This shopping mall in Sweden has a unique characteristic: everything in it is second hand. Yes, this sounds like a huge thrift store, but that’s only part of the story. Most of the items are upcycled by the employees, e.g., …
Category: Sustainability
Describing Fox News’ Tucker Carlson in a Word
Calling Tucker Carlson a “coward” is not incorrect, but it’s kind of missing the point. He’s knowingly sending thousands of people to agonizing deaths while prolonging a pandemic that is ravaging human civilization in every conceivable way: medically, of course, …
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Chicago To Begin Dispatching Mental Health Clinicians, Not Cops, To Some 911 Calls in Chicago
From the Chicago Sun-Times: For the first time in Chicago, some 911 calls for mental health emergencies won’t be answered by police officers but by mental health professionals paired with paramedics. In one pilot program starting this fall, a paramedic …
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Children and Guns
From NPR: The shooting death of a 2-year-old girl in Kentucky at the hands of her 5-year-old brother has opened up yet another debate about gun control. While no one favors the idea of 5-year-olds using weapons without supervision, there is …
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Billionaires Choosing Space–At Their Peril
Rightfully, those billionaires choosing to build new businesses in recreational space travel rather than addressing the vast suffering here on Earth are taking a terrible public relations hit. Here’s a clever meme that speaks to that. On a personal note, …
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Anti-Vaxxers Know No Limits
If you think that certain strains of illogical beliefs are just too insane to court a wide news viewership, think again. Here we have an anchor from the ultra-right wing Newsmax expressing his viewpoint on vaccinations: What I’ve always thought about …
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We Tend To Argue About Nothing
It’s not news that the United States is a deeply divided country, egged on by politicians whose popularity feeds on hatred, and fueled by the media that profits from it. The issue of bathrooms, i.e., which ones transgenders should use, …
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What Are Conservatives Conserving?
Ooh! Ooh! Call on me! It’s traditional American values: white superiority, free market capitalism, law and order, small government, little regulation, imperialism abroad, ignoring environmental stewardship, and indifference to the well-being of others, especially those in need, e.g., the poor …
Can You Believe It? Trump Voters Aren’t Getting Vaccinated!
There is an astonishingly large correlation between states with low rates of COVID-19 vaccinations and those who voted for Donald Trump for president. Even more amazing, some people are shocked to learn this, as shown in this video. This is …
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Are Democrats and Republicans Equally Off-base?
A reader notes: Both MAGA Heads AND Dems live in their bubbles, believing lies, pontificating bs and supporting dishonest leadership. If you think “Not I” then you’re kidding yourself. (This is my opinion, not a fact – so it can’t …
