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Incredible tips on how to show up for each other - we all knew how when we were kids. youtube.com/watch?v=e6d0Vx…

In 2026, offering electricity to communities remains a novel and tremendously uplifting initiative. Imagine looking across generations and being the first members of your family to be able to study at night. Incredible to think about what happens next. worldbank.org/en/news/featur…

A beautiful reflection and poem by David Whyte: A seeming Stillness. "A river is always an image of rest for human beings. But it's actually moving things. It's moving and holding life. It will carry cargo, water to fields. It's doing work but it is rested." youtube.com/watch?v=XRxrq6…

Working from home can give us flexibility, it can also be an isolation chamber. What an opportunity for society to find the right balance per personality trait, life-phase, childhood needs. So lucky to be alive when this is even a possibility to optimize. sciencefocus.com/wellbeing/work…

Best news is a long time. I wonder how Children's brains can go into reverse course to manage the destruction done. Meta to pay up to $18B in fines, plus other similar lawsuits upcoming. bbc.com/news/articles/…

For fun, I used to write little essays about what almost every American has access to now - a toilet, every book, Netflix - that not so long ago even royalty couldn't buy (a chamber pot, a court jester who had to be fed). Someone did make the point WAY better. I just fell in love with OrdinaryAbundance.com by Jordan Dworkin. (I don't know Jordan — found it through a newsletter — so this is pure applause and admiration.) Scroll slowly. It's an apartment full of things you own and never see, and beside each one, someone who lived before it existed describing it as magic. Clean water on tap. A light you switch on without a match. A song, any song, playing on command, which in 1888 one writer called "the limit of human felicity." Important things don't have to be heavy things. The point isn't to always work harder, wanting more. It's to notice you're already standing in the promised land your great-grandparents prayed for. OrdinaryAbundance.com

You'd think that if parents can afford to pay more to have a healthier baby, there would also be options to educate one's self ahead of having that child. The love we offer our children compounds across millions of moments. A perfect life, which does not exist, can not be selected from a gene bank. We must learn from good friction at every step along the way. “Meet the Women Paying Thousands to Get Smarter, Healthier Embryos Parenthood has always been a gamble. New technologies offer more control than ever—if you can afford it.” Excerpt From Ellen C. Scott Women’s Health (Special Issue, August 2026) apple.news/Aas6hVSXyTa-me…

The number of American men reporting at least six close friends fell by half between 1990 and 2021 — from 55% to 27%. Over the same window, the share of men who say they have no close friends rose fivefold, from 3% to roughly 15%. How to show up: ryanansin.com/showing-up-for…

The ultimate educational flex in 2035 will be a teenager who can read Cicero in Latin, quote Shakespeare from memory, explain why Athens lost the Peloponnesian War, solve calculus by hand, and speak intelligently for ten minutes without looking at a screen.

With Labor Day coming up. Consider how you travel with family. Keep kairos moments as the focus - not letting chronos time get zapped without core memories slowing down time. Loving novelty creates memories, memories slow time. ryanansin.com/rediscovering-…

23-year-olds are trading iPhones for flip phones and calling it "heaven." The generation raised most plugged-in is choosing to unplug. Proof of a quiet truth: you don't need anyone's permission to put the phone away. We're built to create, not just consume. cbsnews.com/news/social-me…

New research: when we hand our kids a screen, it's usually our stress talking, not their behavior. No shame in that — naming it is the first razor. You don't need more inputs. You need to see clearly what's already true. Embrace what is. Then show up. news.fiu.edu/2026/parents-p…

These kids rock. Turning preconsumer waste into compost @ Lovin Elementary School in Atlanta. Incredible lessons the kids will actually remember. #foodwaste #landfills #foodinsecurity #share abcnews.com/US/teaching-ki…

Decentralized manufacturing and hub and spoke distribution can make such a tremendous difference in the world. Amazing seeing @felixbchurch of Sanku scale across the African continent. Reminds me to look for the most impactful pressure points. Brilliant newsroom.rolex.com/world-of-rolex…

Pixar just wrote a dad a script. Toy Story 5 gives Bonnie a tablet named "Lilypad" — and the lesson isn't how many hours, it's how. Watch it with them and the screen becomes a doorway, not a wall. Quality over quantity was always the whole game. One minute of attention rescues an hour of presence. ajc.com/wellness/2026/…

Thinking outside the box is rare; real creativity breaks the box.

Have been tracking the textile industry for decades - considering the jobs created, stakeholders impacted, beginning and end of life. While this can be done well, it rarely is. Europe almost always leads the way. On a trip to Prato, Italy, I was most impressed with @RifoLabs who is empowering many other businesses around their community to collaborate in creating renewed, amazing products. My favorite shirts. Updated exciting news that unsold clothing in EU can no longer be disposed of. Rifo and others can propel from thoughtful regulation. So much for the US to learn. rifo-lab.com dw.com/en/eu-ban-on-d…

@SpencerBlack Spencer - amazing work. Where do you exhibit/sell?

Donate your equipment. Donations of used, functioning or repairable medical supplies are needed for... youtu.be/YwPvTgjc5CI?a