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…”
Category Archives: Existentialism
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…”
Less Than A Decade…
Hoesung Lee, chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, speaking at the global climate talks on Nov. 6 in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt. Credit…Sean Gallup/Getty Images Topics: Climate Change, Democracy, Environment, Existentialism A new report says it is still possible to hold global warming to relatively safe levels, but doing so will require globalContinue reading “Less Than A Decade…”
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…”
Adios, Dilbert…
Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Democracy, Existentialism, Fascism, Human Rights Dildo (noun): an object shaped like and used in place of a penis for giving sexual pleasure; (mainly US offensive): a stupid person, especially a man. Cambridge Dictionary Note: In light of recent events, and the pregnant homophone, it was too good to pass up. AsContinue reading “Adios, Dilbert…”
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%…”
Silicon Gaslighting…
Image source: Black Planet dot com Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Climate Change, Existentialism, Fascism, Human Rights Note: I had my bridge removed by a periodontist. That’s not as trivial as I thought it would be, recalling me pulling my baby teeth at the age of six. My pain management regimen consisted of 600 mgContinue reading “Silicon Gaslighting…”
Challenging Utopia…
Note: The origin of my harshness was this, ON the day we laid Tyre Nichols to rest, I was commenting on a police report of a double amputee being shot to death by the police. Trolls have to troll. After my rebuttal, I heard nothing else. Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Existentialism, Fascism, Human Rights,Continue reading “Challenging Utopia…”
Physics and Nano 