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War may change how we rely on big oil
Energy companies’ reactions to Russia’s war on Ukraine. Often, a catastrophe forces a business to change by hitting it in its wallet. This is an ethical crisis too. Businesses have to change. Today.

What we can’t conquer, we destroy and deny
A mindset that rejects wilderness will also reject people. Wilderness is the unknown. Much in the human is unknown too. A mindset that rejects wilderness will also reject humans who don’t fit social norms.

Talking to climate skeptics
Reflecting on ‘How Culture Shapes the Climate Change Debate’ (2015). Most USAmericans are scientifically illiterate. It’s not that they don’t memorize scientific facts; they don’t even know how scientific reasoning works.

Have you heard their pronoun names?
Skeletor can never beat He-Man or She-Ra. If anyone’s genuinely startled that He-Man is he/him, boy howdy, let me double-startle ye and introduce ye to his sister, She-Ra. Not so important, really.

Pull, slowly. Discouraging authoritarians, opening the door
Exiting the long-term Groundhog Day trap. If you tend to move slowly, that might be OK. There is a role for you. A counterintuitive movement may open the door. Breathe. Hold. Pull.

Preparing for the bumpy journey: Bringing my tools into the time trap
It’s the day before Groundhog Day. What if we’re trapped inside a time that has been stolen, but we don’t need to move, because time will change around us? How do we thaw the ice?

Don Lemon was arrested in a hotel
The Trump regime is indicting journalists. Protesters entered a church. The Trump regime believes it can stop this. It got a grand jury indictment. But journalists also have constitutional rights.

¡It’s Nuestra América!
In Bogotá, celebrating solidarity against aggression. Another world order is possible. I don’t know how we’ll get there, but we have to try.

Rahm Emanuel: ‘Acceptance,’ not ‘advocacy’
He’s describing a culture of self-acceptance. However you choose to treat trans people, proudly accept yourself! You’re doing great! His discourse infantilizes and rejects us. There’s no plan let us co-lead, especially on issues that matter to us. He wants to let MAGA have their way.