"DO NOT STOP THINKING OF LIFE AS AN ADVENTURE. YOU HAVE NO SECURITY UNLESS YOU CAN LIVE BRAVELY, EXCITINGLY, IMAGINATIVELY; UNLESS YOU CAN CHOOSE A CHALLENGE INSTEAD OF COMPETENCE." — ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

"DO NOT STOP THINKING OF LIFE AS AN ADVENTURE. YOU HAVE NO SECURITY UNLESS YOU CAN LIVE BRAVELY, EXCITINGLY, IMAGINATIVELY; UNLESS YOU CAN CHOOSE A CHALLENGE INSTEAD OF COMPETENCE." — ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

Why a ‘heat dome’ over Europe is shattering temperature records right now. Via @scientific_american #ClimateChange 🌎♨️

Why temperature records are being not only broken but smashed https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62rrj66p3eo

A decade ago, Spain was one of Europe's more expensive power markets, and critics said it was investing too much in solar energy. Now, the average wholesale price for electricity in the country is one of the lowest in Europe. Oxford professor and energy policy advisor Jan Rosenow writes for his […]

"IT IS BETTER TO LIGHT ONE SMALL CANDLE THAN TO CURSE THE DARKNESS." - ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

"IT IS BETTER TO LIGHT ONE SMALL CANDLE THAN TO CURSE THE DARKNESS." - ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas and city center in 2021.”

"six months after former FDA vaccine chief [and anti-testing, anti-mask, anti-vaccine hysteric] Dr. Vinay Prasad said, without releasing evidence, that the agency had identified at least 10 previously unreported child deaths tied to the vaccines" the agency quietly released a report that the […]

Iran Gave Trump A Better Deal than Obama Got in 2015 Did you know that just hours before Donald Trump launched his illegal Middle East war that Iranian negotiators offered him a better deal on nuclear materials than Barack Obama’s administration negotiated in 2015? The Iranians agreed to lower […]

Iran Gave Trump A Better Deal than Obama Got in 2015 Did you know that just hours before Donald Trump launched his illegal Middle East war that Iranian negotiators offered him a better deal on nuclear materials than Barack Obama’s administration negotiated in 2015? The Iranians agreed to lower […]

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THE FUTURE BELONGS TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN THE BEAUTY OF THEIR DREAMS. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

THE FUTURE BELONGS TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN THE BEAUTY OF THEIR DREAMS. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

National Survey Finds Just 1 in 3 Americans Would Pass Citizenship Test Our 2018 survey shows only one in three Americans (36 percent) can actually pass a multiple-choice test consisting of items taken from the U.S. Citizenship Test, which has a passing score of 60, according to a national […]

National Survey Finds Just 1 in 3 Americans Would Pass Citizenship Test Our 2018 survey shows only one in three Americans (36 percent) can actually pass a multiple-choice test consisting of items taken from the U.S. Citizenship Test, which has a passing score of 60, according to a national […]

The best way to increase your tolerance for uncertainty is through exposure, and resisting easy answers, but the internet makes it much easier to avoid that discomfort. Because the future is unknowable, the real question is how we can learn to cope better with not knowing. Our brains tend to […]

The best way to increase your tolerance for uncertainty is through exposure, and resisting easy answers, but the internet makes it much easier to avoid that discomfort. Because the future is unknowable, the real question is how we can learn to cope better with not knowing. Our brains tend to […]

‘Capitalism has to become more humane’: a Stanford economist on big tech, power hoarding and democracy

“We want capitalism to support democracy. Capitalism has to become more humane. It has to be more regulated. And in democracy, we don’t leave anybody behind” “When you use strategies designed to manipulate knowledge to create market power, you go way beyond what we should be willing to accept” […]

“We want capitalism to support democracy. Capitalism has to become more humane. It has to be more regulated. And in democracy, we don’t leave anybody behind” “When you use strategies designed to manipulate knowledge to create market power, you go way beyond what we should be willing to accept” […]

In politics the dominant time frame is a term of office, in fashion and culture it’s a season, for corporations it's a quarter, on the internet it's minutes, and on the financial markets mere milliseconds. “If one is mentally out of breath all the time from dealing with the present, there is no […]

In politics the dominant time frame is a term of office, in fashion and culture it’s a season, for corporations it's a quarter, on the internet it's minutes, and on the financial markets mere milliseconds. “If one is mentally out of breath all the time from dealing with the present, there is no […]

“Can China and the United States transcend the so-called ‘Thucydides Trap’ and forge a new paradigm for major-power relations?” - Xi Thucydides Trap refers to the idea that when a rising power threatens to displace an established one, the result is often war […]

“Can China and the United States transcend the so-called ‘Thucydides Trap’ and forge a new paradigm for major-power relations?” - Xi Thucydides Trap refers to the idea that when a rising power threatens to displace an established one, the result is often war […]

- Thucydides - Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.

- Thucydides - Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.

Love of power, operating through greed and through personal ambition, was the cause of all these evils. Thucydides

Love of power, operating through greed and through personal ambition, was the cause of all these evils. Thucydides

One of the most terrifying images in history: Gaza transformed from life into death. Gaza in 2023 and 2026 💔

RE: https://mastodon.social/@vicgrinberg/116568321073404226 I think I may have broken a few people by pointing out that stars do not intrinsically twinkle and that this is just an effect added by the Earth's atmosphere. Sorry? 😶‍🌫️

Many promises have been made that have yet to be fulfilled. "Right now inflation is surging; manufacturing employment is down; the Strait of Hormuz remains closed; and Trump is traveling to Beijing as a supplicant, in effect begging China for help getting out of his Iran mess." ~ Paul Krugman […]

Many promises have been made that have yet to be fulfilled. "Right now inflation is surging; manufacturing employment is down; the Strait of Hormuz remains closed; and Trump is traveling to Beijing as a supplicant, in effect begging China for help getting out of his Iran mess." ~ Paul Krugman […]

Imagine a Social Organizations Without a Hierarchy For about 100 million years, ants have been social animals without leaders or meetings. The queen isn’t in charge. Ant colonies display many of the features we associate with human societies: transportation networks collective care of the young […]

Imagine a Social Organizations Without a Hierarchy For about 100 million years, ants have been social animals without leaders or meetings. The queen isn’t in charge. Ant colonies display many of the features we associate with human societies: transportation networks collective care of the young […]

This is why they really hate him — because he’s showing government can actually do good stuff for regular people

Warning Signs of a Civilization’s Fall The decline of civilizations is almost always a convergence of warning signs—from economic turmoil and social division to environmental strain and external threats. Widening Wealth Inequality Corruption of Leadership Decline in Civic Participation […]

Warning Signs of a Civilization’s Fall The decline of civilizations is almost always a convergence of warning signs—from economic turmoil and social division to environmental strain and external threats. Widening Wealth Inequality Corruption of Leadership Decline in Civic Participation […]

Unlike Iran, 988 miles away, Israel already is a nuclear state, with a secretive program that dates back to the 1950s! What if the Middle East became a nuclear free zone? #nuclearweapons #middleeastwar https://www.middleeasteye.net/explainers/what-do-we-know-about-israels-nuclear-weapons

Unlike Iran, 988 miles away, Israel already is a nuclear state, with a secretive program that dates back to the 1950s! What if the Middle East became a nuclear free zone? #nuclearweapons #middleeastwar https://www.middleeasteye.net/explainers/what-do-we-know-about-israels-nuclear-weapons

“The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it comes stronger than their democratic state itself... We know now that government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

“The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it comes stronger than their democratic state itself... We know now that government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Massive Alaska megatsunami was second largest ever recorded https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1m253033m4o

Wowza… Great deep dive by CBC investigative unit. Looks like a bunch of the #alberta separatists YT channels are using US voice actors for the accent but are run by 20-something Dutch dudes for the ad clicks ! They don’t give a damn about #canada’s politics. It’s just a money game! Exposing […]

"You can't let a bunch of lunatics have a nuclear weapon." Donald J. Trump, May 5, 2026.

In our seeking for economic and political progress, we all go up - or else we all go down. Franklin D. Roosevelt 32nd U.S. President (1882-1945)

In our seeking for economic and political progress, we all go up - or else we all go down. Franklin D. Roosevelt 32nd U.S. President (1882-1945)

If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace. Franklin D. Roosevelt 32nd U.S. President (1882-1945)