Notes
💬📚 “A scientist’s explanations about other animals are dictated by the data she collects, which are influenced by the questions she asks, which are steered by her imagination, which is limited by her senses.” Ed Yong, An Immense World
Good to remember about all research.
💬📚 “[The senses] pull relevance from randomness, and weave meaning from miscellany.” Ed Yong, An Immense World
🔖 📺 Celia Rose Gooding, who does an amazing job playing Cadet Nyota Uhura on Strange New Worlds, wrote a beautiful guest column for The Hollywood Reporter on Nichelle Nichols’s legacy. 🖖
🍿 Watched Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
It was super refreshing to watch a movie that was deliberately, though not ploddingly, paced. This one’s a classic for a reason. Highly recommend.
📚💬 “Animals are not just stand-ins for humans or fodder for brainstorming sessions. They have worth in themselves.” - Ed Yong, An Immense World
I’m devoting the next few weeks to healing and rest, aside from my existing obligations. I release myself from worry about the future, pressure to have a cohesive personal brand, and the need to maximize my network. That will all keep until September.
📚💬 “It is all that we know, and so we easily mistake it for all there is to know.” Ed Yong, An Immense World
It’s August, so I’m going to do The Sealey Challenge and plan to read a book of poetry every day this month.
Finished reading: The Brilliant Abyss: Exploring the Majestic Hidden Life of the Deep Ocean, and the Looming Threat That Imperils It by Helen Scales 📚
🔖 Read Rapport or Respect? (Helen Kara).
Dr. Kara makes excellent points about how research can seem friendly but be extractive. This is why I prefer either to do insider research or to maintain relationships after the study.
I have a lot of hairs that are white at the bottom, black or brown in the middle, and white at the top. These are a useful indicator of changes in my thyroid function over time.
I’m taking the 10:30 - 11:30 PST hour off from #CLS2022 so that I can get some quiet time in before facilitating at 12. See y’all soon!
I can’t liveblog/tweet any of the 12p Pacific sessions at #CLS2022 today because I’m co-facilitating one. If you want to livetweet or blog, I recommend using NoterLive. It will keeping everything in a thread & include the hashtag for you.
Over the course of #CLS2022, I’ll be adding my liveblogtweets/notes to the Connected Learning page on my website.
For the next few days, I’ll be liveblogging/tweeting the Connected Learning Summit (#CLS2022) on Twitter and kimberlyhirsh.com via NoterLive. If it goes well, I’ll even remember to create a blog post for each session rather than doing one giant one at the end of the summit.
🎵🎭 I’m listening to the Broadway cast of Moulin Rouge and I’m really impressed with how well it uses the 20 years' worth of music between the film’s release and the Broadway show.
Want to read: The Empire of Death: A Cultural History of Ossuaries and Charnel Houses by Paul Koudounaris 📚
📚 In 2008, 8 years before my kid was born, I replied to a Slate article that asked, “do you really want the Hulk teaching your kid to read?" with a resounding “Yes but Spider-Man or the X-Men would be better.” I stand by my earlier sentiment.
I was distracted around Summerween so I’m declaring July 31 Second Summerween.
“When we are making our art we must bend all of the resources and possibilities to work for us, not the other way around.” -Jami Attenberg in this week’s issue of Craft Talk 🎨🧶🧵📝
Finished reading: Star Trek: Discovery: Succession by Kirsten Beyer 📚
I honestly don’t know how anyone is left living in the Terran Empire. Mirror Universe stuff stresses me out. But Discovery Annual #1 is chef’s kiss. Seeing how Paul and Hugh meet? 😍
Finished reading: Star Trek: Discovery - The Light of Kahless by Mike Johnson 📚