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When government grinds to a halt, compassion keeps moving. We don’t wait for permission to care. Every act of kindness is an act of defiance against indifference—a reminder that human progress depends on us showing up for each other. #Humanism #SundayReflection
November 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
When government grinds to a halt, compassion keeps moving. We don’t wait for permission to care. Every act of kindness is an act of defiance against indifference—a reminder that human progress depends on us showing up for each other. #Humanism #SundayReflection
🫂 Secular Spotlight Saturday
This week, we spotlight @BraverAngels, a movement rebuilding trust across America’s divides. Dialogue isn’t surrender—it’s courage. Bridging differences reminds us of our shared humanity. 🌎
🔗 braverangels.org
#Humanism #Community #HoT
This week, we spotlight @BraverAngels, a movement rebuilding trust across America’s divides. Dialogue isn’t surrender—it’s courage. Bridging differences reminds us of our shared humanity. 🌎
🔗 braverangels.org
#Humanism #Community #HoT
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Braver Angels is a citizens’ organization uniting red and blue Americans in a working alliance to depolarize America
braverangels.org
November 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
🫂 Secular Spotlight Saturday
This week, we spotlight @BraverAngels, a movement rebuilding trust across America’s divides. Dialogue isn’t surrender—it’s courage. Bridging differences reminds us of our shared humanity. 🌎
🔗 braverangels.org
#Humanism #Community #HoT
This week, we spotlight @BraverAngels, a movement rebuilding trust across America’s divides. Dialogue isn’t surrender—it’s courage. Bridging differences reminds us of our shared humanity. 🌎
🔗 braverangels.org
#Humanism #Community #HoT
With SNAP benefits at risk from the shutdown, many families could face empty cupboards. Our Topeka humanists are organizing a food drive—wherever you are, check on neighbors, support pantries, and show that community care outlasts politics.
#HumanismInAction
#HumanismInAction
October 31, 2025 at 12:46 PM
With SNAP benefits at risk from the shutdown, many families could face empty cupboards. Our Topeka humanists are organizing a food drive—wherever you are, check on neighbors, support pantries, and show that community care outlasts politics.
#HumanismInAction
#HumanismInAction
🧬 Facts & Science Friday 🎃
Halloween marks a cross-quarter day — halfway between the autumn equinox and winter solstice. Samhain once signaled survival and community through reason, not superstition. We still face the dark with the same light: compassion and understanding. #Humanism #Halloween 🎃
Halloween marks a cross-quarter day — halfway between the autumn equinox and winter solstice. Samhain once signaled survival and community through reason, not superstition. We still face the dark with the same light: compassion and understanding. #Humanism #Halloween 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 11:16 AM
🧬 Facts & Science Friday 🎃
Halloween marks a cross-quarter day — halfway between the autumn equinox and winter solstice. Samhain once signaled survival and community through reason, not superstition. We still face the dark with the same light: compassion and understanding. #Humanism #Halloween 🎃
Halloween marks a cross-quarter day — halfway between the autumn equinox and winter solstice. Samhain once signaled survival and community through reason, not superstition. We still face the dark with the same light: compassion and understanding. #Humanism #Halloween 🎃
Thoughtful Question Thursday
If death gives life meaning, what should we do with our brief spark between two eternities of darkness?
#Humanism #TQT #ThoughtfulThursday
If death gives life meaning, what should we do with our brief spark between two eternities of darkness?
#Humanism #TQT #ThoughtfulThursday
October 30, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Thoughtful Question Thursday
If death gives life meaning, what should we do with our brief spark between two eternities of darkness?
#Humanism #TQT #ThoughtfulThursday
If death gives life meaning, what should we do with our brief spark between two eternities of darkness?
#Humanism #TQT #ThoughtfulThursday
Worldview Wednesday
Authoritarians don’t need us to agree with them. They just need us too tired to care.
Cynicism isn’t realism.
Hope isn’t naïve.
Caring is resistance.
Human dignity doesn’t survive on autopilot — we defend it together.
#Humanism #Democracy #ResistDespair
Authoritarians don’t need us to agree with them. They just need us too tired to care.
Cynicism isn’t realism.
Hope isn’t naïve.
Caring is resistance.
Human dignity doesn’t survive on autopilot — we defend it together.
#Humanism #Democracy #ResistDespair
October 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Worldview Wednesday
Authoritarians don’t need us to agree with them. They just need us too tired to care.
Cynicism isn’t realism.
Hope isn’t naïve.
Caring is resistance.
Human dignity doesn’t survive on autopilot — we defend it together.
#Humanism #Democracy #ResistDespair
Authoritarians don’t need us to agree with them. They just need us too tired to care.
Cynicism isn’t realism.
Hope isn’t naïve.
Caring is resistance.
Human dignity doesn’t survive on autopilot — we defend it together.
#Humanism #Democracy #ResistDespair
Teach-In Tuesday
Nawal El Saadawi was a fearless Egyptian feminist, doctor, and human rights advocate who refused to stay silent in the face of oppression.
“The most dangerous enemy of a woman is a silence.”
#TeachInTuesday #Humanism
[Photo credit: Bengt Oberger]
Nawal El Saadawi was a fearless Egyptian feminist, doctor, and human rights advocate who refused to stay silent in the face of oppression.
“The most dangerous enemy of a woman is a silence.”
#TeachInTuesday #Humanism
[Photo credit: Bengt Oberger]
October 28, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Teach-In Tuesday
Nawal El Saadawi was a fearless Egyptian feminist, doctor, and human rights advocate who refused to stay silent in the face of oppression.
“The most dangerous enemy of a woman is a silence.”
#TeachInTuesday #Humanism
[Photo credit: Bengt Oberger]
Nawal El Saadawi was a fearless Egyptian feminist, doctor, and human rights advocate who refused to stay silent in the face of oppression.
“The most dangerous enemy of a woman is a silence.”
#TeachInTuesday #Humanism
[Photo credit: Bengt Oberger]
🧘♂️ Mindful Humanism Monday — October 27, 2025
Humanism is lived in tiny moments. Small actions, big humanity.
We don’t need grand gestures to be good humans.
Where did you notice someone’s kindness today?
Or where did you offer yours? 💛
#Humanism #MindfulMonday
Humanism is lived in tiny moments. Small actions, big humanity.
We don’t need grand gestures to be good humans.
Where did you notice someone’s kindness today?
Or where did you offer yours? 💛
#Humanism #MindfulMonday
October 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🧘♂️ Mindful Humanism Monday — October 27, 2025
Humanism is lived in tiny moments. Small actions, big humanity.
We don’t need grand gestures to be good humans.
Where did you notice someone’s kindness today?
Or where did you offer yours? 💛
#Humanism #MindfulMonday
Humanism is lived in tiny moments. Small actions, big humanity.
We don’t need grand gestures to be good humans.
Where did you notice someone’s kindness today?
Or where did you offer yours? 💛
#Humanism #MindfulMonday
☀️ Sunday Reflection
The sun rises without asking who deserves its light — it shines on everyone.
Likewise, the light we create through compassion and understanding brightens what nature alone cannot reach.
We don’t have to wait for the world to change before we bring light into it. ✨
#Humanism
The sun rises without asking who deserves its light — it shines on everyone.
Likewise, the light we create through compassion and understanding brightens what nature alone cannot reach.
We don’t have to wait for the world to change before we bring light into it. ✨
#Humanism
October 26, 2025 at 11:33 AM
☀️ Sunday Reflection
The sun rises without asking who deserves its light — it shines on everyone.
Likewise, the light we create through compassion and understanding brightens what nature alone cannot reach.
We don’t have to wait for the world to change before we bring light into it. ✨
#Humanism
The sun rises without asking who deserves its light — it shines on everyone.
Likewise, the light we create through compassion and understanding brightens what nature alone cannot reach.
We don’t have to wait for the world to change before we bring light into it. ✨
#Humanism
🌍 Secular Spotlight Saturday
Today we’re celebrating Young Humanists International — a global network of young people (18–35) building a future grounded in reason, compassion, and human rights. 💙
🔗 humanists.international/young-humanists-international
#Humanism #YoungHumanists
Today we’re celebrating Young Humanists International — a global network of young people (18–35) building a future grounded in reason, compassion, and human rights. 💙
🔗 humanists.international/young-humanists-international
#Humanism #YoungHumanists
Young Humanists International
Young Humanists International is our youth section, for 18 to 35-year-olds
humanists.international
October 25, 2025 at 1:06 PM
🌍 Secular Spotlight Saturday
Today we’re celebrating Young Humanists International — a global network of young people (18–35) building a future grounded in reason, compassion, and human rights. 💙
🔗 humanists.international/young-humanists-international
#Humanism #YoungHumanists
Today we’re celebrating Young Humanists International — a global network of young people (18–35) building a future grounded in reason, compassion, and human rights. 💙
🔗 humanists.international/young-humanists-international
#Humanism #YoungHumanists
🧬 Facts & Science Friday
Scientists have captured torsional Alfvén waves twisting through the Sun’s corona — magnetic waves predicted 80 years ago but never before directly observed.
Curiosity and innovation can unveil the hidden workings of our own star. 🌞✨
#Science #Humanism #Astronomy
Scientists have captured torsional Alfvén waves twisting through the Sun’s corona — magnetic waves predicted 80 years ago but never before directly observed.
Curiosity and innovation can unveil the hidden workings of our own star. 🌞✨
#Science #Humanism #Astronomy
October 24, 2025 at 10:54 AM
🧬 Facts & Science Friday
Scientists have captured torsional Alfvén waves twisting through the Sun’s corona — magnetic waves predicted 80 years ago but never before directly observed.
Curiosity and innovation can unveil the hidden workings of our own star. 🌞✨
#Science #Humanism #Astronomy
Scientists have captured torsional Alfvén waves twisting through the Sun’s corona — magnetic waves predicted 80 years ago but never before directly observed.
Curiosity and innovation can unveil the hidden workings of our own star. 🌞✨
#Science #Humanism #Astronomy
🔍 Thoughtful Question Thursday
The Ethics of Progress
As technology and society evolve, how do we decide what truly counts as progress — and who gets to define it?
#Humanism #Ethics #Progress #Reason #Compassion #Community
The Ethics of Progress
As technology and society evolve, how do we decide what truly counts as progress — and who gets to define it?
#Humanism #Ethics #Progress #Reason #Compassion #Community
October 23, 2025 at 10:39 AM
🔍 Thoughtful Question Thursday
The Ethics of Progress
As technology and society evolve, how do we decide what truly counts as progress — and who gets to define it?
#Humanism #Ethics #Progress #Reason #Compassion #Community
The Ethics of Progress
As technology and society evolve, how do we decide what truly counts as progress — and who gets to define it?
#Humanism #Ethics #Progress #Reason #Compassion #Community
🌍 Worldview Wednesday
Human dignity knows no borders.
When powerful nations undermine human-rights institutions or silence journalists, the moral response isn’t silence — it’s solidarity.
Defending human dignity anywhere affirms our shared humanity everywhere.
#Humanism #HumanRights #Compassion
Human dignity knows no borders.
When powerful nations undermine human-rights institutions or silence journalists, the moral response isn’t silence — it’s solidarity.
Defending human dignity anywhere affirms our shared humanity everywhere.
#Humanism #HumanRights #Compassion
October 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
🌍 Worldview Wednesday
Human dignity knows no borders.
When powerful nations undermine human-rights institutions or silence journalists, the moral response isn’t silence — it’s solidarity.
Defending human dignity anywhere affirms our shared humanity everywhere.
#Humanism #HumanRights #Compassion
Human dignity knows no borders.
When powerful nations undermine human-rights institutions or silence journalists, the moral response isn’t silence — it’s solidarity.
Defending human dignity anywhere affirms our shared humanity everywhere.
#Humanism #HumanRights #Compassion
Teach-In Tuesday
Katherine Johnson showed how reason, courage, and equality can move humanity forward—literally beyond Earth. 🌍
Her precise math helped launch Apollo 11, but her deeper legacy is humanist: truth through evidence, and progress through justice.
#Humanism #Science #STEM #Equality
Katherine Johnson showed how reason, courage, and equality can move humanity forward—literally beyond Earth. 🌍
Her precise math helped launch Apollo 11, but her deeper legacy is humanist: truth through evidence, and progress through justice.
#Humanism #Science #STEM #Equality
October 21, 2025 at 11:12 AM
🧘♂️ Mindful Humanism Monday
The Courage to Sit with Discomfort
Growth comes from understanding discomfort. When we sit with what hurts, without judgment or denial, we discover the strength to transform suffering into compassion.
#Humanism #Mindfulness #Compassion #EmotionalGrowt
The Courage to Sit with Discomfort
Growth comes from understanding discomfort. When we sit with what hurts, without judgment or denial, we discover the strength to transform suffering into compassion.
#Humanism #Mindfulness #Compassion #EmotionalGrowt
October 20, 2025 at 11:41 AM
🧘♂️ Mindful Humanism Monday
The Courage to Sit with Discomfort
Growth comes from understanding discomfort. When we sit with what hurts, without judgment or denial, we discover the strength to transform suffering into compassion.
#Humanism #Mindfulness #Compassion #EmotionalGrowt
The Courage to Sit with Discomfort
Growth comes from understanding discomfort. When we sit with what hurts, without judgment or denial, we discover the strength to transform suffering into compassion.
#Humanism #Mindfulness #Compassion #EmotionalGrowt
Sunday Reflection — October 19, 2025
No Kings. No Masters. Only shared humanity.
Democracy isn’t self-sustaining—it depends on citizens who think, care, and act.
#Humanism #NoKingsDay #Democracy #Reason #Compassion #Community
No Kings. No Masters. Only shared humanity.
Democracy isn’t self-sustaining—it depends on citizens who think, care, and act.
#Humanism #NoKingsDay #Democracy #Reason #Compassion #Community
October 19, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Sunday Reflection — October 19, 2025
No Kings. No Masters. Only shared humanity.
Democracy isn’t self-sustaining—it depends on citizens who think, care, and act.
#Humanism #NoKingsDay #Democracy #Reason #Compassion #Community
No Kings. No Masters. Only shared humanity.
Democracy isn’t self-sustaining—it depends on citizens who think, care, and act.
#Humanism #NoKingsDay #Democracy #Reason #Compassion #Community
Secular Spotlight Saturday 🌟
Today we’re featuring The Humanist Society, which trains and endorses Humanist celebrants, chaplains, and invocators. Learn more: thehumanistsociety.org
#Humanism #Secular #Humanist #Community #Reason #Compassion #HumanistsOfTopeka
Today we’re featuring The Humanist Society, which trains and endorses Humanist celebrants, chaplains, and invocators. Learn more: thehumanistsociety.org
#Humanism #Secular #Humanist #Community #Reason #Compassion #HumanistsOfTopeka
The Humanist Society – Serving Humanist Professionals Since 1939
thehumanistsociety.org
October 18, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Secular Spotlight Saturday 🌟
Today we’re featuring The Humanist Society, which trains and endorses Humanist celebrants, chaplains, and invocators. Learn more: thehumanistsociety.org
#Humanism #Secular #Humanist #Community #Reason #Compassion #HumanistsOfTopeka
Today we’re featuring The Humanist Society, which trains and endorses Humanist celebrants, chaplains, and invocators. Learn more: thehumanistsociety.org
#Humanism #Secular #Humanist #Community #Reason #Compassion #HumanistsOfTopeka
Facts & Science Friday 🧬
Morality didn’t descend from the heavens—it evolved through empathy, cooperation, and our shared humanity. 🌍
#Humanism #Science #Ethics #FactsAndScienceFriday
Morality didn’t descend from the heavens—it evolved through empathy, cooperation, and our shared humanity. 🌍
#Humanism #Science #Ethics #FactsAndScienceFriday
October 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Facts & Science Friday 🧬
Morality didn’t descend from the heavens—it evolved through empathy, cooperation, and our shared humanity. 🌍
#Humanism #Science #Ethics #FactsAndScienceFriday
Morality didn’t descend from the heavens—it evolved through empathy, cooperation, and our shared humanity. 🌍
#Humanism #Science #Ethics #FactsAndScienceFriday
🌐 Thoughtful Question Thursday – October 16, 2025
AI is reshaping power, knowledge, and decision-making faster than our ethics or laws can keep up.
💭 Who should bear responsibility for the ethical use and oversight of AI — developers, corporations, governments, or all of us?
#Humanism #Ethics #AI
AI is reshaping power, knowledge, and decision-making faster than our ethics or laws can keep up.
💭 Who should bear responsibility for the ethical use and oversight of AI — developers, corporations, governments, or all of us?
#Humanism #Ethics #AI
October 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
🌎 Worldview Wednesday
In an age where facts are twisted and truth is treated as optional, honesty becomes a moral act.
Humanism reminds us that truth-telling is not about winning arguments — it’s about preserving our shared reality.
#Humanism #TruthMatters #Ethics
In an age where facts are twisted and truth is treated as optional, honesty becomes a moral act.
Humanism reminds us that truth-telling is not about winning arguments — it’s about preserving our shared reality.
#Humanism #TruthMatters #Ethics
October 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
🌎 Worldview Wednesday
In an age where facts are twisted and truth is treated as optional, honesty becomes a moral act.
Humanism reminds us that truth-telling is not about winning arguments — it’s about preserving our shared reality.
#Humanism #TruthMatters #Ethics
In an age where facts are twisted and truth is treated as optional, honesty becomes a moral act.
Humanism reminds us that truth-telling is not about winning arguments — it’s about preserving our shared reality.
#Humanism #TruthMatters #Ethics
“Humanism’s faith is in humankind—not in gods—and its purpose is the enrichment of human life.” — Corliss Lamont
This is a reminder that our future depends not on divine will but on human reason, compassion, and courage.
#TeachInTuesday #Humanism #CorlissLamont
This is a reminder that our future depends not on divine will but on human reason, compassion, and courage.
#TeachInTuesday #Humanism #CorlissLamont
October 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
“Humanism’s faith is in humankind—not in gods—and its purpose is the enrichment of human life.” — Corliss Lamont
This is a reminder that our future depends not on divine will but on human reason, compassion, and courage.
#TeachInTuesday #Humanism #CorlissLamont
This is a reminder that our future depends not on divine will but on human reason, compassion, and courage.
#TeachInTuesday #Humanism #CorlissLamont
🧠 Mindful Humanism Monday
Mindfulness isn’t about emptying the mind — it’s about seeing clearly what’s already there, with honesty and compassion. Awareness is the beginning of wisdom.
#Humanism #MindfulMonday
Mindfulness isn’t about emptying the mind — it’s about seeing clearly what’s already there, with honesty and compassion. Awareness is the beginning of wisdom.
#Humanism #MindfulMonday
October 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
🧠 Mindful Humanism Monday
Mindfulness isn’t about emptying the mind — it’s about seeing clearly what’s already there, with honesty and compassion. Awareness is the beginning of wisdom.
#Humanism #MindfulMonday
Mindfulness isn’t about emptying the mind — it’s about seeing clearly what’s already there, with honesty and compassion. Awareness is the beginning of wisdom.
#Humanism #MindfulMonday
Humanism doesn’t promise peace from above; it invites us to build it from within.
#SundayReflection #Humanism #Empathy #ReasonCompassionCommunity #HopeInAction #HumanistsOfTopeka
#SundayReflection #Humanism #Empathy #ReasonCompassionCommunity #HopeInAction #HumanistsOfTopeka
October 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Humanism doesn’t promise peace from above; it invites us to build it from within.
#SundayReflection #Humanism #Empathy #ReasonCompassionCommunity #HopeInAction #HumanistsOfTopeka
#SundayReflection #Humanism #Empathy #ReasonCompassionCommunity #HopeInAction #HumanistsOfTopeka
🌍 Today’s #SecularSpotlight: Maggie Ardiente, the first person of color to lead Humanists International — championing reason, compassion, and human rights worldwide. 💙✊
#Humanism #Freethought #GlobalHumanist
#Humanism #Freethought #GlobalHumanist
October 11, 2025 at 11:55 AM
🌍 Today’s #SecularSpotlight: Maggie Ardiente, the first person of color to lead Humanists International — championing reason, compassion, and human rights worldwide. 💙✊
#Humanism #Freethought #GlobalHumanist
#Humanism #Freethought #GlobalHumanist
🌍🪐 Astronomers have discovered 2025 PN7, a small asteroid “dancing” with Earth in a quasi-orbit. Not a true moon, but a cosmic companion — a reminder of how dynamic and surprising our solar system is.
#Astronomy #FactsAndScienceFriday #HumanismInAction
#Astronomy #FactsAndScienceFriday #HumanismInAction
October 10, 2025 at 10:58 AM
🌍🪐 Astronomers have discovered 2025 PN7, a small asteroid “dancing” with Earth in a quasi-orbit. Not a true moon, but a cosmic companion — a reminder of how dynamic and surprising our solar system is.
#Astronomy #FactsAndScienceFriday #HumanismInAction
#Astronomy #FactsAndScienceFriday #HumanismInAction