It’s hard to know what motivated the bicyclist here to don this fabulous costume. Maybe he’s trying to convey an important message: transition away from beef. Moving our diets down the food chain benefits our health, the planet, and the …
Category: Sustainability
How Does Trump’s Credibility Remain Intact with Anyone?
The meme here raises a very good question: how does this boob have any credibility with anyone? How in blazes does he pull this off, when no one else on Earth, now or in the past, has spouted raw gibberish …
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Coronavirus in the News: How Far Does Freedom of Religion Extend?
“It’s not a concern,” Reverend Tony Spell said of the pandemic, following his service to a packed house of 1,700. “The virus, we believe, is politically motivated. We hold our religious rights dear and we are going to assemble no …
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Is Humankind Coming Together or Moving Further Apart?
It seems that our civilization’s response to the coronavirus is pulling us together. With each passing day, we see new examples of generosity between groups of people who previously had shared very little kinship. Perhaps we’ll look back on this …
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What “Civilization” Means
Check out this quick but deeply moving story about Margaret Mead whose message is To be civilized is to help other people. People a couple of generations ago would have shrugged this off. “Obviously,” they would have said. Now, the concept …
Taking Care of Ourselves
I strenuously object to rap “music,” with its all-to-common promotion of violence, hatred, and misogyny. That’s why I was so pleasantly surprised when I came across this, extolling the virtues of …. wait for it …. the cucumber. So clever, …
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Not Sure Whether To Laugh or Cry
Here’s a directive from Norwegian University of Science and Technology to its students living abroad, especially if they happen to be in a “country with poorly developed health services and infrastructure and/or collective infrastructure, for example, the USA.” Now, their …
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Will the Hyperloop Ever Be Built, Given Current Events?
The video below is an explanation of the Hyperloop, the futuristic mode of transportation in which passengers climb into pods that travel at speeds of up to 700 MPH though tubes with very low air pressure. One can imagine that …
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We’re Better Than This
Most of us are decent and kind people, yet we live in a society that increasingly takes a joke like this and turns it into real life: There are two people in a wood, and they run into a bear. …
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Coronavirus “Brings Out the Worst in Trump”
This strikes me as close, but somewhat inaccurate. Trump is who he is, i.e., a self-aggrandizing liar, in every situation, this one included.
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