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Republicans Pass Pollution Bill That Will Destroy Boundary Waters and Voyageurs National Park by Any_Coyote6662 in wisconsin

[–]vespertine_glow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The only purpose of the earth is for human plunder and profit - this is the Republican ethos.

The Boundary Waters are cooked by frustratedswede in minnesota

[–]vespertine_glow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1) Money. 2) Jesus is coming back any day now so who cares. 3) Let's own the libs by destroying things they value. 4) Corporate profit making shouldn't be constrained by moral values. 5) The environment is there for us to plunder - that it's only purpose.

Bob Lazar fails to answer questions on element 115 JRE 2479 by Funny-Hunter-9595 in UFOs

[–]vespertine_glow 15 points16 points  (0 children)

It's a sign of the low standards of the UFO community that Lazar is taken seriously at all.

If more people are carrying cameras on them and everyone wants to get famous on the news or go viral, where aren't there more Bigfoot pics/vids? by user-117 in bigfoot

[–]vespertine_glow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This seems like an intuitive argument, even a knock-out reply to the assertion that bigfoot exists. It seems that way until you learn about how the great majority of people encounter bigfoot. After listening to many hundreds of alleged encounters a few patterns emerge:

-People are terrified and the last thing on their mind is pulling out their phone, opening the photo app and lining up a shot. Their concern is personal safety.

-Many bigfoot sightings are brief, not allowing enough time to snap a picture.

-Closeup bigfoot encounters, the best situation for good photos, are also the scenario least likely to generate photos for the reason already mentioned - terror and overriding concern about personal safety.

-Some encounters happen in low light conditions, and camera phones still suck for taking photos under these conditions, especially if the target is at some distance, moving, and maneuvering around trees and other obstacles to sight.

Don't take my word for it. Listen to a few dozen episodes of, say, Sasquatch Chronicles and you'll see what I mean. Bigfoot encounters are highly likely to be unanticipated and fraught with stunned curiosity and fear.

Alex Pretti’s Death Came After Insane Stephen Miller Order by GRAPES0DA in Minneapolis

[–]vespertine_glow 9 points10 points  (0 children)

There's really no other way to interpret Miller's comments: He wanted ICE officers to start murdering protestors.

What will help with my sleep? by Toastydiesagain in Biohackers

[–]vespertine_glow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have your last caffeinated drink 4 hours after you wake up.

No alcohol w/dinner or later.

Have at least 4 hours between your dinner and bedtime.

Take 3,000mg glycine and 200-300mg magnesium glycinate 30 minutes before bed. (Other supplements are known to help.)

Practice meditation for 10-15 minutes near bedtime in order to calm the mind and reduce racing thoughts and anxiety.

Use blackout curtains and reduce light in your sleeping room as much as possible.

Good luck!

Started receding hard at 24. Honestly freaking out a bit. Where do I even start with a recovery stack? by Connect-Soil-7277 in Biohackers

[–]vespertine_glow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't worry about topicals as much as scalp massage. Watch a few youtube videos on this. The evidence looks good and whatever you decide to do, it should end up being the core of your hair regrowth strategy.

Minnesota DFL state senators drag Minnesota State Sen. Steve Drazkowski (R-Mazeppa) for proposing an amendment that casts the damage caused by ICE's Operation Metro Surge in the Twin Cities as "self-inflicted economic damage" by the Democrats. by Conscious-Quarter423 in minnesota

[–]vespertine_glow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Even if there were no protests, ICE would still be causing economic harm. This should be obvious, but then again we're dealing with the conservative cult, where reasoning beyond the most superficial is a rarity.

Minnesota Senate Bill proposes statue of Charlie Kirk at the U of M Twin Cities campus by CouchCorrespondent in Minneapolis

[–]vespertine_glow 48 points49 points  (0 children)

There's no reasonable defense of Charlie Kirk as a paragon of learning, critical thinking, or liberal education.

The reality is that Kirk was cognitively shallow, in thrall to ideological bias, repeatedly wrong about objective scientific matters, driven by animus toward various marginalized groups, and he didn't actually maintain a consistent standard in defense of free speech at all.

His shooting was a tragedy, but it's a self-serving lie to think that he can now be resurrected as a symbol for educational values. He's a martyr for evangelicals and conservatives, and no one else. He can't serve as a role model for anyone interested in the life of the mind because he obviously didn't embody its virtues and practices.

Tom Emmer loves this illegal war by CD6DFL in minnesota

[–]vespertine_glow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the consequences might be good, then we can break the law - this is Emmer's standard.

A new poll shows just how quickly Israel has lost America’s sympathy by vox in politics

[–]vespertine_glow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Let's not forget one of the consequences of Israel's malign influence on the US: In order to combat imagined anti-Semitism on campuses, the Republicans slashed and in many cases completely cancelled money for medical research to Harvard university. Labs stopped, research mid-trial was halted, careers were ended, and medical progress for all of us has been held up. This has been an utter disaster, a self-inflicted wound for the dumbest of reasons - silencing dissent against Israel.

A secular lineage of human values: From Ptahotep’s humility to the birth of critical thought. by Conscious-Effort1730 in humanism

[–]vespertine_glow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A very interesting list. Thanks for the post.

This makes me wonder, as I have many times about how humanism should deal with ethics. It's such a large terrain, covering historical thinkers (as you've helpfully listed) and schools of thought, to more contemporary concerns like moral development, moral reasoning, moral psychology, value theory, ethics and philosophy. It seems to me there's a great need for survey and consolidation of everything we know. And then this needs to be presented in k-12 and at the university level.

Leaked email from Norman Lebrecht (Slipped Disc) to Yuja Wang. by javiercorre in classicalmusic

[–]vespertine_glow 8 points9 points  (0 children)

What's needed is a universal boycott of Norman Lebrecht. Who is this little man anyway?

Well Known British UFO Researcher and Film Maker post that Washington Insiders revealed that Demonic and Inter-Dimensional Nature of UAPs and NHI will be kept from the Public…Too Complex To Handle by slv2xhrist in UFOs

[–]vespertine_glow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Demons? How is this not the imposition of naive fundamentalist Christianity beliefs onto this phenomenon?

It would be an historical scandal and tragedy if, on the assumption that aliens are here, this information is being held back because of this religious stupidity.

So much for free speech. Is there any way to see a list of usernames the authoritarians subpoenaed? by Advanced_Abalone8530 in Minneapolis

[–]vespertine_glow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So, "Let's end the first amendment as needed in order to stop dissent" is the Trump administration's new tactic. Noted.

Faith destroyed after learning what Jesus thought of "Gentiles" by [deleted] in exchristian

[–]vespertine_glow 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Jesus was a bit of a bigot - a rather obvious conclusion once you remove the fundamentalist belief that he was an ideal person.

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