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Helen Walters

@helenwalters

Head of curation at TED. Englishwoman generally in New York. Hair dye aficionado. Opinions my own, etc.

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Pay hazard pay to the health care workers who continue to serve on the front lines of the pandemic. Stop banging pans. (Ugh, we did.) Honor them. Pay them. Sharp realness by excellent Sandeep Jauhar:

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What's that quote about dancing backwards in heels? Watch @emilypilloton give a TED Talks while using power tools NBD: ted.com/talks/emily_pi…

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I'll be talking to the wonderful debbie millman about her also wonderful new book this Monday at 11am ET. Do join if you can! clubhouse.com/event/PbQ6pzb5

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Ok, after years of warnings were ignored and hearing "Garry, you were right!" all damn day today, I'll repeat what I said in 2014: Stop telling me I was right and listen to what I'm saying now. My recommendations follow: 1/5

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"These are the seeds of hatred and fear and misery that are being planted right now in the minds and the bodies of.. hundreds of millions of people... This is why it's so crucial to stop the war immediately." Yuval Noah Harari: ted.com/talks/yuval_no…

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Everything is awful, but the book "Nina Simone's Gum" by Warren Ellis provided a beautiful respite from said awfulness. What a glorious, sweet, funny testament to idols, the fragility of ideas, the complexity of creativity. Oh, how I loved this book. Thank you, Warren Ellis!

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PAX, by the always wonderful zzz, of many a Radiohead-album-artwork fame. All proceeds to the Disasters Emergency Committee: work-avoidance.com/pax

PAX, by the always wonderful <a href="/StanleyDonwood/">zzz</a>, of many a Radiohead-album-artwork fame. All proceeds  to the Disasters Emergency Committee: work-avoidance.com/pax
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"War leaves a physical legacy in our body, our mind and in our spirit." Brava, Zarlasht Halaimzai You may not think you're remarkable but this TED Talks definitely is: ted.com/talks/zarlasht…

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My kid is having arguments about the goal score at recess. I told him to say "math is a construct" and walk off and now he's practicing and ... I might be a bad mum? #sorrybird

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"If in fact you cared about protecting fetal rights, you'd spend a lot of time working to eliminate the alarming rate of infant mortality in [the US]." ted.com/talks/kathryn_…

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A list of The Audacious Project grantees to give you hope that maybe everything is not as terrible as it might seem. They raised $900mm between them, whew. Congrats to all (and the tireless Anna Verghese, ofc): blog.ted.com/introducing-th…

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Didn't mean to tell JEANETTE WINTERSON that I love her, but I did, and we came up with a great, sweary alternative title for her talk, and sometimes my job is the best/I am the luckiest. ted.com/talks/jeanette…

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Audio-visual gorgeousness from James Paterson and friends. KRILLER is a seven day, eternally looping, globally synced broadcast of synth-soaked ambient software art. KRILLER.COM