#30 grief and its stages
Welcome to week 30 of Internet of Literal Things. The weird, wacky, wonderful, and wild of the world wide web seems to be several-too-many “w’s” and a perfect place for me to start. I’m Sara Nason, a fellow person on the internet, who happens to have many hours on hand to read random articles that are tucked into multiple crevices in my phone.
I’m in the midst of processing grief today: we had to put down one of my family’s dogs unexpectedly this afternoon. She’s had seizures for the past few years, and her brain just wasn’t able to take it anymore. And while she’s in a better place, I lost a family member. I believe the universe is sending me a lot of signals today, because I also witnessed a side-impact collision ten feet from my car on my way to dinner and became the official witness on the police report. When picking up dinner, the entire sky turned white from lightning, and I heard the loudest drum-roll of thunder I’ve ever experienced in my life.
This is all to say I’m grieving. Processing emotion is part of life, which is why I don’t have any quips for different ridiculousnesses going on in the world or in my life in this week’s blast. Today was hard. It will get better. Lots of links forthcoming (and if you’re a non-paying subscriber, head back to my site, because I pushed the wrong button last week and you didn’t get a newsletter in your inbox!).
Hug your fur-babies tonight.
So, strangers of the internet, here we go. grief and its stages for the Internet of Literal Things #30.
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What I’m Reading
I’m convinced we found evidence of life on Mars in the 1970s (Scientific American)
Why consistent writing makes you a better designer (dribbble)
The “sameness” of modern design (Adobe)
The revenge of Anne and Mary (Truly Adventurous)
The not-so-secret life of a TikTok-famous teen (VOX)
Writer versus Influencer (Study Hall)
The most detailed map of auto emissions in the US (NY Times)
Why greenway parks cause greater gentrification (CityLab)
Photographs of jumpers blending into their surroundings for an inventive 1,000-hour knitting project (Creative Boom)
The league of evil designers (UX Collective)
In France, elder care comes with the mail (The New Yorker)
Mapping the world’s growing plastic mountain, one bottle at a time (Reuters)
Why NYC stopped building subways (CityLab)
What I’m Listening To
Paradise by John Prine (Spotify)
🏆 A Photo of An #UglyDogs Related Thing On The Internet 🥇
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