Education

Everything You Know About Self-Defense is Wrong | Mickey Z.

Photo Credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust September 25, 2020 To begin, let me clarify what “self-defense” means. I’ll do so by paraphrasing this from the Center for Anti-Violence Education (from whom I’ve learned plenty): Self-defense is everything and anything we do to protect and take care of ourselves. This may include, for example, trusting our instincts, avoiding danger by gettin ...

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America is a Smoking Fascist Dystopia | umair haque

America Has Less Than 50 Days to Save Itself From Even Greater Disaster Sept. 15, 2020 (Eudaimonia & Co) -- I woke up this morning to news that was particularly horrific. Forced mass sterilisations a ...

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A Few Notes on Synchronicity | John Michael Greer

Sept. 2, 2020 (EcoSophia.net) -- Back in July, when I realized there were five Wednesdays on that page of the calendar and I didn’t have anything lined up for the fifth, I asked my readers what they ...

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The Other 9/11 (and That Time I Gave a Lecture at MIT) | Mickey Z.

Photo by Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Sept. 4, 2020 Preface: I’ve written (several times) about the “other 9/11” in 1973 Chile. I’ve also written once about my related MIT talk in 2003. To ...

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Study unveils the unstable nature of some topological phases | Ingrid Fadelli

Image representing time-reversal symmetry. Credit: McGinley & Cooper Aug. 11, 2020 (Phys.org) -- In recent years, physicists worldwide have been conducting studies exploring the characteristics and d ...

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Why Palestinian-Israeli Prisoners Exchange Deal Could Happen Soon | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust July 20, 2020 For the first time since the Israeli war on Gaza in 2014, the Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is signaling its w ...

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What 'Let It Be' Can Teach Us About Stoicism | Mickey Z.

Paul McCarney 1968Mickey Z. -- Now with Purpose July 19, 2020 “When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me/Speaking words of wisdom: Let it be” In the autumn of 1968, Paul McCartn ...

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Is what I see, what I imagine? Study finds neural overlap between vision and imagination | Catherine Bridges

An ibis as "seen" by a machine, 2015. This processed image, which is based on a photograph by Dr. Zachi Evenor, is courtesy of software engineer Guenther Noack, 2015, and is reproduced from Wikimedia ...

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If Life Feels Bleak, It’s Because Our Civilization is Beginning to Collapse | umair haque

Cole Thomas. The Course of Empire Destruction. 1836. Wikimedia Commons 2030 Will Be Even Worse than 2020. And 2040 Will Be Even Worse than That. Unless... July 3, 2020 (Medium) -- There’s an old line ...

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Here's What a White Ally Looks Like (part 2) | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Barney Peterson/The Chronicle Mickey Z. -- World News Trust July 7, 2020 The first half of the caption for the above photo reads: “Angela Davis with Rodger McAfee (far left) and his wif ...

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How Conspiracy Theories Emerge... And How Their Storylines Fall Apart

June 26, 2020 (Phys.org) -- A new study by UCLA professors offers a new way to understand how unfounded conspiracy theories emerge online. The research -- which combines sophisticated artificial inte ...

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