A great place to donate to First Nations groups impacted by the ongoing wildfires 👇

when I was in high school I had a literature teacher who had a policy of unlimited extra credit. All you had to do was read a book by a notable author (his discretion) and have a little chat with him after school to prove that you read it. No limits, no need for variety (one month I decided I really loved Kurt Vonnegut and just read everything of his I could get my hands on).

Reasons for hope: Lots of amazing people did a ton of work to make this fantastic, fully interactive resource available - because no matter how bleak things seem, there are millions, and millions of people doing everything they can to protect both the world and their own communities.

IDK about other places, but a ton of cities in Kentucky have preemptively banned data centers from being built

Fascist language isn't just about slang or 4chan words, it's also about how you talk about and to other people. I want you to notice how many "leftist" memes are rooted in shame and superiority. I want you to notice canned and reductive talking points. I want you to wrestle with your own bias towards other people being "stupid" or "lazy", and notice when the content you consume confirms these biases. Your smug sense of superiority isn't cute. It's a root cause of your alienation from other people. You lack an ability to take a principled stance that doesn't also position you as "above" someone who lacks the same information or ability as you. You lack the ability to explain your principled stance in a way that doesn't put them down and alienate them from your cause.

“I’ve certainly stopped by the Reflecting Pool from time to time. I even lived in the nation’s capital for five years. It always seemed more or less fine: water, reflecting, no evident swampiness. I started googling at first and Google AI told me how this has really been a big deal for ages and no one had been able to fix the problems. But when I looked at the articles they were getting this from it was all stuff from the last month, with sections that were longer versions of the snippet I just showed you.”