Eric Carlson
@alaskansan.bsky.social
Developing skills in critical thinking was an important part of my education. I still owe my teachers 50+ years later.
Thank you!
Thank you!
A brief, worthwhile read this MLK weekend:
“The function of education, therefore, is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. But education which stops with efficiency may prove the greatest menace to society.“
kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/...
“The function of education, therefore, is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. But education which stops with efficiency may prove the greatest menace to society.“
kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/...
"The Purpose of Education"
kinginstitute.stanford.edu
January 17, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Developing skills in critical thinking was an important part of my education. I still owe my teachers 50+ years later.
Thank you!
Thank you!
I voted. No kings.
November 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I voted. No kings.
Not the first time it's been called one, but the White House is truly now a nut house.
August 13, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Not the first time it's been called one, but the White House is truly now a nut house.
Woody Guthrie sings of yesterday and sadly today's America. Thank you Shamus Records and the Woody Guthrie Foundation for releasing these nearly 75 year old home tapes. Wow!
"Deportee (Woody's Home Tape)" - Woody Guthrie
YouTube video by Shamus Records
youtu.be
July 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Woody Guthrie sings of yesterday and sadly today's America. Thank you Shamus Records and the Woody Guthrie Foundation for releasing these nearly 75 year old home tapes. Wow!
Bix Beiderbecke!
Bix Beiderbecke - I'm Coming Virginia - 1927
YouTube video by warholsoup100
youtu.be
May 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Bix Beiderbecke!
Holding on to beauty in troubled times.
Chants d'Auvergene: Bailèro (Vol. I, No. 2)
YouTube video by Anna Moffo - Topic
youtube.com
April 29, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Holding on to beauty in troubled times.
As I was trailed down the interstate by a Cybertruck this morning, I couldn't help but imagine they could be coming for me because of my subscriptions to Mother Jones and New Republic forty years ago. It sped by this time, but the crisis in the country today is NOT imaginary.
April 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
As I was trailed down the interstate by a Cybertruck this morning, I couldn't help but imagine they could be coming for me because of my subscriptions to Mother Jones and New Republic forty years ago. It sped by this time, but the crisis in the country today is NOT imaginary.
Evening blue sky strengthens spirit
April 4, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Evening blue sky strengthens spirit
