Marcel Harmon
@mjharmon67.bsky.social
Anthropologist (PhD), Engineer (PE), Applied Evolutionist, Focused on evolutionary & human centered design approaches to built environment & beyond. POEs are underutilized. Public & environmental education advocate. Views my own. He/him
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Their discussion of empathy as a sin (as viewed by some on the right) as well as empathy relative to in-groups & out-groups parallels some of my discussion in this post of the right’s rejection of empathy & acceptance of sympathy (albeit grudgingly). 2/
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Empathy vs Sympathy in Our Current Political Climate
What are the impacts of "feeling with" vs "feeling for" on authoritarianism and bridging our political divides in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination?
marcelharmon67.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Their discussion of empathy as a sin (as viewed by some on the right) as well as empathy relative to in-groups & out-groups parallels some of my discussion in this post of the right’s rejection of empathy & acceptance of sympathy (albeit grudgingly). 2/
marcelharmon67.substack.com/p/empathy-vs...
marcelharmon67.substack.com/p/empathy-vs...
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Some related "Sunday School" lessons that MAGA Christians / white Christian nationalists / prosperity gospel Christians need to hear, from the @revealnews.org podcast - @alletson.bsky.social interviewing religious scholar and TikTok star @maklelan.bsky.social. 1/
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The Bible says so…or does it?
On this week’s “More To The Story,” religious scholar and TikTok star Dan McClellan examines how some Christian nationalists use—and often abuse—the Bible to gain political power.
revealnews.org
December 29, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Some related "Sunday School" lessons that MAGA Christians / white Christian nationalists / prosperity gospel Christians need to hear, from the @revealnews.org podcast - @alletson.bsky.social interviewing religious scholar and TikTok star @maklelan.bsky.social. 1/
revealnews.org/podcast/dan-...
revealnews.org/podcast/dan-...
Some related "Sunday School" lessons that MAGA Christians / white Christian nationalists / prosperity gospel Christians need to hear, from the @revealnews.org podcast - @alletson.bsky.social interviewing religious scholar and TikTok star @maklelan.bsky.social. 1/
revealnews.org/podcast/dan-...
revealnews.org/podcast/dan-...
The Bible says so…or does it?
On this week’s “More To The Story,” religious scholar and TikTok star Dan McClellan examines how some Christian nationalists use—and often abuse—the Bible to gain political power.
revealnews.org
December 29, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Some related "Sunday School" lessons that MAGA Christians / white Christian nationalists / prosperity gospel Christians need to hear, from the @revealnews.org podcast - @alletson.bsky.social interviewing religious scholar and TikTok star @maklelan.bsky.social. 1/
revealnews.org/podcast/dan-...
revealnews.org/podcast/dan-...
“But Kennedy nonetheless deserves to be the sole name on the façade of the performing-arts center; he recognized the value of artistic liberty in a way that no one with Trump’s authoritarian reflexes ever can…” 1/
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led....
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led....
Trump Dishonors the Kennedy Center
A memorial to John F. Kennedy and his respect for the freedom of the arts has been renamed for a man with authoritarian instincts.
www.newyorker.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:15 AM
“But Kennedy nonetheless deserves to be the sole name on the façade of the performing-arts center; he recognized the value of artistic liberty in a way that no one with Trump’s authoritarian reflexes ever can…” 1/
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led....
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led....
However you celebrate the holidays, whether or not you celebrate the holidays, some things to keep in mind as the current year ends and the new one begins.
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In the Spirit of Christmas...
Some things to keep in mind as 2025 winds down and 2026 begins.
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December 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
However you celebrate the holidays, whether or not you celebrate the holidays, some things to keep in mind as the current year ends and the new one begins.
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In the Spirit of Christmas...
Some things to keep in mind as 2025 winds down and 2026 begins.
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December 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Jesus’s frowning on the ‘illionaires, slavery as the primary cause of the civil war, the public good of public education and the free press, hugging our loved ones, and the Santa nanny-state.
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In the Spirit of Christmas...
Some things to keep in mind as 2025 winds down and 2026 begins.
open.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Jesus’s frowning on the ‘illionaires, slavery as the primary cause of the civil war, the public good of public education and the free press, hugging our loved ones, and the Santa nanny-state.
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Japan really is, as @shawnmicallef.bsky.social called it, "a public pee paradise." There are public toilets everywhere, mostly spotless and with toasty warm bidet toilet seats. Public toilets are as essential a need as streetlights, and in Japan are almost as common.
Touring the toilets of Tokyo
When it comes to the need to go, Japan is a very different world.
lloydalter.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Japan really is, as @shawnmicallef.bsky.social called it, "a public pee paradise." There are public toilets everywhere, mostly spotless and with toasty warm bidet toilet seats. Public toilets are as essential a need as streetlights, and in Japan are almost as common.
In the Spirit of Christmas...
Some things to keep in mind as 2025 winds down and 2026 begins.
open.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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Inequities in comfort & other quality of life indicators, from satisfaction to belonging, & rates of discomfort in general, will continue to be far too common in our built environments until the AEC Industry does a better job of accounting for the social.
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marcelharmon67.substack.com/p/comfort-is...
Comfort is a Social Construct
And the AEC (architecture, engineering, and construction) Industry has, shall we say, a lot of opportunity to improve it's accounting of the social.
marcelharmon67.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Inequities in comfort & other quality of life indicators, from satisfaction to belonging, & rates of discomfort in general, will continue to be far too common in our built environments until the AEC Industry does a better job of accounting for the social.
marcelharmon67.substack.com/p/comfort-is...
marcelharmon67.substack.com/p/comfort-is...
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BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
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The CBS 60 Minutes Doc confirms what we knew: The U.S. is currently using our tax dollars to imprison brown people with no criminal record in torture camps overseas.
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
CANCELLED 60 MINUTES CECOT DOC
YouTube video by eoin higgins
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December 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The CBS 60 Minutes Doc confirms what we knew: The U.S. is currently using our tax dollars to imprison brown people with no criminal record in torture camps overseas.
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
Inequities in comfort & other quality of life indicators, from satisfaction to belonging, & rates of discomfort in general, will continue to be far too common in our built environments until the AEC Industry does a better job of accounting for the social.
marcelharmon67.substack.com/p/comfort-is...
marcelharmon67.substack.com/p/comfort-is...
Comfort is a Social Construct
And the AEC (architecture, engineering, and construction) Industry has, shall we say, a lot of opportunity to improve it's accounting of the social.
marcelharmon67.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Inequities in comfort & other quality of life indicators, from satisfaction to belonging, & rates of discomfort in general, will continue to be far too common in our built environments until the AEC Industry does a better job of accounting for the social.
marcelharmon67.substack.com/p/comfort-is...
marcelharmon67.substack.com/p/comfort-is...
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AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
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Nothing more than perceived wealth that doesn’t exist for the purposes of taxes, but magically does for the purposes of leverage. Meanwhile, the rest of us pay real taxes on low wages and can’t leverage shit. The game is rigged. Tax the rich.
The world’s richest person just hit another major milestone thanks to the soaring valuation of his rocket maker SpaceX.
Full story: www.forbes.com/sites/mattdu... (Photo: Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
Full story: www.forbes.com/sites/mattdu... (Photo: Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
December 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Nothing more than perceived wealth that doesn’t exist for the purposes of taxes, but magically does for the purposes of leverage. Meanwhile, the rest of us pay real taxes on low wages and can’t leverage shit. The game is rigged. Tax the rich.
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Exxon is abandoning the pretense that it gives a shit about reducing carbon.
E&E News: Exxon to cut low-carbon spending by a third
The oil and gas behemoth said it will beat a previous earnings forecast thanks to more fossil fuel production.
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December 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Exxon is abandoning the pretense that it gives a shit about reducing carbon.
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December 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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#ksed #environmentaleducation #EEforall
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
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Study shows 'pervasive mistreatment of LGBTQ people by law enforcement'
www.washingtonblade....
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Study shows ‘pervasive mistreatment of LGBTQ people by law enforcement’
... studies conducted over the past 25 years showing past and “ongoing” mistreatment of LGBTQ people by law enforcement ...
www.washingtonblade.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Study shows 'pervasive mistreatment of LGBTQ people by law enforcement'
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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As you process what the CDC's vaccine advisory board has just done, I urge you to listen to my convo with @pauloffit.bsky.social, who says what must happen now is for parents to stand up... or for children to get sick slate.com/podcasts/wha...
The Year of Vaccine Backsliding
Fewer needles, more damage done.
slate.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
As you process what the CDC's vaccine advisory board has just done, I urge you to listen to my convo with @pauloffit.bsky.social, who says what must happen now is for parents to stand up... or for children to get sick slate.com/podcasts/wha...
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#ksed #environmentaleducation #EEforall
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#ksed #environmentaleducation #EEforall
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We Need More Calm and Curious Minds
Environmental education can help create calm and curious minds as well as an appreciation for the more-than-human world - things kids can take with them for the rest of their lives.
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December 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
For #GivingTuesday (12/2), your donations to KACEE will double their impact thanks to an anonymous donor. Donate here: givebutter.com/kacee2025/ka...
#ksed #environmentaleducation #EEforall
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#ksed #environmentaleducation #EEforall
marcelharmon67.substack.com/p/we-need-mo...
For #GivingTuesday (12/2), your donations to KACEE will double their impact thanks to an anonymous donor. Donate here: givebutter.com/kacee2025/ka...
#ksed #environmentaleducation #EEforall
marcelharmon67.substack.com/p/we-need-mo...
#ksed #environmentaleducation #EEforall
marcelharmon67.substack.com/p/we-need-mo...
We Need More Calm and Curious Minds
Environmental education can help create calm and curious minds as well as an appreciation for the more-than-human world - things kids can take with them for the rest of their lives.
marcelharmon67.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
For #GivingTuesday (12/2), your donations to KACEE will double their impact thanks to an anonymous donor. Donate here: givebutter.com/kacee2025/ka...
#ksed #environmentaleducation #EEforall
marcelharmon67.substack.com/p/we-need-mo...
#ksed #environmentaleducation #EEforall
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Super excited that "Sex is a Spectrum: the biological limits of the binary" is on the @nature.com 10 essential science reads from the past year!!!! Thanks @princetonupress.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Spineless creatures, possibly the world’s oldest beer receipt and more: 2025’s best Books in brief
Bibliophile Andrew Robinson reveals 10 essential science reads from the past year.
www.nature.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Super excited that "Sex is a Spectrum: the biological limits of the binary" is on the @nature.com 10 essential science reads from the past year!!!! Thanks @princetonupress.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...