The commander-in-chief is not ok. read @radiofreetom.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

This event is an Eye Opener: Gil Duran on the rise the ideology, “tech fascism” or the “Nerd Reich” at the non-partisan forum hosted by the Commonwealth Club: www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2W3...

The "most common regret of all": "I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me." www.thegooddeathsocietyblog.net/2025/09/28/r...

"Now the book publishing industry has sent a message to all A.I. companies: Our intellectual property isn’t yours for the taking, and you cannot act with impunity. This settlement is an opening gambit in a critical battle that will be waged for years to come." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/o...

What did Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress, do in this regard, and what happened as a result? Read this gift article to the end. She is 1 of the 100 women I highlight in my book, #ASpecialSisterhood! amzn.to/4nUab7H www.nytimes.com/2025/09/27/u...

Just a 5:44 min watch and spot on. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/o...

Today is #WorldContraceptionDay, promoting "awareness and edcuation about contraception, ensuring that everyone has the knowledge and resources needed to make responsible choices." www.awarenessdays.com/awareness-da...

"distinguish[ing] between chickenshit and cowardice" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

In addition to being a nun (aka 'basketball nun :)) at a record age 106, she is part of #ASpecialSisterhood of amazing women now and from history who never had children. See my book! amzn.to/46Bhp9I In her case, she has said... 1/2

This AI piece is a great example of pulling content and regurgitating it back that is largely off base. In this case, of antinatalism. To understand this philosophy, start with David Benatar, Théophile de Giraud, and Karim Akerma. And start with knowing that.. opentools.ai/news/antinat... 1/2

While this type of info is important, this type of ed should start with the topic, Parenthood is a Choice, including curriculum that explores Why they might want kids in the first place, what they need to learn in order to be ready to maybe one day be parents! www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...

Rightly goin around...

News Analysis: For President Trump, a wide-ranging crackdown on mainstream media institutions and political opponents is not about hate speech, but about speech that he hates — namely, speech that is critical of him and his administration. nyti.ms/3VsCyO4

Beyond “'My mother said to only even consider having a child if I’m absolutely sure it’s what I want,'"is 1st seeing thru #TheBabyMatrix including being very aware of long-held social/cultural pressures to have kids, and be able to free themselves from those pressures when making phood choices~ 1/2

While this points to continued positive trajectory on the social/cultural acceptance of the #childfree choice, much of this is based on intention. I contend longitudinal studies reveal more informative trends. See the only longitudinal study on this to date... www.newsweek.com/population-a... 1/2

"This is precisely the kind of government coercion that the First Amendment was designed to prevent—" www.thedailybeast.com/obama-torche...

"...leaving abortion 'up to the states' was never the final goal." ~Guttmacher Institute www.guttmacher.org/2025/09/atta...

My take is still what I wrote about on this topic in 2010: lauracarroll.com/the-art-of-c... www.newsbreak.com/buzzfeed-159... #childfree

"The current situation seems to us terrifically dangerous...The current technology just does not offer anyone enough control over how a smart AI would turn out." Eliezer Yudkowsky, Nate Soares, scientists studying machine superintelligence since 2001 www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

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#Childfree 91-year-old Gloria Steinem still up to great work, of late continuing her history of talking circles at her home: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/s...

The truth: the 'wanting' has its roots in a learned desire from long-time social/cultural pronatal influences. Pple have been influenced so strongly for so long that it just feels like the desire for children is innate-being biologically destined to want children is not a bio reality. #TheBabyMatrix

"...the more Mr. Yudkowsky learned, the more he came to believe that building friendly A.I. would be difficult, if not impossible...'orthogonality' 'instrumental convergence' 'intelligence explosion' While his "doomsaying isn’t popular" "he is a central figure in modern A.I. history." Book ordered.

"Trumponomics, then, is best understood as Trump’s formula for controlling everything around him, rather than an ideology with a telos. That formula has three main components. The first is..." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... 1/2

This relates to Aunties who are not 'rich' as well! www.essence.com/news/money-c... #childfree

Check out my latest book review in my #LiveTrueBooks collection! Much needed topic of discussion. lauracarroll.com/book-review/...

"While opponents of shield laws claim they just want to leave abortion “up to the states,” their efforts are, in fact, part of a longstanding campaign to ban #abortion nationwide and criminalize providers and patients."

India trends ~ "...18 per cent of Gen Z women prefer a #childfree lifestyle, reflecting a significant socio-cultural shift away from traditional expectations." thelogicalindian.com/18-of-gen-z-...

Stop Ecoside is doing important work. Who initiated the work of ecoside law? The late Polly Higgins. Famously quoted, “The earth is in need of a good lawyer,” she started this effort. Learn more about her in my book, #ASpecialSisterhood! amzn.to/4nlX6Ur www.stopecocide.earth

While 1 study suggests that "those who were married w/o children were the most isolated"...and that a "potential explanation is they "tend to have more time/money...thus need less help from family/friends, and..less likely to offer it in return",my experience: www.theatlantic.com/family/archi... 1/2

One of the six, Ida Tarbell, is one of the 100 in my book, A Special Sisterhood: 100 Fascinating Women From History Who Never Had Children. More on her and 99 more here! amzn.to/3JOnPuh www.wsj.com/economy/capi...

Re vaccines: "'You have sovereignity over your own body, if you can’t decide that, what can you decide?' — Florida Surgeon General" "Now do reproductive freedom." ~Gavin Newsom Exactly.

NEW: The anti-Trump protest happening right now on the streets of Washington DC is HUGE! It looks like tens of thousands have joined. This is the view from 16th Street - people stretching as far as the eye can see 👏

"Plastic has unleashed a tidal wave of waste, most of which flows to landfills and incinerators or ends up as litter harming biodiversity, the climate and human health. We are saddled with an addiction to disposability so deep..." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/o...

A 4-part comic book series "brought urgent topics—like HIV prevention, gender-based violence, and early marriage—into classrooms and communities...[changing] culture ...story by story, page by page." ~ #Population Media ~ Such great work. www.populationmedia.org/projects/dam...

"Why did I think that motherhood was an inevitability?...I learned there was a name for this ideology– #pronatalism... a very old idea with a long and troubling history. It was institutionalized by men who..." 1/2

👏👏"The Prairie State of IL has done what no other US state has yet achieved...legislature passed House Bill 2726 thru both the state senate & assembly. The nation’s first and only 'Rewilding Bill' had broad bipartisan support and was signed into law...on August 1." rewilding.org/let-illinois...

This study suffers from flaws of similar ones preceding it: the 'without children' samples, do not differentiate between those who want children and don’t have them, those who want kids but don’t want them yet, and those who have no kids by choice. ifstudies.org/report-brief... 1/2

Due to increasing false and misinformation out there, "Doctors are struggling to figure out what to tell patients who are arriving in their exam rooms consumed by new doubts." Please docs, tell them the truth! " www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/s... 1/2

"A legal resistance led by a patchwork coalition of lawyers, public-interest groups, Democratic state attorneys general, and unions has frustrated Trump’s ambitions...Of the 384 cases filed through Aug 28th..." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... 1/2

This article gets directly at the #pronatalist Elderhood Assumption I discuss in the #TheBabyMatrix. The outmoded myth: "My children will be there for me when I am old". www.wsj.com/health/welln... 1/2

#Childfree icon!

"As we divorce ourselves as a species from our connections with the natural world, and wreak havoc on it, we've become very clever at creating this illusion, which are these choreographed, hyper-managed, curated versions of nature." www.kpbs.org/news/health/...

"Mr. Trump’s record stands in stark contrast to the values the Nobel Peace Prize represents." ~ Bruce Gritton, dear friend and save democrary activist resistreflectrebuild.substack.com/p/protecting...

Some amazing shots, yet theone with the "Asian elephant navigating a waste-disposal site in Sri Lanka" is just painful. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

While current pronatalist messaging waves have racist eugenic focus, #pronatalism is not an "increasingly influential movement." It's driven societies for centuries. It has & lives now in many types of thinking, like: it is not normal to not want to become a mother 1/2 msmagazine.com/2025/08/26/m...

And as of last look on the #Population Clock www.census.gov/popclock/ just a few moments ago ~ net gain of one person in the US Every 14 Seconds.

What a concept, putting the well-being of the child first when considering whether to have children: “It is better than becoming unwilling parents and impacting a child’s well-being” english.varthabharati.in/karnataka/re...

While the extinction administration is such a sad reality, there are other bright spots: www.nytimes.com/interactive/... www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...

Check out this emissions calculator on Flight Free USA. See how one of your trips compares to other lifestyle choices and other things. How much Arctic sea ice melts really gets me. Def working on getting my air travel way down. #climatecrisis flightfree.org/flight-emiss...