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Fred Rogers (of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood). For my generation, he helped to shape our views on kindness and compassion for humankind. He fought for public access funding in the United States. He helped break color barriers on television. He helped us enjoy jazz.

I have not encountered another media personality who was so genuinely invested in making sure that kids had the tools they needed to deal with the emotional parts of existence. I’m tearing up again thinking about how much he did for us.

Either ambient instrumental music (lots of Brian Eno) or any music that I know all the words to (so that my brain doesn’t have to actively process the lyrics).

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I guess I found my hill:

If you are worried about your sentence leaving ambiguity for your pronouns, then write a better sentence.

A great album. I’d probably put IKSSE3 barely above it since it was my entry point to Coheed (you never forget your first).

“Maximum Overdrive” for me.

Also, great call on Megaforce.

The gate crew often gets graded on how quickly they complete boarding, so don’t be surprised when your plane’s “full” overhead compartments are half empty. Stupid job metrics strike again.

The Forever War - Joe Haldeman A fantastic novel on the pointlessness of war, told through the lens of space opera / sci-fi

“Contact” for a similar reason. It’s a mix of all motivations, along with people’s general mistrust of each other.