🔖 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.

Finished reading: Heroes The Greek Myths Reimagined (Greek Mythology Book for Adults, Book of Greek Myths and Hero Tales) by Stephen Fry 📚🎧

Listened to Fry read this one himself, too. Great, as always.

📚🗨️ “Myths are not crossword puzzles or allegories with single meanings and answers.” Stephen Fry, Heroes

Watched: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S4E8, Orders of Magnitude 📺

Honestly, I appreciated the break from gimmicks, even though gimmicks are very fun. Feels right that this was a Kirk-heavy episode in the week of the franchise’s 60th anniversary.

🔖📚 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.

🎮 Played Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.

I first played it years after it came out. Holds up beautifully on replay, at least if it’s been 15+ years since the first time you played it.

Finished reading: Asking for Trouble by Tessa Bailey 📚 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Finished reading: It Stephen King by Stephen King 📚

What a compelling doorstop of a book.

📕 Read “Kiito, Finland: Notes on what opting in taught me about libraries, learning & myself” by Samantha Hull (KnowledgeQuest vol. 54 no. 5, May/June 2026, p. 15 - 17). Three highlights from Hull’s Fulbright research on how public libraries in Finland support grade schools:

Librarians are not waiting to be invited. They are designing grade-specific offerings, proactively contacting schools, and embedding library visits into the rhythm of the school year. (p. 16)

A school librarian is not just the person who helps learners find sources. We are the people who show learners that knowledge is accessible, that questions are welcome, that there is a trusted adult whose entire job is to help them navigate information and the world it describes. (p. 16)

Adaptability is not a special talent. It is what happens when children are given structure, trust, and encouragement to try.