more suggestions around those topics. Very specific suggested posts and articles too; extremely well targeted. I became acutely aware that I was inadvertently being steered down a path by a feed of information. I was personally looking at motivational material and adventure related sports, but it was easy to see that this was being done across the board.