For those who are interested in research-based solutions to stop police violence, here’s what you need to know - based on the facts and data. A thread. (1/x)

"What is a good man but a bad man's teacher? What is a bad man but a good man's job? if you don't understand this, you will get lost, however intelligent you are. It is the great secret." - Tao Te Ching

"If we do not do things differently, we are finished." - Jane Goodall good.is/jane-goodall-s…

This. joincampaignzero.org/research

"It costs so much to remain divided. This zero sum thinking - that what's good for one group has to come at the expense of another - it's what's gotten us into this mess. Our fates are linked. An injury to one is an injury to all."- Heather McGhee Heather McGhee youtube.com/watch?v=eaCrsB…

Move that stuck, stagnant energy through your body with this sacred sonic explosion ... 💙🌏🙏🏼 music.apple.com/us/album/retur…

“You will lose everyone you love, but the love will always return in new forms.” - Kafka as quoted by Buddhist Tara Brach podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tar…

In another one of my lifetimes, I was known as a "college sex columnist," despite not actually writing about sex, per se, but instead the mystifying vagaries of collegiate dating. Fascinating to watch the U Penn panel WIRED reporter @pardesoteric led, half a decade later.

Some bright rainbow news in the midst of a lot of s—t. “Until Monday’s decision, it was legal in more than half the states to fire workers for being gay, bisexual or transgender.” Title VII’s no sex discrimin upheld by Gorsuch’s textualist ruling. ♥️🌈♥️ nytimes.com/2020/06/15/us/…

History will not be kind to those who block the right of any beings to freedom, love, health & harmony. Today we celebrate one victory in the midst of so much oppression. May we call in a future where such freedoms & respect - for ALL - are unquestioned & inviolable. ♥️🧡💛💚💙💜

"How do we even begin to process all of this - this cataclysm that is happening simultaneously in slow motion & all at once, on distant continents & inside our own cells? The metamorphoses are ... acts of internal self-destruction & rebuilding, subtle shifts & whole revolutions."

"History teaches us, again and again, that change does not mean progress, that metamorphosis does not mean improvement. When society dissolves, we ... dissolve right along with it." - the brilliant & unfailingly evocative @shamblanderson in the The New York Times - nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Ever wonder about #reproductiveinjustice in women’s inability to easily conceive past 40ish while men can father kids forever? Read my story abt the quest 2 eliminate #menopause, inspired by #NicoleShanahan & #SergeyBrin’s experience with #infertility Victor Dzau Menopause Café

35 years later, this song somehow feels hyper relevant in this absolute s—tshow-heartbreak of a cultural moment. 💔🌏🤦🏻‍♀️🤮😢 music.apple.com/us/album/the-w…

“How loved you felt as a child is a great predictor of how you manage all kinds of difficult situations later in life,” Bessel van der Kolk in the The New York Times nytimes.com/2020/06/18/hea…

“It is not your responsibility to finish the work of perfecting the world, but you are not free to desist from it either.” - Pirkei Avot

In an exclusive first excerpt from ‘Extremely Online,’ Taylor Lorenz breaks down how Julia Allison invented being an influencer a decade before it was popular — and was vilified for it. trib.al/OhSXOSE

The first excerpt from my new book EXTREMELY ONLINE is out now!! Julia Allison was one of the first multi platform influencers, but never got credit for what she pioneered. She was subject to non stop misogynistic hate. Her story represents so much rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…

.Joe Bernstein on Julia Allison and law scholar Noah Feldman's romance and life in Cambridge! nytimes.com/2023/09/20/sty…

;-) it’s true!!