Rest in peace, Daniel Dennett - https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/04/20/daniel-dennett-philosopher-dies/
Please check out https://www.stopthecoup2025.org/ and thanks to my fellow ethical Matthew Redabaugh for telling me about this. #StopProject2025
Landlord Jared Kushner loses a case, sued by tenants over junk fees: https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/housing/maryland-supreme-court-opinion-westminster-management-jared-kushner-ETX3ZIOIQVDMFGCXKLTKHKMQAM
"Somehow" - a poem by Dorothy Chan. Begins "You visit me in a dream after passing, // after I’ve been awaiting you for weeks, //
because Chinese belief teaches us our // loved ones will appear when we’re asleep." https://poets.org/poem/somehow
@Alfred How many zeroes are in one nonillion?
Why identity authentication is critical - Canada's Privacy Commissioner says Canadian agencies needed better authentication tools to prevent breach - https://www.biometricupdate.com/202402/opc-says-canadian-agencies-needed-better-authentication-tools-to-prevent-breach (Thanks to #Metacurity)
Why rabbits make great pets! https://wapo.st/4bLvKBX
Check out the State of the World 2024 with Bruce Sterling and Jon Lebkowsky on The WELL: https://people.well.com/conf/inkwell.vue/topics/540/Bruce-Sterling-and-Jon-Lebkowsky-page01.html
Happy New Year!
"We wish you joy, we wish you peace,
We wish you health, but more than these,
The power to know, just what to keep and what let go."
(From "The Turning Year" by Jennifer Cutting)
Here's a thought-provoking perspective on the Israel-Hamas conflict from a Ukrainian point of view - Ukrainian Letter of Solidarity with Palestinian People: https://commons.com.ua/en/ukrayinskij-list-solidarnosti/ #Ukraine #Palestine
I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving. Here's a poem on what goes into making the holiday, Thanksgiving in the Anthropocene, 2015: https://poets.org/poem/thanksgiving-anthropocene-2015
Sharing the Kyiv Independent PDF edition for November 5 - 11, 2023 (issue 29): https://share.counter.social/s/2393e9