5 Things Zine by JR, December 2022

1. JR's Real Life

  1. Pictures of Lulu

  2. Golden Girls' Book from the Little Free Library

  3. Going to a bookstore and purchasing Black, Brown and Latinx Design Educators and Jean Michel Basquiat and The Art of Storytelling

  4. 75% Done with Quickbooks Certificate class

  5. 50% Done with MoMA Modern/Contemporary Art Class

2. About the Zinester

  1. I have Nicaraguan heritage (mestizo).
  2. I have Vietnamese heritage.
  3. I've been struggling with internalized anger. I want to use it for positivity, not just word vomit on the internet. I hope I succeed most days.
  4. I should be showering now for work, but I don't want to.
  5. Today was a rough day, the family is sick. But its nice since Lulu is here.

3. Good Things in the World

1. The future of mental health care might lie beyond psychiatry on Vox

Poor countries are developing a new paradigm of mental health care. America is taking note.
This is what the future of mental health could look like.

2. Americans experience a false social reality by underestimating popular climate policy support by nearly half | Nature Communications

We find a form of pluralistic ignorance that we describe as a false social reality: a near universal perception of public opinion that is the opposite of true public sentiment. Specifically, 80–90% of Americans underestimate the prevalence of support for major climate change mitigation policies and climate concern. While 66–80% Americans support these policies, Americans estimate the prevalence to only be between 37–43% on average. Thus, supporters of climate policies outnumber opponents two to one, while Americans falsely perceive nearly the opposite to be true. 

tl;dr more people support climate policy than don't.

3. The ‘solar punks’ creating a community power station in London - Positive News

4. Efforts to Save Endangered Blue Butterfly Quadruples its Population–but Also Saves a Lupine from Extinction (goodnewsnetwork.org)

5. Loss of Climate-Crucial Mangrove Forests Has Slowed to Near-Negligable Amount Worldwide, Report Hails (goodnewsnetwork.org)

4. Freedom of Speech for Me but not for Thee

1. In the Eye of the Storm: Media’s Role in Creating Controversy From Thunderbird Strike

A short video on Vimeo about Elizabeth LaPensée's struggle with conservatives/oil lobbyists over a videogame where a thunderbird can destroy an oil pipeline and the potential legal consequences.

2. The Watermelon Woman - Who Are We Forgetting?

The first video actually reminded me of this one that I watched a few years again. This time about a black lesbian film maker creating a mockumentary about a black lesbian actress/filmmaker. And the conservative/legal backlash (near end of the video).

3. Compton Rappers Versus the Letter of the Law : FBI Claims Song by N.W.A. Advocates Violence on Police

I wanted to refresh my mind on the controversy around the song 'Fuck tha Police'. Did not know about this. I only knew about radio stations no playing the song and confrontations with local police.

4. The True Story of N.W.A. Playing “Fuck Tha Police” Live in Detroit | GQ

This is what I vaguely remember... sort of. 

5. July 29, 1835: Abolitionist Literature Removed from Post Office and Burned

Again one of those things that I didn't learn in history. I randomly stumbled upon this while looking up Mail Art archives of all things.

5. Smol Web/Indie Web/Old Web/Web0 Stuff

  1. LivingInternet - Internet history, design, advanced use, help, security, important features...
  2. The Abolition Seminar -  An educational tool for teachers, students, and all who fight for freedom
  3. Old Websites Were Cooler, Actually - YouTube
  4. The early internet is breaking - here’s how the World Wide Web from the 90s on will be saved - YouTube
  5. Internet Archive: GeoCities Special Collection 2009