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We have the same hormones that killer whales have. “Why shouldn’t we also have the emotions that they have? We don’t have the market cornered on emotions…. it’s fair to say that she is grieving or mourning.” www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/u... #animals
Orca That Carried Dead Calf for Weeks Is Mourning Again
Researchers say that the killer whale’s newborn calf in Puget Sound has also died and she’s unable to let go.
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2025 at 3:50 AM
The number of people experiencing #homelessness in the U.S. topped 770,000, that’s more than the entire population of states like Vermont, Wyoming or Alaska, an increase of more than 18 percent over last year. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/u...
Migrants and End of Covid Restrictions Fuel Jump in Homelessness
The number of people experiencing homelessness in the U.S. topped 770,000, an increase of more than 18 percent over last year.
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2024 at 3:13 AM
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"Imagining God to be Black will not magically solve the injustices of racial capitalism, but it does allow us to expand our understanding of how God relates to oppressed people."
‘What Does Understanding God From an AfroLatinx Perspective Do?’
After I gave a lecture on AfroLatinx theologies, I couldn’t stop thinking about this question from a student.
buff.ly
December 21, 2024 at 12:00 AM
My @washingtonpost.com reader type
December 13, 2024 at 12:48 AM
She Revolutionized Medicine. Why Isn’t She a Household Name?
Lydia Reeder’s “The Cure for Women” tells the story of the remarkable Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/b...
Book Review: ‘The Cure for Women,’ by Lydia Reeder
Lydia Reeder’s “The Cure for Women” tells the story of the remarkable Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi.
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2024 at 6:48 AM
With the “capacity for abstract thinking comes the ability to believe conspiracy theories, and the power to bring this #planet to ruin. But we also have the capacity to imagine and build a better world. We should never forget that.”
Güven Güzeldere

www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/564/u...
Under The Surface
Cohen: This summer, a Google engineer named Blake Lemoine caused controversy by disclosing a conversation with an AI called LaMDA, or “Language Model for Dialog Applications.” The conversation seemed ...
www.thesunmagazine.org
December 7, 2024 at 6:45 AM
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Phil Berrigan, a former Josephite priest, died #OTD in 2002, after a lifetime of activism against war, racism, and American exceptionalism.

May the prophet rest in peace. 🙏🏾 www.berrigancollective.org/reflections/...
December 6, 2024 at 9:53 PM
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Here they are — the 10 Best Books of 2024.
The 10 Best Books of 2024
The staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the year’s top fiction and nonfiction.
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2024 at 2:55 AM
Just finished reading "The Last Syrian" by Omar Youssef Souleimane - a beautiful yet heartbreaking and thought-provoking story that sheds light on the realities of the civil war in #Syria. Highly recommend this powerful read that will stay with you long after you finish it.
#books
December 4, 2024 at 5:51 AM
19 months of fighting between rival warlords and affiliated militias have ravaged #Sudan and provoked a rolling humanitarian disaster. Some 26 million people — about half of the population — need food assistance in a country that’s home to the world’s largest displacement crisis. wapo.st/3VKUVyv
Column | The world’s ‘worst crisis’ is in Sudan
Sudan is coping with the apathy of a failing international system.
wapo.st
December 4, 2024 at 5:42 AM
#WorldAidsDay remains crucial in the global fight against HIV/Aids, commemorating lives lost and rededicating efforts to prevention, treatment and awareness

rightspath.unaids.org
Take the RIGHTS path
Embark on a journey through ideas, voices and stories that illustrate the RIGHTS path.
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December 1, 2024 at 5:27 PM
100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2024

I want to read 12.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
November 27, 2024 at 4:37 AM
100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2024

I’ve (only) read 5.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
November 27, 2024 at 4:35 AM