This seems appropriate tonight:
And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:33–34
Sultan and his brother Suleiman escaped Afghanistan and journeyed 4,000 miles, mostly on foot.
Watching snow day tweets go by. Having recently moved from Michigan to Texas, it’s hard to keep from feeling schadenfreude.
“This is why we left. To give our son a better life.”
"We’re not animals and we’re not criminals. We are humans. We thought there were human rights in Europe, and that’s why we came.”
I’m out of the office for a couple days, and ran some errands this morning. Weekday errands are amazing.
Ghazal is a 12 year old girl living in a refugee camp in Greece, hoping to be able to return to school some day.
The Micro.blog Kickstarter ends in less than a day. Manton has far surpassed his funding goal, but if he makes his stretch goal he will hire a community manager. I’ve backed him, you can give him a hand as well.
Aeham is a musician who fled Syria after his life was threatened and his piano was burned in the street.
Zarrin is a school teacher who fled Afghanistan after receiving death threats from the Taliban.
Replaced all the home office lights with LED bulbs. The brightness consumes me in its low-energy glory.
I’m surprised by how much I enjoy designing documentation.
The new Their Story is Our Story website has launched. I wrote about why I helped put it together.
I realize many are nostalgic about Obama because the Cheeto takes power next week, but what the heck?
I wrote about the state of home automation. New Home: The Smartening
I just read the documents. Uh… holy cow.
This seems like a big deal, but what could the Russians have over Trump that he hasn’t already flaunted openly? We’re beyond shame at this point.
If anyone is worried about the “singularity”, you can come rescue my robot vacuum as it gets stuck 20 times a night.