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“Do not make eye contact. They don’t need to know about your lifelong string of rejections or your secret need for approval. Just keep looking down at your practical shoes like the shame-filled, frightened adult you are.” The New Yorker on how to walk past a group of teens without drawing attention.

+ Death Cab for Cutie plays the first track on 30 Days, 30 Songs. Tunes written and recorded by artists for a Trump-free America.

+ Wired: Let’s all obsess over this intricate map of alt music history.

+ After a long weekend of political mudslinging, we all need this. So enjoy this video of Nora the polar bear plays in kiddie pool filled with ice.