🔖 Read The End of the Adventure by Drew DiMiglio (The Independent).

This piece about a local fun park closing gets at the importance of third spaces for teens but only goes into their loss a little. I’d love to see more in-depth writing about this.

🔖 Read Wake schools restricts parents’ ability to challenge books, citing new state law.

Wake is interpreting recent changes in state law to mean that parents can now only restrict their own children from borrowing specific school library books, not that books must be removed.

Good. Parents can still challenge classroom materials.

🔖 Read How unarmed 911 teams are reshaping public safety in nearly 100 cities.

My city has its share of problems, but I’m really proud of it for developing programs like this. Especially for launching the Stabilization Services division.

🔖 Read Seasonal Living Isn’t Just A Wellness Trend — It’s How We Were Designed To Live by Dr. Jaclyn Tolentino (The Good Trade). 🍂

It’s fall according to the light and the temperature is obliging, too. Time for cardigans, sweet potatoes, and days that feel like the golden hour all afternoon.

🔖📚 Read Reading for pleasure - and for better health by Craig Brierley.

Today, in a review published in Psychological Medicine, Professor Sahakian and Dr Langley, together with Vicki Perrin, CEO of The Queen’s Reading Room, argue that it doesn’t matter what or how we read, reading for enjoyment can bring huge benefits – and reading with others, whether it’s as part of a book club or a parent reading with their children, can bring even greater rewards.

No surprises here and not a ton of evidence for causality but correlation isn’t nothing. Saved the original research article to read later.

🔖 Read In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? by Nikole Hannah-Jones (NYT gift link).

Instead of fortifying our determination to fight for integration, we have instead chosen to succumb to a collective apathy in the face of a system so devastatingly unequal that it puts at odds trying to be a good person with trying to be a good parent.

How do we work toward a more equal system without the work feeling like we’re doing it at our own childrens’ expense? I don’t have the answer but I appreciate being reminded it’s a critical question.

🔖📚 Read Tadao Ando Designed & Donated a Floating Library that Delivers Books to Children (Spoon & Tamago).

You’ve heard of a bookmobile? Tadao Ando leveled it up.

🔖🍿 Read The 2.5-hour AI-generated Odyssey movie is 2.5 hours too long by Andrew Webster (The Verge).

Fascinating look at someone using AI to make absolute nonsense. Surprising, no. Interesting, yes.

🔖 Read A Self-Care Guide For Teachers (From A Teacher).

This is an excellent article that names systemic issues contributing to educator burnout and points to resources for teachers to build their resilience and refill their wells.

🔖📝 Read The Letter Doula: How to Help a Life Arrive on the Page by Ronda Beaman (Literary Hub).

Some of the most powerful writing emerges mid-confusion. You do not need closure to begin. You need willingness.