Lynn Ungar
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Poet, dog trainer, UU minister, contra dancer, singer, behavior analyst of politics and culture, expert at making things from what is available in the fridge. On Substack at @lynnungar.
What is more Dunning-Kruger than Dunning-Kruger, such that it would explain how you would put the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic in a chat thread about plans for a bomb strike? lynnungar.substack.com/p/on-beyond-...
On Beyond Dunning-Kruger
You might well have heard by now about the remarkable fact that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth not only chose to discuss details of a military strike on Yemen over the commercial app Signal, but also ...
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March 25, 2025 at 3:02 AM
What is more Dunning-Kruger than Dunning-Kruger, such that it would explain how you would put the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic in a chat thread about plans for a bomb strike? lynnungar.substack.com/p/on-beyond-...
If Idaho succeeds in mandating that the 10 Commandments are posted in every classroom, what is the educational outcome that they are looking for? Here's a study guide.
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Teaching the 10 Commandments
So, there’s a bill before the Idaho legislature that would require that the Ten Commandments be posted conspicuously in all classrooms.
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March 17, 2025 at 2:10 AM
If Idaho succeeds in mandating that the 10 Commandments are posted in every classroom, what is the educational outcome that they are looking for? Here's a study guide.
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The punishment mind-set says that if your punishment isn't working, you need to do it harder. How's that working with the whole tariffs thing?
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Play Stupid Games, Get Stupid Prizes
Well, we seem to have a pattern here.
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March 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The punishment mind-set says that if your punishment isn't working, you need to do it harder. How's that working with the whole tariffs thing?
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So what is the really big picture, the world view that underpins the current administration and the MAGAverse in general?
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The Really Big Picture
The question of the day, the week, the last couple of months, is obviously WTF is going on here? One might ask this about a whole slew of things: all kinds of horrific executive orders, Musk’s taking ...
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March 4, 2025 at 4:15 AM
So what is the really big picture, the world view that underpins the current administration and the MAGAverse in general?
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What happens when your rulers have the Midas touch?
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The Midas Touch
Our oligarchs-in-chief would have you believe that everything they touch turns to gold—or at least gold plate, like Trump’s toilets.
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February 27, 2025 at 3:32 AM
What happens when your rulers have the Midas touch?
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What the world needs now is...a Million Doodle March.
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The Million Doodle March
So, Trump is busy replacing everyone he can in the military, from the chairman of the joint chiefs to the JAGs who adjudicate military cases with unqualified loyalists.
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February 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
What the world needs now is...a Million Doodle March.
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What do you strive for after you have already acquired far more than you can ever use?
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February 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
What do you strive for after you have already acquired far more than you can ever use?
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An open letter to Mitch McConnell. Also an opera.
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February 12, 2025 at 3:18 AM
An open letter to Mitch McConnell. Also an opera.
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Hey, Mr. Zuckerberg, I have a suggestion.
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February 3, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Hey, Mr. Zuckerberg, I have a suggestion.
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Maybe what we need to do is not try harder, but try softer.
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February 1, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Maybe what we need to do is not try harder, but try softer.
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What if our tech oligarchs aren't really the best and the brightest?
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January 28, 2025 at 3:42 AM
What if our tech oligarchs aren't really the best and the brightest?
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How would you rename the so-called Department of Government Efficiency?
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January 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
How would you rename the so-called Department of Government Efficiency?
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I find it interesting that the same people who use religion as the justification for taking away rights from women and LGBTQ folks are saying that a sermon calling for compassion and mercy and humility and unity is too political.
January 23, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I find it interesting that the same people who use religion as the justification for taking away rights from women and LGBTQ folks are saying that a sermon calling for compassion and mercy and humility and unity is too political.
Maybe what we need is to all get a little more queer.
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January 22, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Maybe what we need is to all get a little more queer.
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What do toddlers and oligarchs have in common?
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January 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
What do toddlers and oligarchs have in common?
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I honestly have no opinion about whether TikTok should be banned or not, but I find it hilarious that Trump got them to come back so that his inauguration could be broadcast on the platform. There is literally nothing that man does that isn't motivated by vanity or greed.
January 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I honestly have no opinion about whether TikTok should be banned or not, but I find it hilarious that Trump got them to come back so that his inauguration could be broadcast on the platform. There is literally nothing that man does that isn't motivated by vanity or greed.
It is my considered and professional opinion that if your religion is about judging and limiting other people while excusing and giving license to yourself, what you have is a crappy religion.
January 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
It is my considered and professional opinion that if your religion is about judging and limiting other people while excusing and giving license to yourself, what you have is a crappy religion.
What does it really mean to be an influencer? Remembering the late, great Karen Pryor.
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January 9, 2025 at 1:30 AM
What does it really mean to be an influencer? Remembering the late, great Karen Pryor.
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Remembering Jimmy Carter...with a hint of nostalgia.
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December 30, 2024 at 1:29 AM
Remembering Jimmy Carter...with a hint of nostalgia.
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What happens when the people in charge only know how to yell and object? Anyone remember the cats of Kilkenny?
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December 28, 2024 at 2:47 AM
What happens when the people in charge only know how to yell and object? Anyone remember the cats of Kilkenny?
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There are two stories woven together to make the Chanukah story--two different miracles with two different meanings.
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December 18, 2024 at 7:05 AM
There are two stories woven together to make the Chanukah story--two different miracles with two different meanings.
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How do you think about the ethics of murdering the CEO of an egregious health insurance corporation? How do you feel about it?
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December 10, 2024 at 12:38 AM
How do you think about the ethics of murdering the CEO of an egregious health insurance corporation? How do you feel about it?
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How would it have changed things if Glinda had decided to ally herself with Elphaba in the course of singing "Defying Gravity"? And what are we to do with privilege?
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December 7, 2024 at 4:05 AM
How would it have changed things if Glinda had decided to ally herself with Elphaba in the course of singing "Defying Gravity"? And what are we to do with privilege?
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Where did the Democrats go wrong? Whose fault is it anyway?https://substack.com/home/post/p-152386008
December 2, 2024 at 4:14 AM
Where did the Democrats go wrong? Whose fault is it anyway?https://substack.com/home/post/p-152386008