Quote of the day:
Activism is my rent for living on the planet.
— Alice Walker
Someone made a $5 ACLU-donation Dash button you can press every time Trump makes you angry. Brilliant.
As if you needed more evidence on how diversity is better for the world, here's a letter from director Martin Scorsese on how "diversity guarantees our cultural survival" and the Scientific American on how diversity makes us smarter.
This Instagram account of 100 postcards for the first 100 days of the administration. As the bio says, they're "Always respectful, mostly disagreeable." And entertaining, too.
When you start to feel like everything is out of control, here's a reminder of what you do have control over:
I'm in love with these pins by Adam J. Kurtz and Emily McDowell.
My friend Shannon and I started a cooking club where we go to each other's houses once a month and cook. Last month we made Nigella Lawson's lemon polenta cake and short rib burgers. It's my turn to pick the recipes for this month, but there's so many to choose from:
Roasted strawberries with Pimms, balsamic, and ginger — sounds like summer!
"Hot Ones" is an entertaining series where celebrities get interviewed while they eat hot wings. Padma's bed picnic sounds like an amazing idea:
The episode with Key and Peele remains one of my favorites.
Originally published on February 8, 2017 on Alwaysatodds.com.