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from “Emergency Skin” by N. K. Jemisin

” … the Founders told us that the Earth died because of greed. That was true, but they lied about whose greed was to blame. …” “What the Leaving proved was that the Earth could sustain billions, if we simply shared resources and responsibilities in a sensible way. What it couldn’t sustain was a handful …

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From Picoult’s By Any Other Name

“… he’d said the main character in her play was unrelatable, because she made questionable choices. At the time, he was producing a revival of Sweeney Todd, about a barber with anger-management issues who murdered his patrons.” p163 “Grief was the tax of having something precious.” p324

“How could an interaction that …”

“How could an interaction that had colored the last decade of her life have been so forgettable to him?” from By Any Ohter Name, Jodi Picoult

a couple good John Varley bits

“Humans are a time-binding species, existing, in the eternal now. The future flows through them and becomes the past, but it is always the present that counts.” from “Overdrawn on the Memory Bank” I’ve been thinking that I am UNlike my dog in this respect, in that SHE lives only in the present b/c she …

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The APA, Gender, and Sex – great post

The American Psychological Association – Out of Touch and Deep in the Gender Weeds.

some nice bits from James Tiptree, Jr.

“Women have no rights, Don, except what men allow us.  Men are more aggressive and powerful, and they run the world. …” … “Men and women aren’t different species, Ruth.  Women do everything men do.” “Do they?” .. She mutters something that could be “My Lai” and looks away.  “All the endless wars …”  Her …

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Yeah … because global warming isn’t a real thing

“Many government webpages that have the word “climate” in them have been removed in recent days, particularly at EPA, where on Jan. 27, all information about climate change was removed from its homepage and other prominent areas of its website, burying it deep in sections that are harder to find.” Cuts to U.S. Weather and …

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“Capitalism in Decay” – great read

Capitalism in Decay

“That makes me uncomfortable.”

some delightful David Brin

“Is there a moral or logical justification for a creator to weild capricious power of life and death over his creations?” from “Stones of Significance” * “Death postponed.  Metastasized cells got organized.” “Dinosaurs return.  Want their oil back.” (both from Insistence of Vision)