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Signs on the entrance to playgrounds suggesting I 'respect the sabbath' only inspire a further respect for humanism. And a desire to be rid of a mythology that has been and is used to control others
When a hate vampire sets the Federations and Klingons against each other, can Uhura’s sweet sweet singing bring them all together? Can we identify the hate vampires active in our own lives today before it’s too late? They are EVERYWHERE! Do we even have the power to stop them?
RT @JustineBateman
Watch this #WGA strike carefully.
Understand that our fight is the same fight that is coming to your professional sector next: it’s the devaluing of human effort, skill, and talent in favor of automation and profits. @WGAWest@WGAEast#Humanism#AI
Worrying about #Normalisation just now. Not the rapprochement btw Israel and Arab countries but the normalisation of suffering and ongoing problems; that the longer the Gaza bombing goes on, the more “normal” it becomes and the less attention the world pays (as with other ongoing conflicts). Same with #ClimateEmergency - we are quickly getting used to all the catastrophic news. So important to tell #HumanStories, to keep #Humanism and #Empathy for everyone alive, in all of us
When the Enterprise tracks down a rogue band of Space Hippies, Star Trek gets baked out of its mind and takes a big swing at the counterculture movements of the 1960’s. Why haven’t we eaten the rich yet? Is the grass greener on the other religion? Do you reach, Herbert?
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Lots of us lead meaningful lives without religion. @humanists_uk is about to publish this book: "What I Believe", a series of conversations with a range of people (including me) about how we think about the world and the richness of the many non-religious perspectives. Do check it out.
This week on Re-Creative, Joe and I are talking about my literary hero, Kurt Vonnegut. In particular, we're discussing his influential and brilliant 1963 novel, Cat's Cradle. We get into it all – Vonnegut's life & experiences in the war, his humanism and why everyone should read this book.
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When #StarTrek stops hiding the #humanism behind the sci-fi filter, American™ #racism and hatred is put on blast. They didn’t even bother hiding the mirror on this one.
In the past, during the era of Flash®, I used to think that interactivity couldn't evoke the same emotions as other forms of media. I believed that making rational decisions during interactive experiences hindered emotional connection, except for games which had a unique narrative-driven mechanic 🤷
🧵 1/2 #SpatialComputing#VisionPro#visionOS#Humanism
#StarTrek just keeps saying the quiet part out loud in its final season. This week, Trek takes on the class inequality in the US and beyond. Will our own "Cloud Minders" ever give the rest of us equity? Why didn't Bernie Sanders land a cameo?
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Yes, I have been traumatized by my experiences through the Covid pandemic so far, but not the way everyone says I ought to be.
I have not been traumatized by awareness of our mortality, or through loss, or social disruption, isolation, ‘restrictions’, wearing a mask, distancing, online meetings, or any of the other bullshit peddled by opinion makers.
RT @EthicalRenewal: “There is no moral reason why those already with wealth should be supported by the structures of our society in accruing further unearned or effort-free wealth.”
"As of today, legislatures in thirteen states, including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Utah have introduced bills to allow religious chaplains to serve as school counselors or volunteers in schools[.]
Texas already has a law in place to allow chaplains in schools since it passed SB 763 in Summer 2023."
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When Star Trek becomes a cult religion and gets banned from Earth, Fry and the gang promise Leonard Nimoy they'll collect the old VHS Tapes from a forbidden planet and restore hope for the future. What alien STD's did Shatner and Leela exchange? Why didn't Allie write any bars for Welshie? All Power to the Engines! beep beep beep beep beep beep beep
Humanist Trek wraps up our 3 season mission through #StarTrek: The Original Series with a game of TREKWORD with Patrons! Will anyone guess these words? Who will win the coveted grand prize? Just how much fun can one podcast have?
Humanist Trek wraps up our 3 season mission through #StarTrek: The Original Series with a game of #TREKWORD with Patrons! Will anyone guess these words? Who will win the coveted grand prize? Just how much fun can one podcast have?
How would you feel if you had to go back in time and watch your young self receive the worst bullying of your life all over again? How can Spock's dad stand by and watch his son endure this trauma and not intervene? Are the expectations placed on Vulcan children healthy or harmful?
#InternationalLaw#Humanism#Liberalism: "It is less a question of Western or Eastern, but rather liberal humanism as such that has died. When hearts and minds quietly change below the surface of an otherwise resilient and powerful liberal order, then imaginations and preparations toward a viable alternative have inevitably begun, even if only unconsciously.
In many ways, this moment echoes the lamentations of anti-colonial intellectuals, activists, and statesmen around the Global North’s betrayal of liberal humanism with respect to national self-determination in the twentieth century. If the horrifying images from the Vietnam War and subsequent anti-war movements constituted a watershed moment across the world, then the ongoing carnage across Palestine and global protests against it may constitute yet another such moment. It could have transformative implications for the global majority’s perception of the Global North’s values and principles, and build momentum for a new, multipolar, and anarchic world that nobody is prepared for.
At stake now is not only Ukraine’s and Palestine’s national survival, but the survival of international law and anything that is left of basic human decency. The violence and brutality of the last two years must prompt all of us — whether in the Global South or North, East or West — to enter into an honest and thorough introspection about the kind of world that we want to live in. What kind of geopolitics, notions of sovereignty, human rights, and legality are needed to overcome today’s challenges? Otherwise, we will slip ever closer towards the abyss of a more violent, nihilistic, and soulless world, in which the weak are crushed in the interests of the powerful few."