Stuart Blair
Husband, Dad, Humanist, Immigrant 🏴🇺🇸, Software, Archery, Sailing, Cooking.
Intentionally unarmed.
Joined Aug 2021
My uncle spends $11,000 a month for an assisted living facility. I don't think he's particularly enjoying life.
His experience has done a lot to shape how I want to live my life. That includes how I'll end my life. I want to do it on my terms. To that end, I want us to reframe how we talk about suicide.
Scotland making progress! 🏴❤️
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/27/scotland-losing-churches-morham
“To be truly radical is to make hope possible, rather than despair convincing" - Raymond Williams.
Ewwww. Just saw a propaganda ad paid for by the state of Israel while watching Hulu. It burns me up that it was really paid for by me given that the US taxpayers subsidizes that ethnostate while they bomb the people of Gaza.
Well done, Colorado SC!
Reading this about the American Geophysical Union, I'm reminded of the NPR sponsorship messages from Saudi Aramco. Allowing a fossil fuel provider to greenwash that company to NPR listeners seems like something they won't want to be reminded of in 10 years. Same seems true for the AGU.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14122023/american-geophysical-union-fossil-fuel-industry/
In 2017, Denmark repealed its 334-year-old blasphemy law.
It took a mere seven years to bring it back. Sad to see it happen.
https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/denmark-reinstates-blasphemy-law
I don't think I've felt this seen in a while.
https://youtube.com/shorts/0zDLS4uSTBE?si=nZVGsAEjnt_JKr6E
I'd love to say he's wide of the mark here, but the quote from Gustavo Petro in this article is hard to argue with given the evidence. The Western response to Gaza is a model for how we'll respond to climate refugees.
https://onlysky.media/mclark/cop28-has-an-f-word-problem/
Stuart Blair
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An extrovert tends to view an introvert as lonely, while the introvert tends to view an extrovert as incarcerated.
Being alone doesn't mean being lonely, sometimes it means being free.
What Drives This Madness On Small Modular Nuclear Reactors?
https://cleantechnica.com/2023/11/30/what-drives-this-madness-on-small-modular-nuclear-reactors/
Is there a person out there with a dog who doesn't believe that their dog gets them? I can't imagine so.
Bear is my bud.
Dear people of the 3rd district of New York, this is your moment. The ball is in your court once again and the rest of the world is looking for you to restore some tiny modicum of hope in the concept of representative democracy.
Try not to fuck it up again.
Cheers!
Your regular reminder that faith is neither a virtue, nor a path to truth.
https://onlysky.media/alee/netanyahu-speaks-the-language-of-genocide/
Societies make progress one funeral at a time.
Why wait until someone is dead before saying how much of an impact they've made on your life? They can't hear you. It makes no difference. It can't encourage them to persevere.
With that in mind, I'm so appreciative to Stephen Fry for the impact he's had on me as a Humanist.
I ❤️ that the era of 'fuck around' is gradually giving way to the era of ' and find out'.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/22/taylor-james-johnatakis-guilty-jan-6-rioter
A thought for the Sabbath
https://youtube.com/shorts/nQl_jDp2j7Y?si=4lda6ZUU8RWP-b88
I have an issue with this NPR piece.
There's no enforcement mechanism for the Supreme Court ethics standards.
The article does mention this, but not in the headline. Given how few readers get past a headline, that's significant in how it shapes the electorate.
NPR is one of those institutions that I appreciate the need to contribute to, but they keep coming up short with shit like this. Would they be better if I donated, or would they just do more subpar journalism?
Stuart Blair
Husband, Dad, Humanist, Immigrant 🏴🇺🇸, Software, Archery, Sailing, Cooking.
Intentionally unarmed.
Joined Aug 2021