Good morning! ☁️ Today, a documentary explores writer and activist Helen Keller's socialism, thoughts
| Good morning! ☁️ Today, a documentary explores writer and activist Helen Keller’s socialism, thoughts on how creativity can help the census, and 217 new emojis are on their way.And pro tip, if you’re a Studio Ghibli fan (like half the planet) then check out the beautiful digital wallpapers and other freebies they’ve shared.– Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief | |
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| How Can Creativity Inspire Census Participation? |
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| | Art+Action Coalition’s COME TO YOUR CENSUS campaign art activation at San Francisco’s City Hall, April 2020 (photo courtesy Art+Action Coalition) |
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| In August, the U.S. Commerce Department announced plans to end counting efforts for the 2020 Census on September 30, a full month sooner than previously scheduled.The accelerated timeline effectively guarantees undercounting that will skew political representation, government funding, and essential services for the next 10 years. Lane Harwell and Erika Wood join leaders in philanthropy who are asking for a re-extension of the deadline, and stress the importance of creativity in driving participation:“Artists, designers, filmmakers, and writers and the organizations that serve them have a unique power to craft and circulate art and stories that illustrate what is at stake and inspire people to respond. They can adapt quickly and touch people in our new digital reality.” |
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| | Via Emojipedia sample image collection version 13.1 |
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| Last week, 217 new emoji were announced, due to debut on devices in 2021. Still no “flaming dumpster” emoji to convey our current reality, though.In Other NewsOusted Director of Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Nathalie Bondil, is suing its board for defamation, claiming $1.5 million in punitive and moral damages. |
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| | The Shadow of Chernobyl Darmon Richter ventured to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone to record the remnants of one of the world’s most serious nuclear disasters. Hrag Vartanian |
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| | Did You Know Helen Keller Was a Socialist? The documentary Her Socialist Smile reconstructs Keller from an icon of vague, feel-good platitudes to the fiercely political woman she truly was. Bedatri D. Choudhury |
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| Spice Up Your Desktop With Ghibli Characters |
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