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Bits and clips is a monthly feature on this blog that highlights the best that I read, heard, or saw on the internet this month. I hope you find something among these links and memes that is useful, interesting, enlightening, or motivating! Because of the events this month, I’ve separated out the gun control articles from the other usual categories for your convenience:

Art:

Recycling Pastel Bits

Is the Art World Rigged?

James Brunt Cairns and Mandelas

Obama’s Portrait

Gravity Defying Sculptures

Spirituality:

Out of the Depths of Depression

The Church of All Cynics

Television or the Lesson?

Ideas:

Joe Kennedy’s Full Democratic Response to the State of the Union

Grateful Project (video)

Are You a Multi-Passionate Entrepreneur? (video)

I’m Too Old for Love but I Want it Anyway

Bill and Melinda Gates: The 10 Toughest Questions We Get

Finnish Olympic Team Knit Their Nerves Away

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Opens up About Voting Rights and Millennials

An Effortless Way to Strengthen Your Memory

Make it Easy to Choose (video)

Reaching for Equity

Ideas (about gun control):

Thoughts and Prayers on NRA Funding Senators

Three Things You Can Do Right Now to Fight Gun Violence

Australia Enacted Strict Gun Control Laws and Hasn’t Had a Mass Shooting Since

America’s Mass Shootings vs International Ones

White House Gun Law Protest

Books:

Celeste Ng By the Book

Ursula LeGuin Asks You Not to Order Books From Amazon

Millennials Say Libraries are not Obsolete

How to Retain More of What We Read in Books in 5 Easy Steps

Food:

Nom Nom Paleo’s Whole30 Recipe Line-up

Whole30 Avocado Ranch Tostones

Whole30 Mayo Recipe

Fish Filet Recipe with Homemade Whole30 Tartar Sauce

Whole30 Sizzling Shrimp Recipe

Thai Coconut Chicken Soup Recipe

Whole30 Fish Piccata Recipe

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