by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Feb 15, 2023 | Thoughts You Can Use
Black people block the delivery of toxic waste to a landfill in Warren County, N.C., in 1982, in response to the state locating a hazardous waste landfill in their low-income, predominantly Black area. Image credit: Jenny Labalme SOURCE: NPR The nonprofit world is a...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Feb 8, 2023 | Thoughts You Can Use
At times in my life, I’ve struggled with oversharing. Call it an anxious response to social interaction. It’s often born from a desire to foster authentic connections with people. But I like to bare my deepest embarrassments early on. I’d be lying if...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Feb 1, 2023 | Thoughts You Can Use
A 14-year-old boy beat me at squash a couple of weeks ago for the third time in a row. I asked him for some feedback on my game, and he told me, “even a lot of your good shots aren’t very repeatable.” This kid is good at squash. So I listened to his...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Jan 25, 2023 | Thoughts You Can Use
It’s been a rough start to this week in America. Two mass shootings in California, a day apart, targeting Asian Americans, have left many of us unsure how to respond. I know it will be a few days before I have a coherent response other than grief and shock. I...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Jan 17, 2023 | Thoughts You Can Use
Frank Pavich wrote a cool piece in the New York Times last weekend. He used an AI bot to imagine a film that doesn’t exist. The images are incredible. My jaw dropped. Then I logged in to the same bot and asked it to imagine me, or, a “43-year-old British...
