still can’t believe that given the choice between “bountiful, free, clean energy from the earth, wind, and sun” and “poisonous dead animal sludge price sensitive to global politics” we keep choosing the latter
Posts by Justin Blau
two images of the human body's circulatory system. One of them with good cable management
The human circulatory system, before and after proper cable management.
If you watch and share one thing today make at this. Why is every democrat in the country not talking like this?
this morning, mamdani’s team got in touch with me to float a new tax proposal: if your net worth exceeds $5 million and you dress badly, you’ll be hit with a 10% annual levy for “visual pollution.” i would be in charge of deciding if the outfits are bad.
Both the best thing and the worst thing would be for the World Cup to be played in front of mostly empty stadiums.
It is sad to say but this tournament deserves to be a massive commercial failure.
More winning #straitofhormuz
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Imagine if instead of spending billions of dollars supporting terrorists or weapons, the United States had spent that money helping the people of the United States
Was lovely to see Stephen talking about the humanist approach to life on The Assembly. Spot on, Stephen! 👌
Why I will not stand for Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day siren
www.972mag.com/stand-israel...
Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.
Perfect front page.
A humanist is a non-religious person who shapes their own life in the here and now, because they believe it's the one life they have. Find out more. humanists.uk/humanism
Throughout history there have been non-religious people who have believed that this life is the only life we have, that the universe is a natural phenomenon with no supernatural side, and that we can live ethical and fulfilling lives on the basis of reason and humanity. humanists.uk/humanism/
Should be part of his next test.
In total, Lancet researchers found USAID prevented more than 91 million deaths over those two decades—including 30 million children under five.
View of a misty sunrise over the gate of the former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp. In the foreground, stones and wooden parts of the railway line are visible.
Memory comes in many forms.
Here it is in your hands.
On this #YomHaShoah, we ask you to amplify our voice.
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Take it from a historian who has a lot more evidence at his disposal -- it is actually entirely possible for something to be mostly one person's fault. You're not required to apportion blame for everything in equal measure. Honest!
On Yom HaShoah, we remember the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust and carry their memory forward.
We will never forget, and we will never stop fighting antisemitism wherever it festers in our world today.
generation lead never fails
A Red Cross worker
Man. Person. Camera. Jesus. Doctor.
🚨Appearing all over New York right now 🚨
Sorry to ruin your big moment, Jeff - but the Met Museum and Vogue you chair celeb’s biggest night while you help Trump COMPLETELY f*ck the world 💋
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Genuinely depressing to me that your partner has to Doordash to raise money for your cancer treatment when you get old. What happens if you don't have a partner? Are we just working to pay a landlord and save up for a medical emergency when we're elderly?
The effective federal corporate income tax rate:
1950: 50%
1990: 25%
2020: 13%
Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate.
That is how we will pay for it.
🦴 Breaking: Tinshemet Cave (Israel) reveals #Neanderthals & #Sapiens didn't just coexist—they SHARED a culture. From hybrid tools to hunting Persian Fallow Deer, the "Gap" is a myth. 🦌
Read my full Deep Dive: open.substack.com/pub/deephist...
#Paleoanthropology #Hominins #Evolution #Culture
“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”
— Arthur C. Clarke
Author and humanist Kurt Vonnegut died #OnThisDay 2007. So it goes.
We adore this video of him speaking about the science of storytelling ❤️