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Project 2025 won’t listen to climate scientists
Non-scientists: Read beneath the surface. Climate scientists tell us we need to drop fossil fuels today. Project 2025 is trying to thwart this for what they see as U.S. economic interests.
Donald Trump’s corruption serves oil interests
The planet needs humans to protect it. Trump will destroy democracy for a dollar. It’s his position that everything he touches is his. The planet is on fire. Neither rich nor poor will survive.
If we left space for wild animals
An alternate reflection on the Binding of Isaac. Maybe you didn’t want this. On the other hand, it was an important step for you. On the third hand, you wouldn’t have been in this situation if—
If you’re told your position is harmful
Someone’s mad at your car. Did you almost run them over? I can pause and apologize. I care about others. I recognize that their perspectives are valid and their observations about my behavior might be correct.
I just want to select NO
The worst YES/NO interface design I’ve seen. We can create a nonviolent culture with the first questions we ask, being willing to hear an answer that’s polarized or ambivalent, loud or quiet.
Why someone complained about the review you posted to Goodreads
Their reason wasn’t as complicated as they made it sound. They say it’s too short. Or too long. What are they really complaining about? What don’t they like about your review?
If you don’t know if it’s a joke or a lie, what’s it called?
There is a word. When they issue statements halfway between jokes and lies, and they joke about it being a lie and lie about it being a joke, there’s a word for that.
Atheist-theist encounters
If you’re pretty sure there’s no god, when may you tell theists they’re wrong? Sometimes knowledge is best cultivated through personal encounters rather than intellectual demands. We see each other, and we’ll also know the world.
Moral analysis of what is ‘at stake in this story’
Naomi Kanakia on discussing novels. How to discuss a book itself and also let our learning transcend the book? To see the book as art, and to see it as a tool for our growth?