Wayne Pan
@wjpan.bsky.social
Exploring visions for better, more just, more balanced futures. Substack: @wjpan **All posts and opinions are mine and mine alone.
The GOP resistance to having unmasked, armed federal agents on our streets is telling. The rationale is doxxing - so when the only way to prevent citizens from resisting your actions is to hide who you are, maybe you've gone too far? Why not try.. not being assholes?
February 10, 2026 at 11:26 PM
The GOP resistance to having unmasked, armed federal agents on our streets is telling. The rationale is doxxing - so when the only way to prevent citizens from resisting your actions is to hide who you are, maybe you've gone too far? Why not try.. not being assholes?
Pretty sure the way to "restore trust in public health institutions" is to stop lying to people and telling them public health institutions are not trustworthy. Not risk the lives of children by getting rid of proven vaccines in the name of "individual choice".
January 23, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Pretty sure the way to "restore trust in public health institutions" is to stop lying to people and telling them public health institutions are not trustworthy. Not risk the lives of children by getting rid of proven vaccines in the name of "individual choice".
The list of "murderable offenses" continues to expand in the US, land of the free.
January 8, 2026 at 1:02 AM
The list of "murderable offenses" continues to expand in the US, land of the free.
Sharing and teaching futures techniques to folks always reminds me of how critical it is for everyone to feel like they have the right to paint visions of futures they want to see. The future belongs to everyone.
December 3, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Sharing and teaching futures techniques to folks always reminds me of how critical it is for everyone to feel like they have the right to paint visions of futures they want to see. The future belongs to everyone.
My gut reaction is: "what a joke." But it's anything but. We are living in a dark satire right now and somehow bigots seem completely legitimate to half our population. www.thisamericanlife.org/872/winners
Winners - This American Life
America loves winners—now more than ever. But how do you get to a win in 2025 America? We watch someone trying to score a win in a game whose rules are being made up as she plays.
www.thisamericanlife.org
November 4, 2025 at 8:18 PM
My gut reaction is: "what a joke." But it's anything but. We are living in a dark satire right now and somehow bigots seem completely legitimate to half our population. www.thisamericanlife.org/872/winners
I've been sitting on these thoughts for a while and wanted to finally get them out there. Is our devotion to individualism leading society to the brink?
The incorrigible insidiousness of individualism
Trying to make sense of the long-term impacts of an election by interogating a deeply-seated mythos in America
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October 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I've been sitting on these thoughts for a while and wanted to finally get them out there. Is our devotion to individualism leading society to the brink?
So America was great in 1948. Got it.
September 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
So America was great in 1948. Got it.
Having the GOP pillage average Americans to give money to rich people is nothing new. The fact that they're not even really trying to hide it now might be.
July 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Having the GOP pillage average Americans to give money to rich people is nothing new. The fact that they're not even really trying to hide it now might be.
Check out my latest post, and come see me at the @ladesignfestival.bsky.social this Sunday. wjpan.substack.com/p/though-col...
Though collapse is inevitable, the end is not...
A difficult and painful collapse is likely unavoidable as we shift from an era of stability to one of breakage. Anchoring on the values we want to see in our future can be our way through.
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June 24, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Check out my latest post, and come see me at the @ladesignfestival.bsky.social this Sunday. wjpan.substack.com/p/though-col...
June 20, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Perhaps stop being surprised? Let's assume animals are intelligent and socially complex. "What we found surprised us. The Budongo chimpanzees appear to have quite a diverse behavioural toolkit for tending to their own wounds and maintaining hygiene in the wild." theconversation.com/inside-the-c...
Inside the chimpanzee medicine cabinet: we’ve found a new way chimps treat wounds with plants
The plants chimpanzees use to treat their wounds have been found to have medicinal properties.
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June 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Perhaps stop being surprised? Let's assume animals are intelligent and socially complex. "What we found surprised us. The Budongo chimpanzees appear to have quite a diverse behavioural toolkit for tending to their own wounds and maintaining hygiene in the wild." theconversation.com/inside-the-c...
Trump's parade tomorrow is like when a dude gets his wife a vaccumn for her birthday.
June 13, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Trump's parade tomorrow is like when a dude gets his wife a vaccumn for her birthday.