Source – Jati: The Caste System in India, Asia Society Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Climate Change, COVID-19, Democracy, Existentialism, Fascism, Human Rights “In America, this battle to wipe out whole ethnic groups was fought not by armies with guns nor by hate sects at the margins. Rather, this pernicious white-gloved war was prosecuted byContinue reading “The Illusion of Perfection…”
Category Archives: Civilization
Dark Frequencies…
Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Democracy, Existentialism, Fascism Dystopia © April 12, 2023, the Griot Poet Gun massacres are so Frequent now, George Orwell’s Prophecy banal. Lamentation © April 12, 2023, the Griot Poet Gun massacres are so Frequent now that Orwell weeps: [Nightmares] actual. ***** The graph is part of an exercise that IContinue reading “Dark Frequencies…”
Innocence…
Topics: African Americans, Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Climate Change, Democracy, Diversity in Science, Environment, Existentialism, Fascism, Global Warming, Human Rights Trauma at 55 © April 3, 2023, the Griot Poet Graduation day. No child smiling because we Lost Martin Thursday. April is National Poetry Month. This photo of five-year-old me inspired my haiku about myContinue reading “Innocence…”
Zombie CFCs…
Researchers detected a surprising rise in levels of chlorofluorocarbons between 2010 and 2020 using a monitoring network that includes the Jungfraujoch research station in Switzerland. Credit: Shutterstock Topics: Chemistry, Civilization, Climate Change, Environment, Global Warming From my resume: “I eliminated ozone-depleting materials using Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Taguchi Methods of Quality EngineeringContinue reading “Zombie CFCs…”
Functional Fascism…
Ron DeSantis previously said he wouldn’t get involved in Donald Trump’s indictment “in any way.” | John Bazemore/AP Photo, Gary Fineout, Politico Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Democracy, Existentialism, Fascism NEW YORK — The share of Americans who identify as white and Christian has dropped below 50 percent, a transformation fueled by immigration and byContinue reading “Functional Fascism…”
By Another Name…
Space race: Inside ego-fueled competition of Bezos, Musk, and Branson, Michael Kaplan, New York Post Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Existentialism, Fascism, Human Rights Under laws enacted specifically to intimidate blacks, tens of thousands of African Americans were arbitrarily arrested, hit with outrageous fines, and charged for the costs of their own arrests. With noContinue reading “By Another Name…”
Apocalypse Now…
Judge Royce Lambert said Jacob Chansley’s role as a leader among those who went into the Senate chamber and disrupted the electoral vote tally compelled a serious prison sentence. | Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images | Politico Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, COVID-19, Environment, Existentialism, Fascism Note: The title of this post is from theContinue reading “Apocalypse Now…”
Four Days…
Credit: Jose Luis Pelaez/Getty Images Topics: Civilization, COVID-19, Democracy, Economics, Education, Existentialism Working four days instead of five—with the same pay—leads to improved well-being among employees without damaging the company’s productivity. That’s the recently reported result of a four-day workweek test that ran for six months, from June to December 2022 and involved a total of 61 U.K.Continue reading “Four Days…”
Ninety Seconds…
Anson Mount as Captain Christopher Pike in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Topics: Civilization, Climate Change, Democracy, Existentialism, Octavia Butler, Star Trek Life imitates art far more than art imitates life—Oscar Wilde, “The Decay of Lying” This year, the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is moving the hands ofContinue reading “Ninety Seconds…”
Intersectionality and 53%…
Image Source: U.S. Population Projections: 2005-2050, Jeffrey S. Passel, and D’Vera Cohn, Pew Research, February 11, 2008 Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Climate Change, Existentialism Excerpt from “Black Labor, White Wealth: The Search for Power and Economic Justice,” (August 1, 1994) Claude Anderson, Ed. D., Chapter 2: Power and Black Progress: Chapter 2, page 33,Continue reading “Intersectionality and 53%…”
Physics and Nano 