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Retired educator, reader, writer, environmentalist, realist, reluctant doomster. School Gaze: A Teacher’s Tale and Trying Lives: A House Sitter’s Tale.
"Life is always contributing to the eventual collapse of the cosmos."
Read Drew Dalton's musings on philosophy, thermodynamics, and the end. Then if you hunger for more on the quiet horror that structures existence, grab a copy of his THE MATTER OF EVIL.
Everything eats and is eaten. Everything destroys and is destroyed. It is our moral duty to strike back at the Universe
Sure, it’s no revelation to those with a scientific mindset but it’s good to be reminded of it and to do a bit of self reflection. Didn’t Socrates say something about the unconsidered life…? Still, most people I know would think me bonkers if I were to remind them of this existential truth.
The Finnish PM said on CNN that it was ok’d by all present.
This is really good! "I was perpetuating a system built on what I’d come to call “indefinite future reward,” essentially that what students were doing in my class wasn’t for the sake of anything other than how they were going to perform in some future class. +
I try to resist writing at this length at my newsletter because engagement is inevitably lower, but one of the freedoms of a newsletter where paying is patronage rather than required for access is to indulge in such things. open.substack.com/pub/bibliora...
What teaching writing and defeating nascent fascism have in common.
This should be compulsory reading for everyone in Trump’s circle— including Trump. Even he might be able to comprehend this clear, well reasoned piece. I’m sure all those well-educated Europeans headed to DC on Monday already do. It’s a travesty/tragedy that the id-driven WH incumbent is clueless.
As Ukrainian and European leaders travel to Washington for discussions in the White House this Monday about ending Russia’s illegal war of aggression, Americans would do well to remember ten principles of negotiation. snyder.substack.com/p/common-sen...
For Americans about Ukraine
Outside Dupont north metro
NOTHING TO ADD. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE AND CORRECT!!!
Trump’s Self-Own Summit with Putin
My column: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
Even the puffery-prone President couldn’t alchemize his non-deal with Russia into Trumpian gold.
Throwing a sandwich at a cop: REQUIRES 10-PERSON TACTICAL TEAM TO AREEST IN FULL RAID GEAR (even tho subject wanted to turn himself in)
Beating a cop unconscious with a flag pole: “Go home. We love you.”
Throwing a sandwich at a cop: felony.
Beating a cop unconscious with a flag pole: tourist behavior.
