Humanist Animal
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Humanist Animal
@humanistanimal.bsky.social
Animals, history, philosophy, ecology, veganism, food, science, art, design, photography, music, politics, poetry, psychology, books, oceans, law, activism, secularism, space, storms. Assorted combinations thereof. Cats.
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High school students - "How a 1968 Student Protest Fueled a Chicano Rights Movement":
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Really thankful for this, from @winterjessica.bsky.social—a long-overdue corrective to an exhausting discourse. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
What Did Men Do to Deserve This?
Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.”
www.newyorker.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Weather-related disasters have forced a quarter of a billion people to flee in the last decade, says UNHCR.
UN warns of millions displaced by climate change as COP30 opens in Brazil
Weather-related disasters have forced a quarter of a billion people to flee in the last decade, says UNHCR.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Architects have expressed optimism over the recent election of Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York City, citing his campaign's focus on housing and the environment.
https://www.dezeen.com/2025/11/07/architects-zohran-mamdanis-new-york-mayoral-election/
"Tremendous enthusiasm" from architects for Mamdani
Architects and architecture advocates have expressed optimism over the recent election of Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York City, citing his campaign's focus on housing and the environment.
www.dezeen.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Read the letter:
November 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit

this should not be controversial 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Even though it means I'll have to pause my Spinozathon, I'm super excited to read A Crack in Everything: How Black Holes Came in from the Cold and Took Cosmic Centre Stage by @marcuschown.bsky.social after listening to this @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social interview.
Marcus Chown, "A Crack in Everything: How Black Holes Came in from the Cold and Took Cosmic Centre Stage" (Apollo, 2025) - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Lest we forget as COP30 begins in the Amazon that just over a week ago tech behemoth Nvidia was selling AI for oil and gas expansion to Brazilian state-owned oil giant Petrobras....
November 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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How do stars generate their magnetic fields? 🧲

Using the ESO 3.6 m telescope, for the first time astronomers have reconstructed the migration of magnetic regions on the surface of a star other than the Sun. 🔭🧪

Learn more: https://www.eso.org/public/blog/magnetic-butterflies/

📷 NASA/SDO/AIA/LMSAL
November 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Icône de la contre-culture, écrivain et manipulateur, il a transformé ses récits en instruments de fascination et d’emprise, laissant derrière lui un héritage littéraire et mystique profondément ambigu.
➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/Xrh
November 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Renault’s Mobilize brand has launched another collaboration with creative agency TheArsenale, fitting out the diminutive Duo with fresh colours and graphics https://www.wallpaper.com/transportation/mobilize-duo-x-ta-limited-edition-electric-microcar
November 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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This little bird survived a volcanic eruption!

Buried by volcanic ash from Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, this Roman fresco of a little bird pecking at fruit re-emerged looking as delightful as it did some 2,000 years ago!

Villa Poppaea, ancient Oplontis, Italy
📷 by me

#FrescoFriday
#Archaeology
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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New in PN: The softest Nazis you ever did see

"Call it tough guy in the streets and widdle guy in the sheets (of paper for court filings). Truly, nothing revealed this better than the DC Sandwich Guy, Sean Dunn, who a jury found not guilty yesterday."
The softest Nazis you ever did see
They're tough guys in the streets and delicate little babies in court.
www.publicnotice.co
November 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Chris Rufo/Ron DeSantis overhauled New College and made it "the most financially inefficient school in the university system"

Degree yield is 19%, 2nd-worst in Fla.

Operating funds per student at New College: $83,207
Same category at Univ of Florida: $45,765

www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/e...
New College of Florida shows soaring expenses as state targets 'woke waste'
A report by Florida DOGE found that Sarasota's New College is the most financially inefficient school in the university system.
www.heraldtribune.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Lol holy shit it's all so bad
November 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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This story comes out the same day the architect of this monstrous policy gets approval for a near-trillion-dollar payout from his government-subsidized company.

Utterly despicable.
November 7, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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I also really like my video on Faust and hope you watch it if you are also into books:
November 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren joins us for our ongoing series breaking down the US Constitution. We unpack everything from the Commerce Clause to the taxing and spending powers, and even a few long-forgotten quirks.

Listen now on the 99% Invisible feed 👉 https://bit.ly/3LBs5xY
October 31, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!
Sarah Marshall (of @yourewrongabout.bsky.social & @youaregood.bsky.social podcasts) HAS A SATANIC PANIC PODCAST SERIES RIGHT NOW!
Perfect timing spooky time yeah!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The Devil You Know with Sarah Marshall
Podcast Episode · New Podcasts - trailers for new and noteworthy shows · 10/20/2025 · 3m
podcasts.apple.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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New episode with @wendyorent.bsky.social on the drama of our inept medical establishment and their embrace of Trump Based Medicine.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Trump-Based Medicine: How Science Lost Its Soul
Podcast Episode · We Want Them Infected Podcast · 11/03/2025 · 1h 12m
podcasts.apple.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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It’s time for us to reconnect with the radical, system-changing spirit that was once at the heart of our field. #publichealth #episky #medsky #activism www.thenation.com/article/acti...
Public Health Was a Place for Warriors Once. It Needs to Be Again.
It's time for us to reconnect with the radical, system-changing spirit that was once at the heart of our field.
www.thenation.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Mindscape 334 | Daniel Whiteson @danielwhiteson.bsky.social on the Physics of and by Aliens. #MindscapePodcast

www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025...
November 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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NEW IDSG News Roundup: Graham Platner, Kenneth Leland Morgan, Chris Booth, etc. @danielharper.bsky.social and I take a look at some recent events amidst the maelstrom and try to both shed a little light and cast a little shade on them. idontspeakgerman.libsyn.com/news-roundup...
I Don't Speak German: News Roundup: Graham Platner, etc
We look at some recent news stories, including: Progressive Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, his scandals, and the reactions; Kenneth Leland Morgan walking into a pub in Athens Georgia in a...
idontspeakgerman.libsyn.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Episode 133: The Fabulist (George Santos) // A newly elected congressman is expelled and prosecuted for financial crimes after his elaborate web of personal and professional lies unravels.

LISTEN: swindledpodcast.com/podcast/133-th
November 5, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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my latest episode with @goodlawproject.org on the state on trans rights in the UK

www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/trans-uk
Fighting Britain's Bathroom Ban with Jolyon Maugham
The UK's lurch into a radically opressive anti-trans regime
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:04 PM