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https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/03/21/frans-de-waal-apes-empathy-dies/ I was saddened to learn that my favorite non fiction author died. If any of you enjoy reading about Primatology, I suggest you look into some of his books. The man had compassion and a deep interest in...

Let's forget for a bit about Trump's and Biden's ages, and how seems more forgetful. Instead let's consider the symptoms of severe mental illness exhibited by Trump, especially when viewed by those who have both advanced training and experience in the area of mental illnesses. I'm going to try...

I've often wondered how any atheist or supporter of the SCS could possibly vote for Trump. While there are many reasons to keep him out of office, the rise of Christian Nationalism is certainly something that we should all be concerned about...

When I was a young atheist, most atheists were in the closet, so when I met another atheist, like a nurse I worked with in SC, it was really special. Still we had no community, rituals, or goals to keep us together and help us expand. Then came what I call the Angry Atheist Era, originally...

I'm sharing a link for anyone who isn't able to listen to the trial on tv. Trump's lawyers are really throwing shit at the wall, hoping something will stick, imo. There's a lot more in the link to read for anyone who is interested...

I have always loved vultures. I enjoy watching them gliding across the sky. I think they are very cool looking too. I call them the clean up crew as they effectively clean up road kill and other dead animals in forests etc. They are very important to the environment, but until I read the article...

I know I'm probably the only one who loves the Shaft movies with Richard Roundtree, but I was sad to see that he died earlier this week, partly because of my enjoyment of those movies. In fact, I have copies of the three that Richard Roundtree stared in. I've never understood the later claims of...

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/20/magazine/animal-communication.html?unlocked_article_code=IEC8BMOXTh1NrT5uoeSBOmBDWYuiUfV8Fb11GhRPj1YPgRD5xZI2WIZuPA-tDihjUgWTD9Tw9YYrDbS84Z2IEnAn2fR1cjoOIYbgUatdLv5cScwnt6_1mgnfpu7Rn4_ZS6NtJwg9XpQDkqxMmiYMdMyvMg60ZwDR4yNh-srQbY63Yy31wLxyFHIQPCWh4ve5ZI1I41nbjt-63...

The NYTimes did a study regarding the future of water shortages in the US. I'm sharing a long article that goes into a lot of detail as to how this happened and what if anything can be done to slow it down. You really need to read the entire or most of the article to understand the problem.

I think a lot of Republicans in power realize they can only win by cheating. I've known they want to suppress the vote of those who most likely vote for Democrats, but I was surprised that some are so open about it. So, I'm posting an article from WaPo that gives details of what one crazy...

Ironically, the day that the article was released that I was planning on posting some time today, turned out to be the same day that a person killed 6 people with an assault weapon. I thought this topic could use it's own discussion since, while most murders aren't the result of these weapons...

I debated about where to put this thread and considered adding to the one on Critical Race Theory, but since this is highly political and mostly associated with the Red states in the country, I decided to put it here. If mods think it belongs somewhere else, feel free to move it. I'm giving a...

I have quite a few free articles to gift and I thought this one that was based on the study of over 100,000 brains might be interesting to some of you, who like me, find our brains fascinating. https://wapo.st/3m9KmpA If anyone else has some data to share, please add it. I love reading about...

I'm gifting an article written by several experts who believe that it's time for Trump to be indicted for his attempt to overturn Georgia's election results in 2020. Read it if you're interested and let us know what you think...

I've known for years that what is called a non profit hospital can be just as greedy, and poorly managed as any for profit hospital. I've always been skeptical of Emory U hospital system since it is a so called non profit and has offices and clinics scattered all over northern Georgia. Emory...

I'm gifting a long article that explains how humans are taking up so much of the rest of the planet's animal inhabitants, that it's causing species to lose their habitats and in many cases become extinct or become threatened with extinction...

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/06/technology/russia-misinformation-midterms.html?unlocked_article_code=Ik6GXk2UiQB9nqFUGuVGSujBCTWEKGMk0BRN0wNbC14AiaOdGRe79-t2P1l06iLhSK_ScJGMmOUfEnv1Lmd70g1VvUehiGtvlZWRoSKe5zp9RVlqCHvqkOn2QcABlhK6qJ_ZIKMahX8Q9JBtp-uJDJ1Gjr3jwE-qJsuwsLKSFGl4kGjPpmXXNyNRC2MILOGrc...

https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvmpma/midterms-violence-rhetoric-politics There's nothing like this going on where I live, at least not so far. I've never heard of any threats in my area regarding the elections and the place where I voted on Tuesday certainly didn't have any armed security...

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/06/us/politics/biden-marijuana-pardon.html It's about time. Ironically, the most straight president did the job that should have been done years ago! Hopefully, governors will follow in his footsteps, although I'm not holding out hope for many of the Republican...

WaPo has an exclusive article today that I will gift. It includes a list of which states have GOP election deniers running for various offices, some which would control future elections. Imo, this is some scary shit and no decent, intelligent persons should be voting GOP if democracy is...